Orange UK has been a great deal more cynical, and is heading in the opposite direction, actually lying to its contract customers about the latest
increased roaming charges
http://www.orange.co.uk/away/
Quote:
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You can now look forward to even better value when you use your phone abroad, with more control over your spending too. From 1 June 2006, we'll be introducing new pricing zones and a range of new bundles to help you manage your spend while you travel
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Ok, they have reversed their welcome of the new EU entrant countries, and put charges back down to 70p after the 2003 increase from 51p to ?1.10, but other non-EU countries such as Norway have gone up to ?1.30
Edit - and I forgot to mention - Orange have changed all roaming calls to per minute billing, when before they copied the roamed network eg 60/15 or 30/01 or whatever
I'm falling over laughing at all the retro self-vindicating claims in the article that only competition not regulation is driving down charges - would the networks really have come out with these lower new tariffs without the threat of a big boot up the arse about this?