Gentay has launched its Low Cost Global Roaming SIM Card, targeted at roaming office based ship managers and vessel based users of cell phones facing high roaming charges.
The new product utilises multi-IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) technology, to offer connectivity worldwide but charged at local rates for both voice and data.
The SIM card also has the facility to incorporate multiple numbers, with the aim of also reducing the cost of incoming calls.
Gentay claims that the SIM card can offer reductions in roaming cell phone bills of between 60 and 80 per cent in comparison with roaming contracts offered by local cell phone service providers.
The company notes that, for example, typical roaming costs of data for non-domestic cell phone providers in the UK is £10 per MB but is £0.10 per MB with the new product. Equally, a voice call from the US to Australia can cost £2.40 per minute with a roaming cell phone in the US but £0.10 with the Low Cost Roaming SIM Card.
The SIM card uses the same regular cellular networks as all roaming mobile phones, and so offers the same quality of service. It does not require any unique local codes or PINs, or the manual selection of designated preferred service carriers in destination countries.
Upon activation of the cell phone in the destination country, the SIM card will search for the strongest signal carrier and automatically connect.
“The maritime industry is reliant on communications to manage the day to day operations of the company and, with the escalating cost combined with the need for increasing global coordination, communication budgets are stretched to breaking point,” said Martin Nygate, director at Gentay.
“The Low Cost Global Roaming SIM Card is a ‘no risk’ way to reduce your communications budget without any changes to your day to day work pattern.”
“With a 90 day cancellation policy without penalty, the Low Cost Global Roaming SIM Card allows you to experience the service and cost reduction without 12 or 24 month financial penalties.”
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