FreeMove is an alliance of several European mobile telecommunications operators, designed to provide better service integration for its members' roaming customers. It is a competitor of Starmap and Vodafone (the latter of which is not an alliance, but provides the same benefits due to its presence in so many European and world markets). Roaming is a general term in wireless telecommunications that refers to the extending of connectivity service in a network that is different than the network with which a station is registered. ... Vodafones corporate logo is the outline of a SIM card Vodafone is a multinational mobile phone operator with headquarters in Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom and Düsseldorf, Germany. ...

The idea for mobile alliances came from the airline industry, where groups such as oneworld and Star Alliance have existed since the 1990s. oneworld is third largest airline alliance in the world, behind Star Alliance and Skyteam. ... Launched on May 14, 1997, the Star Alliance was the first, and remains the largest airline alliance in the world. ...

Currently FreeMove comprises movistar (Telefónica's mobile subsidiary), Orange (France Télécom's mobile subsidiary), TIM (Telecom Italia's mobile subsidiary) and T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom's mobile subsidiary). Within Europe, these companies have operations in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. movistar is a major mobile phone operator owned by Telefónica Móviles. ... Telefónica S.A. (NYSE: TEF) (TYO: 9481) is the national telephone network operator (telco) in Spain. ... See also Orange (disambiguation) for other meanings of the word. ... France Télécom (outside of France often spelled France Telecom, without the accents) is the main telecommunication company in France. ... Tim is a 1985 (see 1985 in music) album by The Replacements. ... Telecom Italia is a formerly partially state-owned Italian telco. ... T-Mobile logo T-Mobile is a multinational mobile phone operator. ... DTAG corporate headquartiers, Bonn Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT) (abbreviated DTAG) is the biggest German telecommunications company. ...

Parts of Europe which are notable by their absence from the FreeMove network include the entire Nordic-Baltic Sea region, and the Republic of Ireland. The Nordic countries (Greenland not shown) The Nordic countries is a term used collectively for five countries in Northern Europe. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Eastern Europe and Central Europe, and the Danish islands. ...

External links

The FreeMove alliance (http://www.freemovealliance.com)