The EU commission may have succeeded in capping UK network mobile roaming charges for mobile phone users across Europe. However, in the age of the credit crunch a UK user in Europe continues to pay to receive all calls and will be charged around three times the price of a UK domestic call when abroad. 0044 now provides two options to help you beat the charges that remain. A Global SIM card from 0044.co.uk means you can still receive calls abroad for free and make calls at dramatically lower rates. Also available is the International SIM card which can make and receive calls in over 100 destinations offering great savings throughout Europe.

The current economic climate means that travel budgets are under greater pressure during 2009 and any savings that can be made will be a welcome relief for holiday makers, business people and travelers in general during this tighter economic period. A Global SIM or International SIM can go a long way to help ease the pressure.

However, there is also another alternative solution introduced by UK based www.0044.co.uk means that a UK mobile user can now have a mobile contract which offers free roaming throughout Europe, free inclusive airtime and texts at home and the ability to keep an existing UK network mobile number. 0044 ‘Freedom‘ is the first of a new breed of mobile phone contracts and delivers great savings at home and abroad, whilst staying a step ahead of the EU roaming ruling.

Angus MacLeod of 0044 Ltd commented, “We’ve been helping consumers avoid these excessive roaming charges for several years now, but the EU commission’s decision still leaves the consumer paying through the nose when they don’t deserve to. The new 0044 Freedom service plus our Global SIM and International SIM means that consumers can effectively use their mobile across Europe in the same way as they do at home and beat the credit crunch at the same time.