VODAFONE has become the latest mobile network to reintroduce roaming charges for UK customers who travel to the European Union.
EE will charge customers for mobile usage in other European countries from next year, despite previously saying it had no plans to reintroduce them after Brexit.
Some Brits will face EU roaming charges for the first time since 2017, as EE is the first carrier to break its promise that nothing would change after Brexit.
EE has announced it will reintroduce roaming charges from January, despite saying just months ago it had no plans to do so after Brexit.
The announcement was made on the five year anniversary from Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.
EE will bring back roaming charges for new customers who use their phones in Europe.
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