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Posted Wed 30 September 2009 @ 7:22 p.m. by Ernie Newman

A serious breakthrough is now under way on excessive international mobile roaming charges - the charges that have angered travellers around the world ever since the early days of mobile phones.

The 6 monthly APECTel meeting that I've been attending seems intent on lifting the bar and doing something serious by way of an international approach to dealing with this. I did my part giving a presentation on behalf of TUANZ and INTUG - thanks to all the TUANZ members who took time to fill in the survey.

There's a lot more detail in my report just posted on the Memberline section of this site. You’ll need a password - if you have trouble follow the simple instructions on the Web site or ring Sophie at the TUANZ office for help - 09 488 1881emberline .

Categories: Events | Regulatory | TUANZ policy | Wireless carriers

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  • worldtraveler says:

    As much as we would like to believe that local providers are going to bring their roaming prices down, it isn't going to happen. Ive recently read an article stating that GSM providers make 35% of their profit from roaming, while raoming only constitutes 10% of total minutes!! its there last big cash cow!! try alternative methods like www.buzzroam.com , their prices are great, and you can add a NZ number to the card - meaning you can forward your own mobile number to the local number on the card while travelling...

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