• Auditel Consultant:
  •  Peter Harrison

Changes to EU regulations regarding data roaming in Europe

02 Jul 2010 | Filed under: Communications

Just to confirm the new EU cap on data roaming, which will save quite a few surprise bills when using Smartphones in Europe. But the best advice is to switch off data roaming altogether when travelling abroad and especially when outside of Europe:-

There are a number of changes that will be happening regarding data roaming from the 1st July 2010. These changes have been introduced by the EU and therefore affect all networks and all users sending and receiving data whilst travelling in a European country.

In summary, these changes are:

  • All data roaming activity within the EU will be subject to a cap of €50.00 (between £40 – £45 depending on exchange rates)
  • A roaming data bar will be applied once the cap is reached or exceeded
  • SMS notifications from Vodafone will be sent at 80% and 100% of cap
  • Users are able to opt out of the capping should they wish at any time
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