Data roaming charges

Airport parking specialists APH have issued another of their very useful guides for the business traveller.  Tap in APH in  the search facility  of the BTN home page.

Mobile network provider Three say that travellers can save up to £330 each year by taking advantage of their new ‘Feel at Home’ scheme whilst travelling abroad.  Taking up this challenge APH has done its own survey by comparing data roaming charges on the UK’s most popular mobile networks.

The research compares seven of the largest mobile networks in the UK  –  EE, GiffGaff, O2, Tesco Mobile, Three, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone  –  and highlights the differences between the cost of using data in both Europe and worldwide, data limits whilst roaming and the travel data bundles available to customers.

When travelling in Europe, mobile networks such as Giffgaff, O2, Tesco Mobile and Three were found to charge between 14.5p per MB and 19p per MB for both Pay As You Go and Pay Monthly customers.  However, customers travelling within Vodafone’s ‘Europe Zone 2’ boundary will be charged 45p per MB when exceeding over 100MB of data whereas Three customers will be charged £3 per MB when travelling to ‘Data Band 2’ countries. 

When travelling outside of Europe charges vary significantly.  You are recommended to check carefully before departing the UK.  www.aph.com/dataroaming

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