June 29, 2007 at 2:51 pm · Authored by Ewan · Filed under Operators

Tesco Mobile have introduced some wickedly good mobile roaming rates for selected European destinations.

From the 12th of July, you’ll be able to make calls from destinations such as Spain and Greece back to the UK for £0.35/min.

Yes, let me repeat that again. THIRTY FIVE PENCE A MINUTE! You what?

Your average Vodafone numbskull customer is being flogged for 35p a minute to phone an off-network friend *IN* the UK. Heh.

Better yet, if your phone rings while you’re on holiday, you’ll only pay £0.15/min to receive.

That is BRILLIANT.

Let’s hear from Andy Dewhurst, Chief executive officer of Tesco Mobile:

“We welcome the new legislation but we want our customers to get better value right away.

“By focusing on value, Tesco Mobile has become the UK’s fastest growing mobile network.

“By dropping our roaming prices in time for the big summer get-away we know our customers won’t have to drop their social lives just because they are abroad.”

No word on the cost of texting abroad as yet, but that’s in the works.

(If you’re a 3UK customer, you can make and receive calls on-net — that is, as long as you’re connected to 3 Italy or the like, at no additional cost. Incoming calls are free to receive and outgoing calls simply use up your price plan minutes as normal).