I know the EU has been talking about removing roaming charges, and some networks have already done it or reduced them hugely.
On Sept 1 Three Mobile expanded their list of 'Feel at Home' countries which is useful if you are UK-based but a regular traveller to one or more of their 42 destinations. http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/Phones/Feel_At_Home
This allows you to use your UK call/text/data allowance abroad for no extra cost.
If you are not a Three customer, you can still use it by popping a pay-as-you-go sim into an unlocked 3G phone, buying a topup and converting it to an 'Add-on'. We just did this for a short trip to New York and found it a boon to be able to look things up and make the odd call without having to seek WiFi all the time. I get twitchy if I'm away from Internet access in case an enquiry comes through (which always seems to happen when I'm away!)
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Worst customer service in the world out of any mobile phone provider ever. I took a contract with them once and actually bought myself out of it at not inconsiderable expense because they were so shite. I think it cost me far more in wasted time spent trying to sort out the myriad recurring problems that they consistently failed to resolve than I would earn back via 'free' roaming data. I now have a SIM only deal with EE which doesn't give me data, but it does give me calls, texts etc. and for data I use WiFi.