Talk:Italy/@comment-73.35.234.88-20170531220131/@comment-24682153-20170601061959

Hi. Welcome to Europe. From 15th of June all providers in the EU are required to adopt the "roam like at home" principle. This means that you can use any EU-issued SIM card in another EU county for domestic rates on roaming. For details check here.

That's why it's now recommended for EU countries to buy a local SIM card in the first EU country (if you come from outside) and use it in other EU countries at domestic rates. So if your son travels to Italy and stays there, he should buy a SIM there (and you use it in Austria and Germany too). The same applies to you. Which plan is best for you depends on your consumption, check the article for it. For overseas calls, you should use Skype, WhatsApp or other VoIP clients. Be aware that it may be hard to refill Italian SIM cards from abroad. In Italy it's easy to buy vouchers, but most foreign credit cards are rejected online for payment. So you better fill it up before you leave Italy.