Mobile phone costs abroad start to fall The cost of using a mobile phone abroad is falling significantly thanks
to the range of services now available to holidaymakers. The major networks,
Vodafone,T-Mobile and O2, have been criticised for charging customers up to
£1.50 per minute to make calls while abroad. They also charge high fees to
receive calls outside of the UK. However companies such as
0044.co.uk are making it possible for travellers to make local calls at local
rates, make cheaper international calls and receive calls for free. They sell
you a SIM card which contain the
phone number and other data which temporary replaces your own existing SIM while
abroad. The new card has a different telephone number so when users replace their own
card they are advised to leave a message on their old number telling callers
that they can be reach on the new number.
See www.0044.co.uk for
more information.
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