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Our mascot is here: Get your own Roaming Bear now!

Back in April, we created our mascot, the Roaming Bear, with help and input from our great Facebook group. It has taken a bit longer than expected but it is finally here – and you can have your own Roaming Bear as well!

Order your own Roaming Bear here!

For every Roaming Bear you order, 5€ go to our campaign for Fair Roaming in Europe. Our campaign is financed by donations and the private funding of our campaigners only, we are not being paid by any organisation or company. So every help from YOU counts! We already managed to bring down roaming fees for you. Get our amazingly cute Roaming Bear now and help us go on!

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The new EU roaming rules: an overview (Updated with actual law)

 Last week, the European Parliament voted for new price reductions for roaming in the European Union. This was a big success for our campaign and will make using your mobile phone abroad a lot more affordable over the next two years.

If you are wondering what exactly the new rules mean for you, here is an overview over the most important changes (please note that prices don’t include VAT yet):

  • Starting in July 2012, making calls will cost no more than 0,29 €/min. Until 2014, this will go down to 0,19 €/min.
  • Receiving calls and sending SMS will cost 0,09 €/min from July 2012 and 0,06 €/min from July 2014.
  • Internet usage will become cheaper for the first time in July 2012 and cost 0,70 €/MB. Until 2014, prices will go down to no more than 0,20 €/MB.
  • From 2014 on, you will be enabled to choose another, cheaper operator when abroad – without having to change your phone number!
  • When outside of the EU, you will be warned if your bill approaches 50€ of data usage.
  • Operators will not be allowed to block traffic and apps like Skype or Messengers.

A word of caution

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Flyer über die neue EU-Roaming-Verordnung

Letzte Woche, am 10. Mai, hat das Europäische Parlament für niedrigere Roaming-Gebühren in der EU und einen Markt für Roaming gestimmt. Aus diesem Anlass haben wir in Zusammenarbeit und mit Unterstützung des Europaabgeordneten Dr. Paul Rübig einen Flyer mit Informationen über die neue Roaming-Verordnung entworfen.

Den Flyer gibt es ab jetzt hier zum herunterladen!

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[Press Release] Citizens’ campaign against roaming: new EU roaming regulation a step in the right direction

European Parliament: The HemicycleThe citizens’ campaign against roaming charges in Europe, “Europeans for Fair Roaming” (FairRoaming.org) has welcomed the new EU roaming regulation, which it fought for for the last two years. The new regulation will lower the prices for using mobile phones within the EU until 2014.

According to the new EU law, prices for roaming will be lowered to 29ct/min for calls and 70ct/MB for internet access in July 2012 and will keep going down to 19ct/min for calls and 20ct/MB for internet access by 2014. In addition, users will be allowed to choose a different operator for roaming which should bring about more competition. Consumer protection will also be improved when leaving Europe as operators will have to send a warning when the bill for internet use approaches 50 Euro.

A campaign to end the roaming rip-off

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