Vodafone Australia have announced a new roaming tariff for Vodafone customers travelling with their phones overseas. And in true Olympic spirit Vodafone has announced a special tariff for customers who travel to Beijing for the 2008 Olympics.

The new tariff, named Vodafone Traveller, offers competitive call rates for customers travelling overseas and using their phones for voice calls. Key destinations for Australian travellers such as New Zealand, the UK, Singapore and China are divided into four easy to understand “zones,” each with their own particular tariff rates.

The Vodafone Traveller option works on an opt-in basis, meaning subscribers simply request that it be added to their existing plan before or during their trip. The tariff works alongside the existing domestic plan, so users can switch between the two tariffs (domestic and Vodafone Traveller), as they move in and out of Australia.

 

Price per Minute	Zone 1 New Zealand and Singapore	Zone2 Europe	Zone 3 Asia Pacific and North America	Zone 4 Rest of the world
To make a call	$1 + standard call rate	$1.5 + standard call rate	$2 + standard call rate	$4 + standard call rate
To receive a call	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00	$1.00
To send an SMS	$0.75	$0.75	$0.75	$0.75

Although Vodafone customers can choose to roam onto Vodafone’s extensive worldwide network while overseas, the Vodafone Traveller tariff does allow the use of other carriers networks.

Vodafone also announced that for the month of August they would slash the tariff by 50% for customers travelling to Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. The tariff would be cut from $2 to $1 as per the Zone 3 pricing table above.

Vodafone have also recently announced new monthly roaming data bundles for mobile broadband customers travelling overseas. The Roaming Data Bundle packages are available in two sizes: 25MB for $49 per month, and 120MB for $199 per month.

The Roaming Data Bundle, like Vodafone Traveller, is available as an optional extra to existing customers with a monthly mobile broadband plan. The packages work hand in hand with Vodafone’s Mobile Connect (VMC) USB modem or t he VMC Expresscard.

See www.vodafone.com.au for full terms and conditions.