Click below to
find interesting
information from our
July 2009
newsletter
relating to:
Roaming
Travel
Mobile phones
Roaming
vSIM
Trip -
sneak
preview
of the
revolution!
Newsletter
readers get a
glimpse of
vRoam's
revolutionary
new product. The
vRoam
vSIM is a
revolutionary
global postpaid
roaming SIM
card.
For the first
time ever, you
can use a single
post-paid vSIM
world-wide,
whilst saving
even more on the
costs of roaming
charged by the
Australian
networks.
Get billed
only for the
calls you make,
with no need to
manage prepaid
credit. Remain
contactable on
your Australian
number, don't be
out of touch
just because you
are travelling.
vSIM is
optimised to cut
your costs. For
example calls
back to
Australia cost
(per minute):
·
$1.10 with vSIM from the UK (Optus $3.42, Telstra 2.74, Vodafone
$3.28) save $570
on a typical
trip!
·
$0.80 with vSIM from NZ (Optus $3.70, Telstra 3.34, Vodafone $3.02)
save $290 on a
typical trip!
·
$1.10 with vSIM from France (Optus $3.70, Telstra 2.82, Vodafone
$3.24) save $620
on a typical
trip!
That's less than
half price!
We've
streamlined the
way vSIM works:
·
No change to your current Australian mobile network or contract
·
A single itemised monthly bill no matter where you've been
·
Single voicemail worldwide
·
Works in over 140 countries - the same way everywhere! .
Travel
Making
calls when
travelling
Experienced
travellers
know a few
tricks for
making your
life easier
when you
travel
internationally.
We continue
on from last
month's
newsletter
with a few
more tips
for the
savvy modern
traveller.
Emergency
calls - use
"112"
You probably
know that in an
emergency in
Australia you
dial "000" for
emergency
services.
Generally
overseas a
different number
is used - from
Hollywood movies
you'll probably
know that "911"
is the US
emergency
number, but
"999" is used in
the UK, "111" in
New Zealand,
"101" in Belgium
and so on.
In some
countries
different
emergency
numbers are used
for different
emergency
services (e.g.
in Greece,
"100", "166" and
"199" get the
police,
ambulance and
fire services
respectively).
Travellers,
especially if
passing through
several
countries,
struggle to
remember strange
emergency codes.
The easiest
way is to
remember one
number - "112"
is the
internationally-agreed
unified
emergency
services number,
and now works in
all countries -
even Australia -
and on all
mobile networks.
Might be a good
idea to store
"112" in your
address book
under "SOS".
Mobile phones
"But I can just
get a cheap SIM
when I arrive"
We often hear
well-intentioned
but misguided
advice on
avoiding roaming
costs such as
"but I can just
get a cheap
local SIM when I
arrive", and we
usually shake
our heads.
There is no
doubt that for
some travellers,
tactics such as
purchasing a
cheap pre-paid
SIM on arrival
can be
fantastic. More
likely, however
might be one of
the following
scenarios:
·
You can't get a post-paid SIM (you don't have a foreign credit
history)
·
Do you want to find prepaid stores, beat the language barrier, find
out you need a
locally-issued
credit-card (not
Australian...)
as the only way
to top up, and
have little idea
of the calls and
spend you incur?
·
It's hard to claim as a legitimate business cost for tax returns
(auditors don't
like the
receipts)
·
Will you use up all the credit? Wasted credit means that your call
rates may be
double or triple
the advertised
rate
·
The call rates in-country may be good, but international rates are
often very high.
Will you be
making most of
your calls back
to Australia?
·
No-one can contact you easily. You'll have a new foreign number.
Telling everyone
your new number
is clumsy and
may be expensive
·
Support and technical help. Prepaid networks often do not have
English-speaking
call-centres
·
Are you going to several countries? You'll need to get a different
SIM in each
country...
vRoam of course
will help make
your trip
cheaper and more
effective with a
SIM before
you leave,
lower costs
and staying in
touch on your
normal
Australian
number. Please
contact us
to enquire
further.
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