Batelco adds to list of unified local data roaming partners

Batelco announced a number of new international operators as part of its Unified Local Data Roaming Rates scheme. Under the telco’s Local Unified Rates, customers pay 600 fils (US$1.56) per megabyte when they roam with the designated international operators.

Batelco introduced Unified Roaming Rates in 2009 for data roaming in a number of regional countries. The original line-up included Saudi Arabia (Al Jawal and Mobily), UAE (Etisalat & Du), Qatar (Qtel), Kuwait (Wataniya and Viva), Oman (Nawras), Egypt (Mobinil), Jordan (Umniah) and Yemen (Sabafon).

Now in this new delivery, Batelco has extended its line up of operators to include providers outside of the GCC and Arab region.

The new countries and operators are: the UK (O2), Spain (Moviles Espana), Czech Republic (O2), and Ireland (O2).