Wednesday, 1st July 2009 - 11:46CET

GO announces reduced roaming rates

GO said today that it had reduced its international roaming rates in line with EU directives.

Voice call rates of €0.51 (inclusive of VAT) apply whilst roaming in any EU country and calling any EU destination. The SMS rate has decreased to €0.13 (inclusive of VAT) whilst roaming in any EU country.

Data/ internet roaming rates have been reduced and GO said it now offers the lowest data roaming rates via several of its roaming network providers in the EU.

Data roaming in any EU country for GO contract (post-paid/ Pay Monthly) mobile customers costs €5 per MB, charged with 1 KB increments. However, GO offers a reduced rate of €2.50, charged with 1 KB increments, meaning that a GO roaming customer pays only €0.0024 for every KB consumed. This rate applies when roaming on the following networks: Austria (T-Mobile), Belgium (Mobistar), Czech Republic (Telefonica O2), Finland (Sonera), France (Orange), Germany (T-Mobile), Ireland (O2), Italy (TIM), Latvia (LMT), Netherlands (T-Mobile), Slovakia (T-Mobile), Spain (Telefonica Movistar), Sweden (TeliaSonera) and UK (T-Mobile). All set up charges have been removed and all charges are charged on a per KB basis, and therefore customers just pay for what they use.

GO Pay As You GO mobile customers using data roaming in the EU countries are charged the standard rate of €8 per MB, charged with 64 KB increments.

GO's roaming service is available for both Pay As You GO and contract (post-paid) customers.

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Comments

N. Grima (on 1/7/09)

@ jcmicallef -- The tariff was already low at 53c (especially compared with other carriers)... so as SBriffa noted the change is only due to the new Regulation just published (you're saving 2c, wuhu!). The SMS charge was quite high, true... but all that meant is that one would call instead of send a message!

@ Jake Micallef -- Malta does have some of the cheapest SMS rates in the world... and local tariffs can be very low if you choose your "package" well + there always is some kind of offer going: it's like offers at the supermarket or coupons etc., you have to help yourself (i.e. go out and search) to get a good deal. That's how competition works!

Jake Micallef (on 1/7/09)

@jcmicallef

What you should really say is not after 5 yers of EU but AFTER 10 YEARS of obvious and public extortion on extremely high prices we are finally getting something a bit more decent. And they are still doing so on local call rates!

SBriffa (on 1/7/09)

jmicallef, I think the article refers to a Regulation that was published by the EU just yesterday. There was another Regulation on the sugject which obviously all operators, including those in Malta, were compliant with. What does 5 years in the EU have to do with it? Maaa xi breakdown ta' nies, kulhadd jeqred f'dal pajjiz...u minghajr jiccekkja l-fatti wkoll.

A. Briffa (on 1/7/09)

and in malta?

jcmicallef (on 1/7/09)

About flippin' time too - after full FIVE years in the EU.

How about revising the rates applicable in EFTA and countries like Switzerland?

Is that cross-subsidization or cherry picking???