Thanks to a new application, ViewRanger you can avoid all data roaming charges and know where you are whilst abroad. How? Because it allows offline mapping,. This means you can download the maps to your handset. The app & free web tools will help you at every stage of your adventure, so it’s easy to plan trips, gives y ...
Read more...Tablets and smartphones are now as much a holiday essential as suncream and swimwear and with this in mindOfcom has published a new guide to help consumers keep the costs low and get the most out of their smartphones or tablets while abroad. Here are the top tips from the guide: 1. Talk to your provider If you are planning to us ...
Read more...Since the launch of its O2 Travel package – which offers a day’s worth of data (15MB) in 29 countries around Europe for £1.99 – customer usage has boomed according to the network. But what does 1MB data get you? O2 consumer general manager Phil Maple said: “We’ve worked with our network partne ...
Read more...The European Commission and European Parliament have reached a preliminary deal which will progressively reduce charges for calls and texts when travelling abroad and impose a cap on data roaming charges. Under the proposals, by July using mobile data while on holiday within the EU will cost 59p per megabyte (MB), but by the sum ...
Read more...Your bank calls you to verify your recent purchase in a foreign country but you haven’t been away for months. You quickly contest the charge and request a new card, but when you check your wallet the compromised card is still there. You try to think of shady ATMs or recent cashiers, but nothing comes to mind. Nothing, except the ...
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