MWC2009: Truphone Local Anywhere for Roaming Cost Saving
Sick of your high mobile phone roaming cost? Truphone has announced its new Truphone Local Anywhere, a single-SIM, multi-country mobile service that will be launched later this year and make any mobile call within the set of supported countries into a local call.The new service also provides savings to people calling Truphone Local Anywhere customers as well. Friends, family or business associates can call whichever number is most convenient to the caller - making every call cost the same as a local call.
Additional Truphone Local Anywhere features and cost savings include:
- number portability of existing mobile and landline numbers to Truphone;
- full service multi-language customer support;
- ability to manage their Caller ID (CLI);
- competitive rates on domestic calls, SMS, and data in home country;
- low-cost international calling to the world from any Truphone Local Anywhere-supported country;
- up to 80 per cent savings on roaming charges when visiting other countries;
- no roaming surcharges to receive calls in most major destinations;
- TruFriends - providing even lower calling rates to call to other Truphone Local Anywhere customers;
- additional “virtual” country mobile numbers to seem ‘local’ in another country so friends/colleagues can call at local rates.
- Meeting the unique needs of people with an international lifestyle
“Until now, the only way to avoid the massive cost of mobile roaming is to carry multiple phones and multiple SIM cards, one for each country you frequent,” stated Truphone CEO Geraldine Wilson. “This means juggling multiple devices and phone numbers to avoid paying the high roaming rates traditionally associated with travel.
The first implementations of Truphone Local Anywhere will be available in the second half of 2009.