Once outside of your country, your Vodafone mobile phone automatically connects to an available network. From then on, your phone works just as it did in Italy.
When abroad you can use your mobile to make calls just as easily as you did back home: simply add the international country code (+39 for Italy) to the number you wish to call.
By dividing the world into 4 large zones, Vodafone has come up with a clear and crystal pricing system. Charges vary depending on two factors: the call's country of origin and its country of destination.
Zone 1 |
Zone 2 |
Zone 3 |
Zone 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zone 1 | 0,46 euro Eurotariff* |
1,67 euro | 1,67 euro | 2,50 euro | |||
| Zone 2 | 1,67 euro | 1,67 euro | 1,67 euro | 2,50 euro | |||
| Zone 3 | 2,50 euro | 2,50 euro | 2,50 euro | 2,50 euro | |||
| Zone 4 | 5 euro | 5 euro | 5 euro | 5 euro | |||
From 30 September 2007 in all countries in Zone 1, the Euro Tariff rate will be applied pursuant to Regulation no. 717/2007 of the European Parliament and Council on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the European Community.
Zone 1 Main European Countries:
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroer, Finland, France, French Caribbean (Guadaloupe, French Guyana, Martinica), Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Great Britain, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Latvia, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of San Marino, Reunion, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy1.
Zone 2:
Albania, Algeria, Australia, Bahrain, Bosnia Herzegovina, Canada3, China, Croatia, Libya, Macao, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Moldavia, Qatar, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, U.S.A.2 3, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela.
Zone 3:
Angola, Anguilla, Dutch Antilles, Saudi Arabia, Argentina2 3, Aruba, Bangladesh, Barbados, Byelorussia, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Buthan, Cameroon, Cayman, Colombia, Congo, South Korea4, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Philippines, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan5, Jordan, Grenada, Greenland, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Comoro Islands, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, French Polynesia, Dominican Republic, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Syria, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkse Kaicos, Ukraine, Uruguay, Yemen.
Zone 4:
Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda2, Brunei, Cambodia, Capo Verde, Central African Republic, Chile2, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador2, Gabon, Guatemala, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Virgin Islands, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Mexico2 3, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru2 3, Porto Rico, Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia, Tanzania, Tajikistan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe.....and THE REST OF THE WORLD1.
The cost of each sent SMS message is fixed at 0,25 euros plus tax. All incoming SMS messages are free of charge.
Sending an MMS while roaming has a different cost in each of the four rate zones, as shown in the table:
Zone 1 |
Zone 2 |
Zone 3 |
Zone 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 cent | 80 cent | 1 euro | 1,40 euro |
Every call answered while outside of your home country is not free. The cost of a call received and answered while you are abroad, is divided between you and the caller: the caller is charged with the standard mobile domestic fee.
The receiver pays the cost of an international call from Italy to the country they are in, at the rates shown in the table below.
Zone 1 |
to Europe, USA and Canada6 cent/min |
To all other destinations euro/min |
|---|---|---|
| 22 cent Eurotariff* | 30 cent | 2 euro |
There is no connection charge and call charging is based on the actual number of seconds of conversation.
Some foreign operators apply an additional fee which may vary depending on the pricing criteria set out by the hosting operator (Mobile Party Pays rate).
From September the 30th, following the European Parliament and Council Regulation N. 717/2007 about roaming services on European Community, EURO tariff will be applied to all Zone 1 countries on mobile phones' public nets.
As the destination country only.
These countries run on GSM 1900 MHz frequency. To find out whether your phone operates at this frequency, consult your mobile's instruction booklet. Multi-band mobile phones that operate at 1900 MHz are available for purchase and for hire at any Vodafone Store.
These countries run on iDEN technology. Mobile phones that operate on iDEN are available for hire at any Vodafone Store.
Customers going to Korea must take their SIM cards and use a special mobile phone available at any of the two main Korean airports.
Customers going to Japan and using the J-Phone Operator must use a NOKIA 6650 mobile phone available at the Tokyo International airport. Customers can use their SIM card with this phone.
Included in Europe, the US and Canada: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britan, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Yugoslavia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Principality of Monaco, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, United States of America, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Caribbean Islands, of whom the prefix begins with 001 (Anguilla, Antigua e Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, Grenada, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Santo Domingo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands).
