article_snippet: ‘roaming’ charges for people using data on people using data on their smartphones and tablet devices smartphones and tablet devices.
article_snippet: Most mobile companies slap the sky-high fees on people’s bills whenever Most mobile companies use Most mobile companies email, search the web, or use an online map to navigate, whilst Most mobile companies are overseas.
article_snippet: Customers can pay a small amount for special roaming packages, but people who fail to do this face eye-watering charges, even if Customers have used Customers mobile phone sparingly.
article_snippet: ‘roaming’ charges for people using data on people using data on their smartphones and tablet devices smartphones and tablet devices .
article_snippet: Often, people using data on their smartphones and tablet devices will find people using data on their smartphones and tablet devices bills tens or hundreds higher than usual.
article_snippet: In some cases, customers have racked up thousands of pounds just by surfing the web on customers mobiles whilst on holiday.
article_snippet: ’s profits argue that the roaming charges are necessary to cover the costs that ’s profits are charged by foreign operators for carrying data across foreign operators networks.
article_snippet: However, all mobile phone operators charge each other for this service, meaning that the industry is effectively taxing customers for using all mobile phone operators phones overseas, and passing the money between all mobile phone operators.
article_snippet: Instead, mobile phone companies have suggested that people using mobile phone companies mobile phones abroad should be given a discount on a small amount of roaming, and face standard roaming charges on whatever else people using their mobile phones abroad use.
article_snippet: Vodafone invites customers to pay for a ‘passport’ whenever they travel overseas, whilst Three allows users to use the internet, and make as many texts and calls as they like, when they visit certain countries, as part of Vodafone
highlights_snippet: Most mobile companies slap the sky-high fees on people’s bills to use internet on phones overseas .