Vodafone UK to do away with European roaming charges from June through August
In a move that is sure to give executives and customer service reps from other carriers a major headache, Vodafone UK has announced that it will be doing away with all roaming charges. The change applies to both Pay As You Go and Pay Monthly customers from June 1st until the end of August, and applies to over 35 European countries. The only catch is that customers must sign up for Vodafone Passport in order to enjoy calling, texting and picture messaging at the same rates as at home. As for which countries are included in the Summer promotion, it seems that every major European destination is covered: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Channel Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroes, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Vatican City, New Zealand, and Australia. To opt into the promotion, text “Passport” to 97888 if you are a Pay Monthly customer or 2345 if you are on Pay as you Go.
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Lucky for their customers! There’s no way a US carrier would be so generous..
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Nadir mohammed(rogers) take notes..
Ppl in canada visit the us every summer.. Make it happen
why would Nadir bother to do that? Roaming is a cash cow.
It’s an apples to oranges compariso to equate European summer travel to US summer travel based on roaming charges. it’s pretty much non existant in the US.
If only a carrier like Verizon would wave roaming charges to Canada. But I’m sure that will never happen.
time like this make me wish voda had a majority stake in VZW. ..
Guess ireland is not a major european country. It’s not listed.
read again…yes it is. “Republic of Ireland.”
This is the equivalent of Vzw and the other US carriers offering nationwide plans in the US. The size of Europe and the fact Vodafone owns some or all of the assets makes it easy for them to offer the first “European” plan.
I agree Abedin
Back when you had local calling plans, with roaming outside your area, that’s basically where the Europeans are now.
Good ol’ USA leading the charge!
Includes leading European destinations like Australia & New Zealand!
Voda UK is pretty cool and up-to-date. The only carrier to have BB OS 4.6.0.266 out for their customers as official upgrades. Very impressive.
And don’t be jealous, my fellow Americans. We have had it best, and likely will continue to, when it comes to wireless. BY FAR, at that.
For the geographically challenged, Ireland is its own country, it has the Euro, which not even the British have, and British very much includes Northern Ireland.
Cherrios.