Cheap Global Roaming with a Travel SIM in your Mobile

Roam for free in over 60 countries... If you are a regular traveller, a gap year student, or just travel abroad more than once a year, you should seriously consider a local country SIM or an international global travel SIM for your mobile phone. With current roaming charges using your mobile abroad can easily cost more than your flights.

International Global Roaming SIM

Receive calls abroad for FREE in 63 countries. To buy see SIM4Travel website
This is the best buy if you travel to more than 1 country. The SIM4Travel SIM card can be used in 110 countries and in 63 countries it is free to receive calls. This SIM card must be used to receive or make calls at least once every 9 months. Below is the list of countries where receiving mobile calls is free using a SIM4Travel International SIM card :
UK, Albania, Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Martinique, Mayotte, Moldavia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey.
 
Comparing Costs of using your Mobile Phone abroad:   Example Spain
Here are a few examples for Spain on the UK networks, these figures are typical for most western European countries. All prices are per minute but charged per second.

O2 Roaming costs - PAYG and Contract O2 PAYG costs £1.49 to receive calls, phoning the UK is £1.49, texts are 40p. O2 Contract it is 94p to receive calls and 85p to phone back to UK, texts cost 25p. Roaming with Orange - PAYG and Contract Orange PAYG receive calls 60p, mobile phone to UK £1.40, texts 40p. Orange Contract receive calls 30p , mobile to UK £0.70 and texts 30p. Roaming with T-Mobile - PAYG and Contract T-Mobile PAYG receive calls £1.00, mobile phone back to UK £1.00 texts 40p. T-Mobile Contract receive calls £0.70, mobile to UK £0.75 texts 40p. Roaming with Virgin PAYG - receive calls 60p, phoning UK 95p and texts 35p. Roaming with Vodafone - PAYG and Contract receive calls 75p, phone UK 99p. Local Spanish SIM card - this is the cheapest option if you travel to only 1 country. Receive calls FREE, phoning UK costs 25p to 35p peak rate. Remember, with a local SIM card you need a SIM card for each country you visit. Receiving calls are always free but a top up is required at least once every 12 months. More details on how to buy a Local Country SIM see 0044 website. Roaming with International Global Roaming SIM - this is by far the cheapest option if you travel to more than 1 country. Receive calls FREE in over 60 countries, phone UK 48p peak rate from Spain. More details on how to buy an International Global Roaming SIM see SIM4Travel website

Tip If you travel abroad, leave your mobile at home or buy either a local country SIM or global roaming SIM. The cost of receiving calls to mobiles abroad can be astronomical.

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Some countries are not free. All cell phones in the USA and Canada do cost to receive calls, but much less than all the rates quoted above. So it is still cheaper but not free. Information and tariffs were correct when last checked in July 2005
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