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Roaming at low cost with WiFi
Talkback The solution to low cost roaming is already available, just buy a dual SIP WiFi / GSM Handset. Use WiFi hotspots to make and receive calls and only use GSM when you are out of range of a hotspot. Also you can easily download your emails and Video...
[July 19, 2007, 17:58]
Roaming caps legal, advises EU advocate general
News A legal challenge to roaming caps imposed on operators by the European Commission is likely to fail, the European Court of Justice's advocate general has advised, citing inexplicable profit margins before the caps were introduced.
[October 2, 2009, 15:02]
Roaming legislation inches closer
Blog Viv Reding's proposed legislation to put a serious cap on roaming charges passed another stage today, as it was OK'd by the Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee of the European Parliament. We're not doing a story proper on this one, as it...
[April 12, 2007, 17:03]
Roaming rip-offs set to continue
News Businesses can look forward to high and confusing roaming rates when employees access mobile voice and data services abroad for some time to come, experts said on Tuesday. The costs for international roaming are difficult to predict because of...
[January 25, 2006, 12:10]
Wi-Fi Week: Roaming in the dark
News Roaming outside the UK is even more problematic, and just as in the early days of mobile phones you shouldn't rely on it unless you have an explicit promise from a service provider. It's a safe prediction that universal roaming will eventually...
[January 29, 2004, 10:40]
Vodafone, roaming and the €60 beer
Blog The world of European mobile communications was not rocked to its very foundations this week, as 3 announced a £1.25/MB data roaming deal followed by Vodafone offering up £5 per diem/25MB max. Moble data roaming charges are fantastic.
[June 30, 2009, 16:38]
Roaming cuts may lead to coverage black spots
News The GSM Association, the trade body representing the mobile industry, believes impending cuts in roaming rates will see some customers plunged into coverage black spots. According to the association, 25 percent of roaming traffic will become...
[April 24, 2007, 15:47]
Roaming data stirs up controversy
News A Web site has voluntarily removed information it posted about the roaming plans of Verizon Wireless customers, which some believe showed the carrier's coverage area is shrinking. According to messages on the chat board some participants noted that...
[August 16, 2002, 15:43]
Roaming charges to be cut at last
News Mobile roaming charges in Europe will drop, starting on 30 June when the new EU Roaming Regulation comes into force. EU telecom commissioner Viviane Reding said in a statement: "At last Europeans can breathe a sigh of relief as the EU Roaming...
[June 27, 2007, 8:32]
Roaming - all or nothing?
Blog Now, before Our Viv managed to get the operators to drop their voice roaming rates, that would have been the reason. The operators have now cut their voice roaming rates, which should encourage people to use their phones abroad.
[June 9, 2008, 17:54]
Roaming Range: Understanding Wireless Headset Performance in the Real World
White Papers The distance that the headset and base station can connect with acceptable voice quality is called the roaming range. Major manufacturers of wireless headsets build their products around industry standards, making the performance relatively similar...
[March 12, 2008, 0:01]
Roaming rip-off puts travellers off phoning home
News The high cost of roaming is putting Europeans off using their mobiles abroad, according to research from the European Commission, which found that eight out of 10 European travellers have been deterred from phoning home due to price.
[November 8, 2006, 10:19]
Roaming Honeypots for Mitigating Service-Level Denial-of-Service Attacks
White Papers The paper proposes roaming honeypots, a mechanism that allows the locations of honeypots to be unpredictable, continuously changing, and disguised within a server pool. The paper utilizes the roaming honeypots scheme to mitigate the effects of...
[October 14, 2008, 1:01]
Orange customer fights £800 roaming bill
Talkback I was interested in reading this article as I'm in exactly the same position, with a large roaming bill from Orange for January & February 06, Is there any further information about this case and any suggestions on following up this matter with...
[February 28, 2006, 13:00]
EU visitors may face roaming price hikes
News Visitors to Europe may find they have to pay increased roaming charges as a result of price caps being imposed on calls within the EU. What we are beginning to see here is the emergence of a two-tier market for roaming services," said Mark Newman...
[April 16, 2007, 17:05]
How to control the roaming charges?
Talkback The problem in roaming is not only the tariff's ,it's also about the cost control up-to-date of the roaming charges .For those providers which the users can access to their online bill, their roaming charges are not available.
[January 17, 2008, 21:59]
T-Mobile: We must do more on data roaming
News A T-Mobile executive has conceded that the operator needs to do more to improve its data-roaming pricing. Head of corporate communications, Robin O'Kelly, claimed on Wednesday that T-Mobile has successfully addressed the cost issues associated with...
[January 31, 2007, 15:31]
EC threatens operators over data roaming
News Mobile operators have been given just a few weeks to lower their data-roaming tariffs, after the European Commission threatened them with further regulation. According to a source close to the issue, if operators don't act soon then restrictions on...
[February 2, 2007, 15:11]
The EC's position on data roaming
Blog There's a major review of such things (mercifully including voice roaming) going on at the EC, y'know, although data roaming is conspicuously absent from the draft. So when senior carrier execs admit they're "screwing" their customers on data...
[October 19, 2006, 16:43]
O2 extends voice roaming price cuts
News O2 has extended its European roaming tariff scheme to 31 countries, having previously predicted it would cover 35 states by mid-2007. Users who want reduced roaming rates for a single month, instead of taking out a 12-month subscription, will have...
[February 12, 2007, 8:09]
