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The mobile network is following EE in bringing back charges which were initially scrapped when the UK was still part of the EU in June 2017.
Under the 2012 Regulation, retail roaming capping charges expired in 2017 and wholesale capping charges expired in 2022. In mid-2009 there was also an €0.11 (excluding tax) maximum price for SMS text message included into this regulation. On 11 June 2013, the European Commission voted to end mobile roaming charges for the first time. [7]
In 2013 the Commission proposed to establish a single market for electronic communications within the Union and to abolish roaming charges. [14] The proposal was approved by the European Parliament on 3 April 2014, by a margin of 534 votes to 25. As drafted it would have ended roaming charges from 15 December 2015. [15]
Vodafone said that it was 'very sorry' that customers were hit with thousands of pounds in roaming charges and had their phone services cut off on Sunday.
Vodafone-Japan had only 4.8% of Japan's 3G market. Vodafone changed the name of its multimedia data services from J-Sky to Vodafone live! and used J-Sky's principles, technologies, and business models to introduce the WAP-based Vodafone live! in Vodafone's other markets. At the end of February 2005, Vodafone live! had 12.907 million subscribers ...
The company told investors that total revenues declined by 4.7% to 11.2bn euros (£9.9bn) for the third quarter of its current financial year.
As of 2015, Vodafone, Spark, Skinny, and 2Degrees all charged a $30 unlock fee for phones owned for less than 9 months. As of 2020, Spark charges a $30 unlock fee for phones owned for less than 9 months, unless the customer is on a Pay Monthly 24 Month Plan. 2Degrees dropped its fees for unlocking phones. [54]
A 5% discount was offered on any airtime purchased through M-PESA and this served as an effective incentive. By 1 March 2006, KSh50.7 million had been transferred through the system. The successful operation of the pilot was a key component in Vodafone and Safaricom's decision to take the product full scale.