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 […]
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? […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s the new year. It’s 2016. Remember when the next couple of weeks used to be a time of despair – because we kept writing the old year on cheques at the supermarket? Enough of a side track. What is Amiigo going to be doing in the next 12 months? Android Callback Otherwise known as […]
According to a recent report from the mobile services company, iPass, European companies are losing £2.4Bn a year on un-managed roaming. That’s a lot of money! The reports statistics make interesting reading too: the average spend on roaming data in the US and Asia was £109 per trip. In the EU, it was just over […]