Virgin Media Announces Affordable Roaming Rates in Europe
In order to pacify its customers by reducing the charges of data services abroad, Virgin Media has made an announcement regarding the introduction of ‘travel passes’. According to Virgin media sources, these passes make the usage of Internet while abroad, a comparatively inexpensive proposition.
Presently, the customers of Virgin Media are charged about £5 for every megabyte of overseas Internet usage, irrespective of whether they are on mobile broadband payg or contract. With the launch of the new travel passes, users can avail the same services at lesser rates, with no risk of over shooting the budget.
Users of mobile Internet have a wide range of passes to choose from. A one day pass costs £10, a three day pass costs £15, a seven day pass costs £30 and a 30 day pass costs £60,and every pass also has a data cap that is equal to its price in pounds, for example, a £10 pass entitles you to a usage of 10MB.
Passes can be activated by means of a text message that is to be sent with short codes to specified numbers with the services that a user wants to avail of. The usage of the mobile broadband passes are restricted to only the EU countries. These passes can also be used for data services on the mobile handsets.
Jonathan Kini, director of mobile at Virgin Media outlined the company’s great hopes for the new travel passes. He stated that with these passes, the customers of Virgin Media will never again have any issues with using the Internet abroad. A range of activities, from locating the most renowned pizzeria in
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