When you take your mobile phone abroad, your phone
‘roams’ onto a local mobile network in that country. This allows
you to continue using your mobile almost as you would in the UK,
but there are some major pitfalls to be aware of.
When you take your phone abroad without uk2abroad:
You'll pay extortionate rates to receive calls;
You'll pay to picking up voicemails;
Your call charges will be as much as 10 times more than in the
UK;
With uk2abroad
You'll save around 80% on making and receiving calls;
You can make local calls at local rates;
Anyone calling you simply dials your usual UK number
It's a combination of factors: lack of regulation;
the greed of network operators (both here and abroad); and the absence
of clear information made openly available to the public. Whilst
prices in the UK for local, national and international calls have
dropped significantly over the past few years, roaming rates remain
excessively high. The European Commission investigated the entire
UK mobile sector in 2001 and this resulted in improved value in
the UK (for example, the introduction of cross-network minutes for
pay monthly users), but failed to tackle the issue of outrageous
roaming charges…a billion pound industry in itself. More investigations
have been announced, but nothing concrete has been achieved.
Without regulation and better dissemination
of accurate information to consumers it seems that roaming charges
are here to stay.
uk2abroad provides you with a complete solution
to avoid roaming charges wherever your business or leisure travel
takes you.
avoid mobile roaming charges with uk2abroad - the mobile roaming solution