Telekom Offering Considerable Roaming Discount
to Travellers Abroad
Roaming voice, text message and data rates within the
European Union continue to shrink from July 1. Telekom’s Travel & Surf
packages ensure even more favourable rates than those regulated by EU and will
be more predictable and possible to control in the case, for example, of the
Travel&Surf S package in close to 100 countries, i.e. even in Brazil
hosting the World Soccer Cup Games, outside EU.
To comply with the
valid Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on international
roaming charges Telekom is going to extend at a gross minute rate of HUF 74.4
the calls initiated and HUF 19.5 the calls received within EU member states.
Telekom’s customers will be able to send at a rate of HUF 23.5/message text
messages and HUF 78/message MMS within EU states. Roaming data usage charges
will also drop considerably in the EU: Telekom’s customers will be able to
transact data within member states for HUF 78.336 instead of the HUF 171.5 rate
per Megabyte. At the same time, in compliance with its obligation imposed by
the European Parliament and European Commission, Telekom will also enable its
subscribers to access local roaming data transfer services.
The changes in rates will affect Telekom’s Globe Trotter EU, Mix Roaming,
Mix Roaming Direct, Domino Roaming, Domino Roaming Direct tariff packages. Those
business customers who use specific roaming tariff rates or packages tailored
to their individual needs, can use the services further on according to the
rates, invoicing units and limits set forth in the valid agreements.
The new roaming rates
have been set up in accordance with the Regulation of the European Parliament
and the European Council and they enable cost saving mobile phone and mobile
internet usage in EU member states as well as in Andorra, Norway, Island and
Liechtenstein.
Telekom extends its
customers favourable internet options even abroad through its Travel & Surf
packages.
Travel & Surf
packages offer even more favourable rates than those regulated by the EU, and
will ensure more predictable use possible to control more readily. Travel &
Surf packages offer a certain amount of data at a flat rate for a day or for a
week. After the amount of data included in the package is used up, data usage
will be interrupted, and yet another roaming data tariff package will have to
be ordered. In this way the customer will spend only as much as it has been
previously approved.
The favourably charged Internet access offered by the Travel&Surf S
package has been available, since June 1, 2014, in close to 100 countries of
the world, i.e. even outside EU. It is good news for soccer fans that the
Travel & Surf S package is available also in Brazil, so participants in
this year’s soccer World Cup will be able to use the net and share their
experiences at favourable rates. Those business customers who use roaming tariff rates or packages
tailored to their individual needs can order their Travel&Surf tariff
packages through their own customer portal, at the Customer Service or their
designated contact person, pending their agreement.
In terms of costs
Telekom ensures its customers secure data transfer: whenever its customer tries
to access the Internet through the browser abroad, a service selection page
will pop up automatically or by directly opening the webpage
www.telekom.hu/adatroaming. Here the customer will be enabled to select and
order the roaming tariff package considered to be the most suitable, for
example, one of the Travel &Surf packages.
The data tariff package ordering site can be accessed free of charge
even from abroad, therefore customers can be comprehensively informed about the
available packages and their rates before actually using the roaming service.
The Travel&Surf
tariff packages recommended by Telekom for using the Internet abroad offer more
favourable rates than the ones specified in the EU Regulation, yet they
continue to facilitate usage based Internet use as well, also in compliance
with the regulations of the Union. The World GPRS Limit ensures that the roaming
usage costs of Telekom’s customers should not exceed the HUF 19,580 value limit
valid as of July 1. When the limit is reached, data usage is interrupted, of
which the service provider sends a text message to its customers. If the
customer desires, additional data usage is possible: it only requires that the
user should select once again and activate one of the roaming data packages.
Additional
information:
http://www.t-mobile.hu/lakossagi/tarifak/nemzetkozi
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