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The Great Roaming Rip-Off

ZDNet Staff ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 01 Nov 2005 18:05 GMT

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INVESTIGATION
£100 for an iTunes download: The real cost of roaming
Mobile phone operators are stinging GPRS and 3G users with roaming charges of up to £20 a megabyte. That works out at up to £100 for a single iTunes download, and up to £5 just to check your tariff

NEWS:
Orange customer fights £800 roaming bill
A British businessman was surprised to be charged £769 for using a 3G/GPRS datacard in France and Germany

ANALYSIS:
The criminal costs of mobile data
Compared to the price of fixed broadband and Wi-Fi hotspots, the costs of GPRS and 3G roaming are ridiculously excessive

OPINION:
Short term greed means long term harm for mobile operators
Mobile data operators love high tariffs as much as users hate them. That's not a smart way to make money

 

BACKGROUND:
The great 3G data card road test
ZDNet UK took 3G data cards from four service providers on a day trip to Microsoft's Reading Campus and back in the world's first real-life 3G group test

Crunch time for 3G
As Vodafone finally joins 3 in providing third-generation mobile services, the question of whether the billions paid for the technology will ever be recouped comes a step closer to being answered

3G data: the choice expands
Mobile professionals now have a choice of four 3G mobile data solutions from UK network operators. Check out our reviews

EC slams roaming scams
A Web site created by the European Commission will show if you're being overcharged when you use your mobile abroad

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