Woolworths Mobile Now Offers Cheap Global Roaming

Despite calling my provider days before leaving the country and making sure all the roaming settings are turned on via my online account, my past few trips overseas have seen my phone stubbornly refuse to roam. On the upside, I haven’t had to worry about crazy bills when I get back, but wouldn’t it be nice if roaming wasn’t insanely expensive in the first place? Woolworths seems to think so.

TechCrunch reports that Woolworths has just inked a deal with the Ireland-based Cubic Telecom to offer the latter’s “MAXroam” service under the Woolworths Mobile brand.

The global roaming sim was made available starting yesterday and can be found in any Woolworths supermarket for $29, according to ITWire. As for the service itself, here’s how it works:

To make a voice call the users dials the number as normal. The phone then disconnects, finds the cheapest rate can calls the user back. Sending text messages is unchanged, so long as the full international number is entered.

If you’re keen, Woolworths Mobile has a handy calculator that lets you figure out the rates between countries.

[Cubic Telecom, via TechCrunch]

[ITWire]


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