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The National Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana is currently engaged in negotiations with relevant stakeholders in fellow West African nation The Gambia to implement free roaming under the umbrella of the ECOWAS Free Roaming Initiative.

Losses from global roaming fraud will exceed US$8 billion by 2028 driven by the increase in bilateral roaming agreements for data-intensive use cases over 5G networks, according to market research firm Juniper Research.

There will be over 1.5 billion inbound roaming connections in 2024, which are expected to rise to 2.4 billion by 2028, according to a prediction by market research firm Juniper Research.

The value of retail roaming market will hit at US$19 billion ($27 billion) by 2027 from US$10 billion ($14.4 billion) in 2022—a growth of 98% in revenue, which will be driven by both an increase in the number of 5G roaming subscribers across key international travel corridors between North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and data generated by these new 5G connections while roaming internationally, according to Juniper Research.

Malicious attackers have tried to get Israeli executives working for 20 digital currency firms to pay cryptocurrency by sending them messages after hacking their phones and stealing their identities.

Increasing competition and the lowest net increase for six years had already put pressure on Australia’s mobile carriers even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, according to new research from analyst firm, Telsyte.

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic could cost telecoms operators more than US$25 billion in lost revenue during the next nine months, with more than 650 million passenger trips to be cancelled due to the virus – accounting for over 80% of the anticipated international passenger trips that were previously forecast before the spread of the virus, according to one research firm.

The global number of roaming subscribers will reach 1.1 billion by 2024, rising from 900 million in 2020 - representing growth of 28% over the next four years -
according to a new report from Juniper Research.

Rules to better protect Australians against the bill shock that can come from high international mobile roaming charges, have been emhanced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

Optus has added more countries to its $20 prepaid data roaming add-on.

The most generous roaming plan for Australians travelling overseas comes from Vodafone, which has just announced 80 countries are now covered, thanks to 11 new destinations.

Telstra's highest BYO plan, the L plan for $89 per month over 12 months, looks very compelling, especially for frequent international travellers who hate Telstra's $10 per day roaming charge.

Europe has overtaken the Middle East as the "top destination for outbound traffic as subscribers take advantage of seamless LTE roaming".

Vodafone's not happy, but Optus has welcomed the ACCC's decision not to mandate domestic roaming, saying it's a "clear win for regional communities".

Claiming "too many Australians to continue to miss out", Vodafone is not happy, Jan, over the ACCC's decision not to declare mobile roaming.

The ACCC reports deciding "not to declare domestic mobile roaming", but has "identified a range of regulatory and policy measures that could improve inadequate mobile phone coverage and poor quality of service in regional Australia".

Australian-listed Internet of Things data management company Buddy Platform has inked an agreement with US mobile operator T-Mobile for the provision of worldwide data connectivity for the Buddy Ohm platform.

Global mobile data roaming revenues are predicted to reach US$31 billion by 2022 — an annual increase of 8% — compared to just US$21 billion this year, according to a new research report.

Vodafone gives you roam to move, leaving you free to roam in NZ, and free to roam in the 63 other countries for $5 per day.

As Europe, Asia, North America and major regions introduce "roam like at home" packages, it’s no surprise that ridiculously high roaming revenues are falling – but will telco revenues rise again?