Ever returned from a business trip to China and found that the cost of using your mobile phone was more than your flight tickets? Now a new solution from the company that introduced foreign pay-as-you-go SIM cards to the UK, 0044 Ltd, means that you no longer need to pay extortionate mobile roaming rates with the introduction of Chinese pay-monthly mobile contracts available in the UK.

0044.co.uk has introduced a new Pay-monthly contract plan that means it is possible to have a Chinese SIM and phone number all set up and managed from the UK. 0044 provide a China Mobile SIM card which offers call rates as low as 15 p/min, English voice mail, data facilities and means that you never have to ‘top up’ the phone at a store or risk the Chinese number expiring. The contracts are available on convenient 12 month deals and can be adopted by anyone using their mobile in China to avoid roaming charges. Compared to standard UK network roaming charges of up to £1.80 per minute to make, and £1.20 p/min to receive calls, savings can be as much as 80%.

Angus MacLeod, Director of 0044 commented, “Over the years we’ve managed to help thousands of people avoid mobile roaming charges by providing simple and easy to use pay-as-you-go foreign SIMs. However, with a growing number of businesses expanding into China, there has been an increasing demand for a more permanent and convenient solution to using your mobile phone there. The 0044 China Pay-monthly service means users can set up a contract in the UK for as little as £9.99 per month and be confident that they’ll save a fortune compared to UK roaming charges. Similar solutions are available for other SE Asian destinations and many countries worldwide.