3 nixes foreign roaming charges
Although providers around the globe have been doing away with those pesky roaming charges for some time now, not everyone has the luxury of yapping anywhere without a care in the world, but at least those loyal 3 customers out there can now. The newly-unveiled "3 Like Home" plan allows 3 customers to travel abroad and not face roaming charges when dialing out or receiving a call in a nation that 3 covers, which includes Hong Kong, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, the UK, Austria, Denmark, and Italy. Furthermore, SMS, video calling, and data services will be filed under the same principle, meaning no roaming fees altogether when using your mobile in a coverage area. Notably, the company states that users will still "face higher charges if they roam onto a non-3 network," but hopes that "the European Commission will be successful in reducing these wholesale charges, which will allow price reductions for customers roaming between different operators within Europe." We wonder if they can take a hint?[Via MobileBurn]



















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Scott @ Jan 19th 2007 6:47PM
I used to regularly rack up $1,000+ mobile bills when I traveled through Europe for work (my company footed the bill). This is a brilliant move and could win them a huge amount of corporate business.
I'd like to see T-Mobile follow suit between the US and Europe. That would certainly stop my from switching to Cingular. (Of course, so would getting their 3G service up).