If you’re planning to travel abroad with kids at half term you could be in for a surprise when totaling up the cost of your family holiday in the sun or on the slopes. Home-sick kids who text and even use mobile internet on their phones can rack up huge mobile phone bills as a result of the networks charging premium call and data rates while abroad. However, now an alternative Global SIM solution is available from 0044 Ltd which means kids keeping in touch no longer needs to cost a fortune. The Global SIM means kids can call and text at extremely low rates, receive texts and calls for free and access mobile data at lower than roaming rates.

By using a Global SIM and having your handset unlocked, all roaming charges can be avoided, calls and texts made are at local rates and incoming calls and texts are free. Kids, in particular, are not always aware of premium call charges of as much as £1.80 p/min to make calls and 50p to send text messages whilst in long haul destinations, resulting in thousands of holidaymakers getting huge mobile bills when they return home. That’s where a Global SIM can make some huge savings with calls from 31p/min and texts from as little as 11p each. Those kids who like to access social network sites such as Facebook or Twitter can also find that data charges are enormous abroad. With a Global SIM data rates start at only £1.60pMB and, as they are payg, there is no danger of running up a big bill whilst away.

“I needed to take my mobile abroad even though it was costing me a fortune and the kids also insisted on using theirs. Our UK network didn’t have a solution so we discovered the Global SIM alternative. Like many of the best ideas in life, our Global SIM service is simple. We aim to offer a solution for parents whose kids use their mobiles while on family holidays abroad. Inevitably it’s the parents who foot the bill for the text messages, calls and data usage and we hope our Global SIM service can help control the costs as well as keeping families in touch while they are away”.