Truphone to Offer SIM-Card

London-based cellular telecom disruptor Truphone just announced that they have bought out SIM4Travel, giving them access to roaming SIM-card technology.

James Tagg, Truphone CEO :

"This completes Truphone's GSM core network, allowing us to offer global mobile operator services. We're already enabling customers to make low-cost Wi-Fi calls and soon we'll be able to provide the added convenience of low-cost GSM calls too, all on a single, worldwide, Truphone SIM."

SIM4Travel have been running one of the more high-profile roaming SIM services, allowing customers to defeat high roaming costs when travelling with their mobile phone. Starting with Liechtenstein phone numbers, they have been most recently providing customers with UK (+44) numbers, which UK users find more acceptable.

SIM4Travel's assets in Portugal and the UK now become part of Truphone, and Truphone will run the Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) platform developed by SIM4Travel.

Reply from satphoneguy on Apr 14, 2008 - 01:40 AM

what i would really like to see is SIP implemented on the network level integrated with the SIM card. the calls would terminate to the handset using circuit switched calling(or at least have that capability when 3g data is not available) but i would be able to register a VSP of my choice for incoming and outgoing calls. ideally i would be able to assign prefixes to different VSPs and dial out as normal using these prefixes to select the route from the network to the termination; and also be able to assign numeric code to SIP URI's(and skype hosted on the network would also be cool)

as for the billing i believe that a flat airtime rate for inbound and outbound calls in a specific country would be very fair(of course considering what that actual rate may be). i would consider a rate approx. to the typical inbound roaming rate(i believe regulated at 25 eurocents throughout europe) to be fair. of course there would also be charges from the VSP to terminate calls to the PSTN.

spg

p.s. any predictions for the likeliness of such a service?

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