Since the launch of its new international SIM card at the beginning of 2012, toggle mobile has seen an increasing number of travellers switch to their network to save up to 90 percent on roaming costs.
UK residents made 6.8 million international business trips at the beginning of 2012 – a rise of three percent from 2011, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Milind Kangle, Chief Executive of Lycamobile, the innovative company behind the toggle SIM, believes businesspeople still suffer unnecessarily large phone bills: “As part of an international company, I travel overseas all the time and I unfortunately know too well how expensive using your mobile phone abroad can be. This is why we developed toggle mobile.
“There are a lot of benefits that business travellers can take advantage of including free incoming calls in over 60 countries and international calls from three pence a minute.”
Local value
Toggle mobile customers can register for up to nine local numbers that work simultaneously in the same SIM card. The local numbers enable travellers to make both regional and international calls at competitive rates.
“When you’re flying to Germany for a business meeting, the last thing you want on your mind is whether you can afford to take the call from your office or how much it will cost to call business contacts in Germany. The local number removes this worry as calls from the UK can be received for free, plus calls within Germany are charged at a local rate. What’s more, your business contacts will welcome the local number as it means less cost to them,” said Kangle.
Roaming wild
Internet users can benefit from low international data-roaming charges from just 15 pence per MB. This compares favourably to mainstream competitors: O2 offer 69p per MB within the EU and £6 per MB outside the EU; Vodafone offer 69p per MB for the first 5MB within and £3 outside the EU; and Orange offer 63p per MB within and £8 per MB outside.
Earlier this year toggle welcomed the European Parliament vote to reduce mobile phone data-roaming charges, but with major changes postponed until 2014, some phone users are not seeing the full benefit yet. “High data-roaming charges are something travellers have accepted for too long. Consumers are charged exorbitant prices for using their mobile abroad and we are delighted that the EU has finally agreed to go further than its previous regulatory efforts,” said Chris Liveing, Group Marketing Director for toggle mobile.
“Our research prior to launching toggle mobile was that not all deals are what they are cracked up to be, something we address by simplifying our tariff so one rate applies to all, providing the best value for our customers.”
Further information: Tel: 020 7132 2322; www.togglemobile.co.uk
