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”.