All posts tagged EU Roaming

Mountain top calls can attract peak rates

by 0044 on February 4, 2009 in Advice with No comments

Skiers and snowboarders visiting the USA have long been using mobile phones not only to call home when abroad, but also to contact fellow skiers and boarders while on the slopes. What seems like a convenient ‘walkie-talkie’ system can actually turn out to be a horribly expensive slip up. Using your mobile phone abroad incurs premium rate international roaming tariffs, but now a new website www.0044.co.uk provides USA SIM or a Global SIM card as a simple solution.

Staying in touch by using your mobile in a foreign ski resort can cost a fortune. Not only are you charged premium rates of up to £2.00 p min to make a call you are also charged to receive calls. Now all of this extra expenditure can be avoided by using a new solution provided by mobile roaming specialists 0044 Ltd. By purchasing a US pay-as-you-go SIM card or a Global SIM card (the small removable chip inside your handset) on the website and using an unlocked handset, roaming charges can be avoided, calls made are at local rates and incoming calls and texts are free.

Angus MacLeod, director of 0044 Ltd commented, “I needed to take my mobile abroad even though it was costing me a fortune, but my UK network could not present me with a cheap solution so I found one for myself with a USA SIM card. It kept me in control of my call costs, saved me a considerable amount of money and has now become a thriving business. Like many of the best ideas in life, our USA and Global SIM card service is simple. We aim to offer a solution to holiday skiers, boarders and those working in resorts worldwide so that they can remain in control of their budgets yet stay safe and in touch at the same time”.

Stay a step ahead of the EU mobile roaming cap…

by 0044 Guru on October 13, 2008 in Europe Roaming, Industry News with No comments

The EU commission has succeeded in capping UK network mobile roaming charges for mobile phone users across Europe. However, the caps still mean that a UK user in Europe continues to pay to receive all calls and will be charged around three times the price of a UK domestic call when abroad. 0044 now provides two options to help you beat the charges that remain. A global SIM card from 0044.co.uk means you can still receive calls abroad for free and make calls at dramatically lower rates. Also available is the international SIM card which can make and receive calls in over 100 destinations offering great savings throughout Europe.

The new pricing restrictions may also result in UK mobile networks clawing back the lost revenues by increasing domestic rates and reducing the freebies that are provided with most contracts like flashy handsets and free minutes or text bundles.

However, another alternative solution introduced by UK based www.0044.co.uk means that a UK mobile user can now have a mobile contract which offers free roaming throughout Europe, free inclusive airtime and texts at home and the ability to keep an existing UK network mobile number. 0044 ‘Freedom‘ is the first of a new breed of mobile phone contracts and delivers great savings at home and abroad, whilst staying a step ahead of the EU roaming ruling.

Angus MacLeod of 0044 Ltd commented, “We’ve been helping consumers avoid these excessive roaming charges for several years now, but the EU commission’s decision still leaves the consumer paying through the nose when they don’t deserve to. The new 0044 Freedom service plus our global SIM and international SIM means that consumers can effectively use their mobile across Europe in the same way as they do at home without any financial penalties.