The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire Edition 32: Aug/Sept 2017 | Page 30

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Good news on
roaming charges
In the current climate of negative headlines and fake news,
it is always nice to be able to share some positive news for
a change. To help prepare you for the Summer holidays,
we are reminding all readers that using your mobile while
abroad is cheaper than ever.
CHEAPER EU ROAMING
If you are preparing for the holidays, you
will be relieved to know that expensive
roaming charges are no more. As of 15
June 2017 a new EU law was enforced
making calls on your travels cheaper than
ever before.
Roaming charges have always been
decried as an unwelcome tax on travel.
Until the recent change in law, mobile
providers would add on connection
(roaming) charges to calls made from
outside your home country. This made
using your phone abroad very expensive
indeed. You couldn’t use your contracted
voice minutes, SMS messages and data
either unless you used a Vodafone business
plan. Now, you can use your contracted
allowances within the EU Zone 1 as
you would at home. There are no more
additional charges to connections and
hopefully, no more bill shocks when you
get home. This is great news for businesses
with staff who travel and for families who
holiday in Europe.
For those who travel to Europe Zone 2,
you will incur standard roaming rates, or, if
you are on the relevant Vodafone tariff, you
can use your UK allowances for £2.50 per
day via the Business Traveller bundle.
CHEAPER BUSINESS TRAVEL UNTIL
30 SEPTEMBER 2017
Following the EU legislation change,
Vodafone customers on the Business Plus,
Business Advance & Business Freedom
tariffs will see a £6 per month reduction in
the monthly line rental for each connection
on the Traveller tariffs. In addition,
customers will also receive a further 100
minutes of international minutes in their
allowance.
Vodafone is also offering a Summer
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30 September 2017. Even better, you don’t
have to do anything – the changes will
happen automatically. You will be notified
via text in the applicable country so can sit
back and enjoy the benefits.
TO SUMMARISE
• All travellers can roam in Europe Zone
for the same cost as calling from home,
regardless of their network.
• Vodafone customers with Business
Traveller versions of the Plus, Advance and
Freedom tariffs price plans:
• Will no longer be charged a daily fee in
Europe Zone 1
• Have their allowance for international calls
increased by 100 minutes
• Will see their line rental reduced by £6 per
user, per month
• Vodafone’s Summer Roaming Promotion
means that all Business Plus, Advance and
Freedom customers can roam in Europe
Zone 2 using domestic rates until 30
September 2017.
If you are looking at changing your business
contracts from another network to
Vodafone, give us a call to find out more.
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