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Vodafone Romania announces lower roaming tariffs compliant with the European Union regulation

02 July 2007

  • The new Vodafone World roaming tariffs are compliant with the European Union regulation which set a retail price ceiling of EUR 0.49 / minute for outgoing calls and EUR 0.24 / minute for incoming calls
  • Vodafone Romania customers can still opt for Vodafone Passport, which brings more advantageous tariffs than the standard European ones for outgoing calls longer than 2 minutes

Bucharest, July 2, 2007 – Vodafone Romania announces lower Vodafone World roaming tariffs for calls within the European Union countries. Vodafone Romania's new roaming tariffs are compliant with the European Union regulation, which set a maximal Eurotariff of EUR 0.49 / min + VAT for making a call and EUR 0.24 / min + VAT for receiving a call.

Starting with August 29, 2007, Vodafone Romania offers customers who travel abroad a flat tariff of USD 0.65 / min, VAT not included (the equivalent of EUR 0.48 / min) for making a call to European Union destinations, by using or not the network of a Vodafone preferred operator. For receiving a roaming call in the European Union, Vodafone Romania customers will benefit from a flat tariff of USD 0.32 / min, VAT not included (the equivalent of EUR 0.24 / min). The new Vodafone World tariffs have been set according to the European Union regulation, at the exchange rate effective of June 30, 2007.

"We are happy to continue to provide extremely advantageous tariffs for roaming calls to our customers. With Vodafone World and Vodafone Passport, our customers who travel abroad benefit from the most competitive roaming offer on the market. This is the result of various initiatives we have introduced during the last years in order to offer the best value for money to our customers", said Liliana Solomon, President & Chief Executive Officer Vodafone Romania. 

Moreover, starting with August 29, 2007, Vodafone Romania announces rearrangements of the Vodafone World roaming zones as follows:

  • Zone 1 will include all the European Union member countries, namely: Germany, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, UK, Portugal, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, as well as the following territories: Canary Islands, Azores, Madeira, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Reunion and Gibraltar.
  • Zone 2 includes the remaining European countries, except for Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Belarus and Greenland.
  • Zone 3 includes Asia, Africa, Central and South America, Australia, Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Belarus and Greenland.
  • Zone 4  - United States, Canada, Mexico, Russia and India; Zone 5  - the rest of the world.

Vodafone World tariffs for the roaming calls to other destinations, outside the European Union, as well as for video calls, SMS, MMS and GPRS will not be changed.

Users of Vodafone Card and Vodafone 2in1 will benefit by default, starting with August 29, 2007, from the new Vodafone World tariffs applicable in the European Union. Vodafone subscribers may opt for the new Vodafone World roaming tariffs, by calling the Customer Service Department free of charge, at *222, between July 29 to August 28, 2007. The new tariffs will be activated within 30 days since the customer’s request.

Starting with September 29, 2007, subscribers who will not have made this option, within the above mentioned period, will automatically be passed on the new roaming tarrifs, except for the Vodafone Passport customers.

The Vodafone Passport users will continue to benefit from the Vodafone Passport tariffs when using a Vodafone Passport network or the new Vodafone World tariffs when using other Vodafone partner networks in the European Union.

Vodafone Passport provides Romanians who travel abroad a better value and significant lower roaming costs. Vodafone Passport major advantage is that the longer the call, the lower the average tariff per minute. For instance, a Vodafone Romania subscriber using Vodafone Standard price plan, who travels to Germany, will pay USD 1.41 (VAT not included) for a 3 minute call to Romania, that means an average tariff of USD 0.47 / min (the equivalent of EUR 0.35 / min, calculated at the official exchange rate on June 30, 2007) .

Starting June 16, 2007, Vodafone Passport customers who travel to European destinations benefit from a connecting fee for each call of USD 0.99 (VAT not included), reduced from USD 1.20 (VAT not included).

Vodafone Romania, a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc., had 7.954 million customers, as of March 31, 2007. Vodafone is the world’s largest international mobile telecommunications group with equity interests in 25 countries and Partner Networks in a further 38 countries. Providing a full range of mobile telecommunications services, including voice and data communications, Vodafone currently serves 206.4 million proportionate customers worldwide.

Note: The calendar for adopting the new roaming tariffs for EU have been established according to the obligations enforced by the European Union regulation.

For further information on the new Vodafone World roaming tariffs and Vodafone Passport, please visit www.vodafone.ro