Vodafone Malta Limited will be reducing its voice roaming rates for calls within the EU (Zone 1) of its Vodafone World roaming tariff plans with effect from the 30th of August 2008. Outgoing calls will be reduced from €0.58 to €0.53 a minute including VAT and incoming calls from €0.28 to €0.25 a minute including VAT. These rates are below the requirements of the EU Directive.

Rates are valid if calls are originated and terminated within EU member states. Should calls terminate outside the EU, different price points are applicable according to the selected network.

The above rates are applicable to all Vodafone pre-paid and post-paid customers.

In addition, Vodafone Malta has reduced its Vodafone Passport call set-up charge whilst roaming on EU Vodafone Passport networks. Customers registering to Vodafone Passport can call home or the visited country at the rate of €0.23 per minute. Calls to other countries will be charged at the applicable international calling rate. Whilst roaming on EU Passport Networks (e.g. Vodafone Italy), a set-up charge of €1 is applicable per call, whereas the connection fee of €1.16 is applicable for non-EU roaming Passport Networks (e.g. Vodafone Australia).

Whilst roaming on EU Vodafone Passport Networks, customers are charged €0.70 per 10 minutes of calls received (e.g. Vodafone Italy). The rate for calls received whilst roaming on non-EU Passport Networks is €1.16 per 10 minutes of calls.

“Our customers have been benefiting from reduced roaming prices since 2005 when we had introduced Vodafone Passport and from April 2007 when we had reduced our roaming prices by an average of 40% across the board followed by the introduction of the Vodafone Euro Tariff in August 2007. These further reductions which go beyond the EU requirements are targeted to give more value to our customers when roaming abroad,” said Marcel Grech Mallia, Business Segment Executive at Vodafone Malta.

For more information, customers may contact Vodafone Customer Service on 247 from their Vodafone or by calling 9999 9247 from any other line. Alternatively, they can visit www.vodafone.com.mt for more details

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