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How to avoid paying data roaming charges on your next overseas trip part 1 – before you go [UPDATED]

[UPDATED November 2011 with E587 details] These tips were featured in the Wired UK September magazine on page 82. Click the image for a larger view. I’ve heard so many horror stories about high data roaming charges from friends and colleagues over the years. This has always surprised me because I’ve managed to keep my [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted January 1, 2011 in featured, mobile broadband, roaming | Tagged 3, 3 mifi, 3G in London, 3MiFi, All Day PA, allday PA, AT&T, AT&T mobile internet, AT&T plans, AT&T prepaid, bis roaming, blackberry bis roaming, blackberry roaming, blackberry roaming tips, blackberry wifi roaming, data roaming, data roaming tips, data SIM, dongle, expansys, handet unlocking, handset unlocking, high data roaming costs, international travel secrets, international traveller secrets, intrnational traveller tips, iPad, ipad data overseas, ipad roaming, ipad roaming in London, iphone, locked handset, Martin Sauter, MiFi, mifi roaming, mobile broadband, mobile inernet, mobile internet overseas, Nokia X3-02, prepaid wireless internet access, prepay mobile internet, roaming, roaming in London, roaming in the UK, sectet travel tips, top tip broadband abroad, top travel tips, travel tips, travelling to the UK, tripit, truphone, truphone charges, truphone data, truphone review, truphone SIM, truphone tips, unlock, visiting London, vodafone, vodafone data roaming, vodafone passport, Vodafone Top up and Go, WiFi alternatives, Wired, Wired magazine, Wired UK, wireless moves, wirelessmoves, world traveller | Comments (31)

How to avoid paying data roaming charges on your next overseas trip part 2 – while you are there [UPDATED]

This posts follows on from part 1, titled “How to avoid paying data roaming charges on your next overseas trip part 1 – before you go” and has been updated in August 2011 to reflect pricing changes and more tips from my travels. Now you have your unlocked phone, cheap 2nd phone, local SIM card [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted January 1, 2011 in mobile broadband, roaming | Tagged 3, 3 mifi, 3G in London, 3MiFi, All Day PA, allday PA, AT&T, AT&T mobile internet, AT&T plans, AT&T prepaid, blackberry roaming, data roaming, data SIM, dongle, ebtropay, expansys, handet unlocking, handset unlocking, international travel secrets, international traveller secrets, intrnational traveller tips, iPad, ipad data overseas, ipad roaming, ipad roaming in London, iphone, locked handset, Martin Sauter, MiFi, mobile broadband, mobile inernet, mobile internet overseas, prepaid wireless internet access, prepay mobile internet, roaming, roaming in London, roaming in the UK, sectet travel tips, top tip broadband abroad, top travel tips, travel tips, travelling to the UK, tripit, truphone, truphone SIM, unlock, Virtual Visa, visiting London, vodafone, vodafone data roaming, vodafone passport, Vodafone Top up and Go, WiFi alternatives, wireless moves, wirelessmoves, world traveller | Comments (7)

Australian mobile market perspective part 1

Following a week of intensive meetings in Sydney, I thought I would pull my thoughts and observations together on the differences between the UK and Australian mobile markets. For those not familiar with my background, I am Australian and spent 11 years in Sydney working in the telco and online space. I have spoken to [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted May 5, 2009 in australia | Tagged 3, australia, australian mobile market, australian perspective, capped plans, Jennie Bewes, mobile advertising, mobile broadband, online, optus, part 1, telstra, twitter, vodafone | Comments (4)

GSMA publish results from UK metrics study on mobile advertising

16 February 2009, Barcelona, Spain: The GSMA and a task force comprising Telefónica, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile International and 3, today unveiled the results of a feasibility study examining mobile audience metrics that will enable media and advertising agencies, brands and publishers to deliver better mobile advertising campaigns. The study, part of the GSMA’s Mobile Media [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted February 16, 2009 in mobile | Tagged 3, GSM Association, gsma, mobile advertising, mobile world congress, moibile metrics, MWC, o2, orange, t-mobile, UK mobile operators, vodafone | Comments (0)

3 UK to launch “Facebook phone” for Christmas

Marketing Week is reporting that 3 are going to launch a “Facebook phone” for Christmas. Quoting from the report: Mobile operator 3 is launching the first handset to have a “Facebook button” that will take users directly to the site. It will be part of an “ultimate handset”, which will be launched for Christmas. It is [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted August 27, 2008 in mobile | Tagged 3, 3 UK, facebook button, facebook mobile, facebook phone, Mark Allera, marketing week, three, vodafone | Comments (1)

Will the 3G mobile broadband “dongle” kill the WiFi hotspot market?

The picture on the left (taken late December 2007) shows a more common sight than a few years ago. I have been using WiFi in Starbucks and other coffee shops for nearly 8 years now, and for I think the last 6 years I was predictably the only person on a laptop (connected to WiFi) [...]

By Andrew Grill | Posted January 9, 2008 in mobile broadband | Tagged 3, 3G, 3G broadband, bbc, bill thompson, coffee shop, dongle, high speed packet access, hsdpa, london, mobile, starbucks, vodafone, WiFi, WiFi hotspots, WiFi vs 3G | Comments (4)