Vodafone Malta will be reducing its European roaming prices by 40 per cent on average by not later than April 2007. This will mean further significant cost savings for Vodafone Malta’s customers while travelling in Europe.

The move continues Vodafone’s commitment to offer great value for both consumer and business customers who make use of their mobile phone overseas, a company statement said yesterday.

It also builds on the introduction of the innovative Vodafone Travel Promise service launched last year.

The 40 per cent reduction will be based on the average roaming prices from last summer and will be implemented by April 2007 at the latest.

“We have received very positive feedback from our customers about Vodafone Travel Promise, so today we are promising even better rates to come into force. Vodafone Travel Promise is such a great value that it even offers significantly lower rates than the EU Commission is proposing to introduce. We believe that competition is the best way to deliver better value and better services to customers, not regulation,” said Hatem Dowidar, CEO, Vodafone Malta.

Vodafone Travel Promise allows Vodafone customers to call home at local rates with only a connection fee of 50c added per call. For the same connection fee, Vodafone customers will be able to receive calls at no additional cost, for calls up to 10 minutes. This latest news from Vodafone represents a huge saving for any calls made across 14 countries in Europe.

Activating the Vodafone Travel Promise is free of charge and can be carried out by calling Customer Care on 247 from a Vodafone or 2148-2820 from any other line.