Savvy film buffs visiting French film festivals have long been enjoying the benefits of using a French pay-as-you-go SIM card in their mobile phone to avoid roaming charges, but have often come unstuck with topping up process and maintaining their French mobile number. Now new solutions from the company that introduced PAYG French SIMs to the UK, 0044 Ltd, means that you no longer need to locate a retail outlet in France to top up and ensures that your number remains valid for as long as you make and receive calls.

0044.co.uk has introduced two new solutions; a Global SIM card and a new Pay-monthly French contract to provide solutions that mean it is possible to have a French contract phone all set up and managed from the UK. 0044 provide a French Orange SIM card on a new monthly contract which offers free incoming calls, English voice mail, data facilities and means that you never have to ‘top up’ the phone at a store or risk the French number expiring. The contracts are available on convenient 6 month deals and can be adopted by anyone using a standard UK or French PAYG SIM card in their mobile to avoid roaming charges. Equally, the Global SIM or International SIM, as it is sometimes known as, provides cheap rate calls back to the UK as well as free incoming calls in France all with a UK number range.

Angus Macleod of 0044 Ltd commented, “Over the years we’ve managed to help thousands of people avoid roaming charges by providing a simple and easy to use pay-as-you-go French SIM. However, with a growing number of people spending time in France working or visiting film festivals or researching TV & film productions, there has been an increasing demand from the industry for a more permanent and convenient solution to using your mobile phone while abroad. The new 0044 Pay-monthly service and Global SIM card mean customers can set up a solution in the UK for as little as £6.99 per month and be confident that they’ll save a fortune compared to UK roaming charges whilst they use their mobile phone in France.