Australia, May 15, 2012 – TravelSIM®, the mobile phone service for international travellers, has announced that it can now offer Australian travellers $1 (USD) per megabyte for data in the United States. This change, effective immediately, represents significant potential savings for travellers over plans currently offered by conventional Australian telcos.
“What does $1 a megabyte mean for travellers? It means that they will be able to have access to the Internet in the United States with the knowledge that if they want to check their email in Nevada, update their Facebook page in New York or Google the name of a restaurant in Chicago, they will be able to do this confident that upon their return to Australia they won’t be facing a horrendous phone bill,” said Jamien Zimmermann, the CEO of TravelSIM.
Zimmermann said that while no one has “solved” the global data roaming issue, TravelSIM’s latest move shows that the company has taken a big step toward addressing it and that the company, which offers prepaid service in over 190 countries, is striving to continue to reduce data costs worldwide.
“We continue to work hard to bring these costs down. $1 a megabyte is good, but we plan to do better while delivering our comprehensive Australian-based customer support. Watch this space,” Zimmermann said.
Key TravelSIM service facts:
TravelSIM is now offering data service for $1 (USD) a megabyte in the United States.
TravelSIM’s pre-paid SIM cards enable customers to make and receive low-cost voice calls on their mobile phones when travelling overseas. The SIM cards also support text, email and data applications.
Receiving incoming calls is free for TravelSIM customers in 121 countries.
· Calls received via TravelSIM’s 1800 toll free number will continue to be charged a flat rate of just $0.21 (USD) per minute in addition to any cost to receive the call, allowing callers back home to reach TravelSIM customers overseas at no cost from their landline.
TravelSIM’s Personal Assistant service, a full-range of concierge-like options for overseas travellers, will continue to be complimentary until 1st July 2012, with customers only paying the normal cost of making a phone call from the country they are in.
TravelSIM users can be contacted free-of-charge by family, friends and business associates via a web-based SMS.
· Australian mobile numbers can be diverted to the TravelSIM service for $0.21 per minute USD in addition to any cost to receive the call.
The range of services offered by Personal Assistant (24/7, 365 days a year) includes:
o Transport, hotel and vehicle information and reservations
o Live language translation and support in more than 70 languages
o Country, visa, currency and medical information
o Personal safety advice
o Performance of minor tasks such as faxing or emailing with the “Secretary” service
o Information on booking tables at restaurants and tickets to events
o Information on local events, attractions and leisure activities
o Business services such as arranging a meeting or a conference call
o Medical referrals and ambulance arrangement
o Information on local legal representatives
o For an executive summary of these services and more, please visit www.travelsim.net.au/personalassistant
The TravelSIM Personal Assistant service is backed by 28 alarm centres worldwide staffed by doctors, multilingual co-ordinators, security experts and logistics personnel. It has 31 clinics globally, with more than 8,000 employees, including 1,900 medical professionals. It is backed by more than 65,000 accredited network providers worldwide, and provides solutions to 87 of the Fortune Global 100 Companies.