03-26-2002, 02:20 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Vodafone to offer seamless GPRS roaming in Europe
http://www.vodafone.com/media/press_releases/1017049210.htm
Vodafone is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world. And now they introduced something GPRS users all over Europe have been waiting for: seamless roaming of GPRS connections across Europe.
"Vodafone is the first mobile operator to offer commercial GPRS roaming across Europe. Vodafone customers in 12 countries including Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK will be able to access their Vodafone services over GPRS in a growing number of destinations when travelling in Europe. Vodafone intends to progressively expand GPRS roaming to cover other networks, including all remaining European Vodafone operators and partner networks by the end of the year. Ease of use is the key to Vodafone�s GPRS roaming service. Vodafone customers travelling abroad access their GPRS services in exactly the same way as they do at home. There is no requirement for customers to input additional service access codes to use their services."
In the linked press release you can find the agreements that are already in place. There is no information available on the extra costs of GPRS roaming, next to the regular volume based billing.
Source: Infosync
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03-26-2002, 03:02 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 43
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yep. just tried it on D2 network in Frankfurt and it works.
Called Vodafone connect who advised me that I am on a GPRS 1 Tariff which is 1Mb free then 5pence per kilobyte.
For roaming, they told me you pay a connect fee which amounts to what a 1 minute call would cost from the country you are in back to the uk. The the gprs data charges are the same as national uk mentioned above.
Sounds strange but a supervisor confirmed that.
Now I have to work out if thats cheaper than the pre-paid LOOP Gprs service I am currently using! :-)
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03-26-2002, 04:37 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 289
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geez.. i wonder how Vodafone users will roam GPRS here in the states?
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03-26-2002, 09:07 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 120
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not in ireland yet...
well they 'kind of' launched it in Ireland in February, users have GPRS WAP but no ISP so no 'real' internet access (only corporate customers are offered ISP service)... no news when it will be fully launched to everyone :cry:
only digifone (soon to be O2) have full GPRS access for everyone
Dub
Dublin, Ireland
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