Windtre “update” Roaming: from June 16, 2025 new areas and costs to travel

Important news coming for Windtre customers who are used to traveling abroad. The orange operator has in fact announced a Total update of economic conditions for roaming and for the use of international mobile services, which will enter into force starting from June 16, 2025.

This “revolution” is not limited to a simple retouching of prices, but introduces one new division of geographical areas And reclassifies some popular destinations, with a direct impact on user pockets. Let’s find out in detail what will change.

The most significant change, and which will certainly make people discuss is theExclusion of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar from the EU area As for roaming rates. From 16 June 2025 the United Kingdom in fact it will pass through Area 2 non -EUWhile Gibraltar will even be reclassified in the Area 3 non -EU. A decision that, in fact, puts an end to the Roaming Like at Home For those who go to these two destinations, with consequent consumption costs for calls, sms and, above all, data traffic, unless you activate specific options.

The new Windtre tariff areas for non -EU Roaming (from June 16, 2025)

In addition to the reclassification of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar of which we spoke at the beginning, Windtre redefined the entire structure of the tariff areas for countries outside the European Union, while maintaining a division into 5 geographical areas. Here is the new map:

• EU countries area: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (including Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Martinica, La Réunion and Mayotte), Germany, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Poland, Portugue Czech, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Hungary. (Here, except thresholds, the “Roaming like at home” continues to be worth).
• Zone 1: Swiss.
• Zone 2: CanadaPrincipality of Monaco, Türkiye, United Kingdom And United States of America.
• Zone 3: Albania, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Ghana, GibraltarGreenland, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrghizistan, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Filippine, Qatar, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Republic of South Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, Uruguay and Uzbekistan.
• Zone 4: Australia, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ciad, Cuba, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Oman, Rwanda, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela.
• Zone 5: Algeria, Afghanistan, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dutch Antilles, Armenia, Aruba, Bahamas, Bahrein, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunes, Burkina Faso, Cambogia, Camera, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Comores, Congo, Ivory Coast, Dominica, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Gabon, Gambia, Gibuti, Grenada, Guam, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Iraq, Northern Marianne Islands, Jordan, Popular Democratic Republic of Laos, Lesotho, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Nuova Caledonia, Palestine, Papua Nuova Guinea, Paraguay, French Polynesia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and Grenadine, Samoa, Santa Lucia, Senegal, Seychelles. Leone, Singapore, Syria, Suriname, Swaziland, Tagikistan, Timor Est, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turks Islands and Caicos, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen and Zambia.

It is important to underline that Windtre specifies on its official website that some countries of the Area 5 (Andorra, Angola, Gibuti, Ethiopia, Gambia, Libya, Mali, Montserrat, Myanmar, Syria, Tagikistan and Togo) They do not allow you to have data traffic in roaming.

What changes in costs? Increases for data, possible reductions for voice and sms

The updating of the tariff areas inevitably brings with it Variation of consumption costs. According to what emerged, they will register increases for data traffic In numerous cases, an aspect not to be underestimated for those who make great use of the internet on the road. However, for some destinations there may also be good news, with reductions for calls and messages. The example is that of Canada (now in zone 2), where costs per item and sms could decrease.

As for the Voice rate mitigation In non -EU countries, Windtre will apply a tariff a early shots of 30 secondsfollowed by tariffs to the second. For the data trafficon the other hand, the tariff will take place at early shots of 1 KB. There Reception of SMS will remain free.

Recall that these are the Basic Roaming ratesapplied in the absence of specific active options. Windtre customers will however have the opportunity to activate, before departure, one of the Travel options, which include dedicated buades of minutes, SMS and Giga, often more convenient for prolonged stays or for those involving intense use of services.

Useful advice and other information

Windtre, as usual, will send a Welcome sms Upon arrival in a foreign country, with information on applicable rates. To avoid unwanted charges when you are in proximity of the border areas In Italy (risk of connection to foreign networks), it is advisable deactivate automatic network search in the settings of your smartphone, manually selecting the Windtre network, or completely deactivate data roaming from the device menu.

The operator also preconfigured a Maximum spending roof for data traffic abroadautomatically blocking the traffic when reaching the threshold, unless explicit request for reactivation from the customer. An anchor of salvation to avoid bad surprises in the bill.

Finally, a note for customers with Most dated tariff plans (Be Wind, Wind Easy, Wind Basic, or All Inclusive Options, Call Your Country, Wind Smart or We all activated before March 16, 2020): the international rates for these customers are different, but at the moment it has not been clarified if the new basic roaming rates from 16 June 2025 will also apply for them. If you have one of these plans on your SIM, it is appropriate that it is appropriate to check directly with the operator.