A pan-European survey has found unpredictable and high mobile phone roaming charges to overseas networks are discouraging travellers from using local services.
A study of 4,000 travellers found that 66% blamed the charges for not using their mobile devices when on holiday.
Furthermore, two out of five of those polled by annual European travel trade show ITB (via IPSOS) voiced concerns of data protection as a reason for not using their devices to access local information and services when travelling.
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