Owning or renovating a French property is a dream that many are turning into reality, but coordinating and communicating with local tradesmen and service providers can become a real nightmare. Many Brits choose to use their UK mobile phone whilst in France, but are increasingly finding that locals just do not want to contact the ...

Now that the world is becoming a smaller place and travel is becoming less expensive, more people than ever before are leaving these shores. Students are taking gap years and business people are taking career breaks whilst the elderly and wealthy buying property abroad. And all of these people is likely to be offered everything ...

Recent news that air passengers will soon be able to make and receive calls in-flight will no doubt please business travellers, but there may still be a sting in the tail due to the high international roaming charges that the networks will apply. However, a variety of Global SIM and Foreign SIM solutions provided by 0044 mean th ...

Skiers and snowboarders visiting the USA have long been using mobile phones not only to call home when abroad, but also to contact fellow skiers and boarders while on the slopes. What seems like a convenient ‘walkie-talkie’ system can actually turn out to be a horribly expensive slip up. Using your mobile phone abroad incurs pre ...

Savvy film buffs visiting French film festivals 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 topping up process and maintaining their French mobile number. Now new solutions from the company that introduced PAYG Fren ...

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 optio ...

Recent reports again have us wandering whether mobile phones cause health problems, but if you’ve ever used a mobile phone abroad then it’s more likely that only pain felt was in your pocket. Now by visiting the web site 0044.co.uk, you can take your mobile phone abroad and avoid all mobile roaming charges. 0044 Ltd provide an i ...