Announced
Official Press release
http://multimediacapsule.thomsonone....arrier-3-event
T-Mobile tonight announced that it’s expanding the home data coverage for most Simple Choice customers to include more than 100 countries, at no extra charge. Starting October 31, these Simple Choice individual and business customers automatically get unlimited data and texting in more than 100 Simple Global countries worldwide, and will only pay a global flat rate of 20 cents per minute for voice calls when roaming in the same countries. Eligible customers on T-Mobile’s popular Simple Choice plan won’t have to activate anything, or pay an extra monthly fee.
The 100 countries:
http://www.tmonews.com/2013/10/t-mob...simple-global/
Very nice deal for some. Also makes it tempting to sign on for a T-mobile line occasionally if "unlimited data" bucket is the same as the US based data bucket you've paid for.