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Orange UK Introduces New Roaming Initiatives to Help Customers Travelling Abroad This Summer
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Orange has announced new roaming tariffs and a new travel application that offers customers an increased level of control over their data usage while abroad. The Travel Agent application helps smartphone customers monitor their mobile phone usage in real time when travelling. It automatically detects which country the user is currently in and offers them the best roaming deals.

Orange today announced two new additions to its existing portfolio of roaming initiatives, designed to offer customers an increased level of control over their usage and spend when using their handset abroad.

From today, Orange is introducing ‘Travel Angel’, a free smartphone app downloadable from the Android and BlackBerry app stores and available soon on Apple. The app will help customers to track their mobile phone usage abroad. It automatically detects the country or region a customer is in, and if a customer does not already have a roaming bundle, it will recommend the most relevant for the amount of data, calls or texts they want to use in that country. They can buy it immediately if they want to. The app also helps customers to track in real time the data and services they use so they can monitor their spend and usage. It also lets customers set notification alerts for how much data they have left in their bundle, so they don’t overspend.

Orange also developed a new weekly combined bundle earlier this month for customers travelling in the EU. The bundle offers a simple 3-in-1 solution incorporating calls, text and data into one affordable and easy to understand package. The seven day bundle will be available for just £15 until the 5th August, then £20 thereafter, and provides customers travelling within the EU with 50 minutes, 30MB and 100 texts*.

The ‘Travel Angel’ app and new combined bundle compliment Orange’s existing roaming portfolio – which includes some of the most competitive roaming bundles on the market.

Orange also provides a number of other inititiaves to help customers control their usage when they are abroad. For further information about Orange’s roaming bundles and initiatives, please visit: www.orange.co.uk/roaming  

Orange UK data roaming bundle rates
Region    Daily 30MB bundle    30 day 30MB bundle    30 day 150MB bundle    30 day 500MB bundle
EU    £3    £15    £50    £150
Rest of world 1    £6    £20    £75    £175
Rest of world 2    £9    £30    £100    £250
Rest of world 3    £15    £40    £125    £400

EU out of bundle roaming rates (from 1st July)
Pay Monthly
PlanType    Service Make/ Send    Receive
Calling to all other countries    71p    7.96p
Calling to Europe, Ireland & the Channel Islands and back to the UK    28.8p    7.96p
Text Message    8.9p    free
Mobile internet/data    69.6p    n/a

Pay as you Go
Plan Type    Service Make/ Send    Receive
Calling to all other countries    70p    7p
Calling to Europe, Ireland & the Channel Islands and back to the UK    28p    7p
Text Message    8p    free
Mobile internet/data    59p    n/a