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Did your roaming bills change today?
April 30th 2016 was a date long looked forward to by consumers and businesses alike. Saturday was the day that EU roaming charges almost disappeared – supposedly. For some people, the charges will have automatically dropped, but not for others. Many businesses will still have time to run on their contracts and they will be […]
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Plunging Roaming Data Bills?
On April 30th (just 6 weeks from the time of writing), the latest EU roaming caps come into force. UK mobile operators will not be allowed to charge you more than 5 cents above the standard UK rate you are paying for data. So does that mean your roaming data bill is going to plummet? […]
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Could the Chinese New Year prove expensive for your business?
Doing business in China, even with their economy slowing down, could be very good for your business! 2016 does promise weaker Chinese growth. But the country’s economy is still growing at 4.3 percent – most of the developed world would give anything for that growth rate. Services are on the rise though with growth in rail, […]
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What will the EU Referendum do to roaming charges?
How will the 23rd June impact roaming charges? David Cameron has announced the date for the referendum on whether we wish to remain as part of the EU. On the 23rd June, the nation votes on whether to stay in or to get out of the European Union. Right now, Amiigo hasn’t decided which way […]
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Is your mobile operator playing fast and loose with EU regulations?
Are you being charged the correct rates? I was talking to a new client the other day about how they’ve been using Amiigo’s MiFi solution and the money it has saved them – case study will be released soon – and what they are currently being charged for roaming data. I was shocked, both at […]
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Doing business in Singapore is now even easier
The UK does a lot of trade with Singapore. In fact (according to govt figures) it is one of few countries where we have a trade surplus – £2.4billion in 2013. With over 1000 UK companies having a presence in Singapore, it is clearly a good place to do business. Recently it has got just […]
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£2.6 billion saved
Three has recently claimed to have saved this amount, for its consumer customers, on roaming charges since 2013. Users of its Feel At Home service can use their tariff minutes, texts and data in 18 countries and Three claims these destinations amount to 65% of the trips its customers make. On average their customers save […]
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What’s going to happen in 2016?
2016 is going to be an interesting year, particularly if the predictions made by the mobile industry’s leading lights are anything to go by. We’ve not interviewed them, so I must be honest and say this is our summary of the comments they gave to Mobile News magazine recently. Many of them talk about the […]
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The Hidden Costs in Business Travel
An article in this month’s Business Travel Magazine got me thinking about travel costs and just how visible the total costs of the trip are.The main costs (air fares, hotels, credit card bills) are easily visible, either because they’ve been organized by their TMC (travel management company) or they appear on expenses and credit card […]
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When is the EU not the EU?
The European Union is currently formed of 28 countries, with 5 candidate countries and a further 2 being considered as candidates. That means just over half of Europe is within the European Union. Perhaps the most notable exceptions are Switzerland and Russia and Norway. As I’m sure you know, April 2017 is a big day in […]
