Cyprus largest mobile phone operator, CYTAMOBILE-Vodafone has reduced international roaming charges for countries within the EU, according to a statement released yesterday.

Roaming rates for calls, the sending of SMS and MMS within the EU are as follows:

l outgoing calls to EU countries cost €0.283 per minute. For incoming calls while the subscriber is in an EU country the charge is €0.083 per minute. An SMS is charged at €0.094 and the delivery and collection of MMS is €0.531

Charges for mobile internet roaming are divided into four zones and separated into subscribers who have a monthly mobile internet plan and those who do not.

l Zone one consists of selected Vodafone networks and monthly internet subscribers who are charged €0.35 per MB, while subscribers that don’t have a monthly plan are charged €0.53 per MB.

l Zone two covers the EU. Monthly plan subscribers and those without a plan are charged €0.53 per MB.

l Monthly plan subscribers are charged €9.30 per MB and subscribers without a monthly plan are charged €12.69 per MB for using the network in zone three.

l Monthly plan subscribers and those without a plan are charged €16.43 per MB for using the network in zone four.