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Vodafone UK scrap roaming charges
Vodafone have today announced they’ll scrap voice, SMS and MMS roaming charges for UK customers visiting over 35 countries – but only for three months over the summer period.
From June 1st until the end of August, the company’s Pay as You Go and Pay Monthly customers will be able to call, text and send picture messages to any number in their home country for the same price as it’d cost in the UK whist roaming in over 35 countries. The move also means customers will be able to use their inclusive minutes and text bundle whilst abroad.
Whilst it isn’t automatic opt in – customers will have to join the ‘Vodafone Passport’ service – the plan promises to cut the cost of calling home whilst roaming.
Vodafone also announced that Pay as you Go customers on the ‘Simply’ tariff will also benefit from a cut in call charges from the UK to overseas. International calls to both landlines and mobiles will now cost from 5p per minute – but again it requires opting in to the new Vodafone International call plan.
“These are two great value offers for our customers this summer. With our Vodafone Passport promotion you can sit on the beach with your phone switched on knowing you can take and make a call just as you would if you were in your back garden,” says Ian Shepherd consumer director for Vodafone UK. “Vodafone International is good news for the millions of UK pay as you go customers as they can now make calls to family and friends around the world from just 5p.”
To opt-in to the roaming offer, customers need to text ‘Passport’ to 97888 (pay monthly) or 2345 (pay as you go), or visit www.vodafone.co.uk/roaming. Simply pay as you go tariff customers wanting to benefit from cheaper international cals from the UK need to call 36888, text the word ‘international’ to 2345 from their handset, or visit vodafone.co.uk/international
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