Savvy skiers visiting or working a season in France have long been enjoying the benefits of using a French pay-as-you-go SIM card in their mobile phone to avoid roaming charges, but have often come unstuck with the topping up process and maintaining their French mobile number. Now a new solution from the company that introduced PAYG French SIMs to the UK, 0044 Ltd, means that you no longer need to locate a retail outlet in France to top up and ensures that your number remains valid for as long as you make and receive calls.

0044.co.uk has introduced a new Pay-monthly contract plan to provide a solution that means it is possible to have a French contract phone all set up and managed from the UK. 0044 provide a French Orange SIM card on a new monthly contract which offers free incoming calls, call rates as low as 20 p/min, English voice mail, data facilities and means that you never have to ‘top up’ the phone at a store or risk the French number expiring. The contracts are available on convenient 6 month deals and can be adopted by anyone using a standard UK or French PAYG SIM card in their mobile to avoid roaming charges.

Over the years we’ve managed to help thousands of people avoid roaming charges by providing a simple and easy to use pay-as-you-go French SIM. However, with a growing number of people spending the ski season in France working, or indeed relocating permanently, there has been an increasing demand for a more permanent and convenient solution to using your mobile phone while abroad. The new 0044 Pay-monthly service means customers 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 whilst they use their mobile phone in France.