Comments on: 3 UK has cut its data roaming prices http://www.moneyhighstreet.com/finance-news/3-uk-has-cut-its-data-roaming-prices/ The latest personal finance news and information Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:04:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Peter Gross http://www.moneyhighstreet.com/finance-news/3-uk-has-cut-its-data-roaming-prices/#comment-1271 Peter Gross Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:37:01 +0000 http://www.moneyhighstreet.com/?p=3030#comment-1271 Viviane Reding and the EU have made good strides into reducing mobile phone roaming charges, but the cost of using the mobile internet is still very confusing for most mobile phone users in the UK. Users don't understand the charging structures and there is still a significant variance in the costs applicable on the different tariffs. For example, the cost for transferring 1MB of data per day for a month from a mobile phone ranges from £6/month to £210/month. <a ref="nofollow"href="http://www.mobilemag.com" rel="nofollow">MobileMeg</a> has been created to help reduce this confusion and provide clarity on the cost of the mobile internet. The site includes a guide on mobile data services; a comparison of over 200 of the mobile phone price plans used in the UK, and a personal usage calculator to help estimate data charges. Viviane Reding and the EU have made good strides into reducing mobile phone roaming charges, but the cost of using the mobile internet is still very confusing for most mobile phone users in the UK.

Users don’t understand the charging structures and there is still a significant variance in the costs applicable on the different tariffs.

For example, the cost for transferring 1MB of data per day for a month from a mobile phone ranges from £6/month to £210/month.

MobileMeg has been created to help reduce this confusion and provide clarity on the cost of the mobile internet.

The site includes a guide on mobile data services; a comparison of over 200 of the mobile phone price plans used in the UK, and a personal usage calculator to help estimate data charges.

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