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M1 Launches New Europe Data Passport
M1 expands its data roaming service to Europe, as well as three new regional destinations.
The Active Age previously shared about the launch of M1’s Data Passport Service earlier in July this year, and the new countries added to its Data Passport Service list earlier in September. The value-added service allows travellers to use their existing M1 data bundle overseas at a monthly subscription of SGD 10 per country.
M1 has now expanded this service to Europe with the launch of its new Europe Data Passport. At a single subscription of SGD 50 per month, customers can use the Europe Data Passport across Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
In addition to the new 15 European destinations, M1 Data Passport has also expanded to Australia, Thailand and the Phillipines at a monthly subscription of SGD 10 per country.
The Europe Data Passport list of countries and corresponding telco operators are as follows:
Destination Operator
Austria T-Mobile
Croatia T-Mobile
Czech Republic T-Mobile
France Orange
Germany T-Mobile
Hungary T-Mobile
Italy Wind
Netherlands T-Mobile
Poland T-Mobile
Russia MegaFon
Slovakia Telefonica
Spain Telefonica
Sweden Tele2 (Comviq)
Switzerland Swisscom
United Kingdom Everything Everywhere
The list of new regional destinations and its corresponding telco operators are as follows:
Destination Operator
Australia Vodafone
Phillipines Globe Telecom
Thailand DTAC
Data Passport is now available for mobile and mobile broadband plans launched from 2012, in addition to plans launched in 2014.
Customers who exceed their data bundles will have to pay local excess data usage rates of SGD 10.70/GB, capped at SGD 188.32 per month. An SGD 2 one-time activation fee applies, with an additional SGD 5 for multi-SIM users.
