Global mobile communications provider, Truphone has reportedly launched its new GSM solution, Truphone (News - Alert) Local Anywhere service, for international travelers to stay in touch with loved ones while saving more than 90 percent on their mobile phone bills. The new service gives consumers with local numbers and access to local rates for calls, texts and data in multiple countries on a single SIM card.

 

Users can use this new service at a fraction of standard roaming fees. For example, AT&T (News - Alert) subscribers roaming in the U.K. pay between 99 cents and $1.29 per minute depending on their calling plans, but from only 12 cents per minute with Truphone Local Rates.

 

The company is also offering good rates for users with roaming in non-Truphone countries offering savings of up to 40 percent over standard mobile operator charges. Other notable features include the ability to manage Caller ID, display a local number wherever the user is and the chance to save up to 80 percent on roaming charges when visiting other countries.

 

This service is currently introduced in United States and the U.K., and the company plans to rapidly roll out Truphone Local Anywhere to a number of key business and leisure destinations in 2010, both across Europe and in longer haul destinations such as Australia, Hong Kong and South Africa.

 

'Mobile charges are a pain point every time you go abroad, but they needn't be with Truphone Local Anywhere,' Geraldine Wilson (News - Alert), CEO of Truphone, said. 'We aim to keep you local in top travel destinations around the world, starting with the U.S. and U.K., so you can make calls at local rates and your friends, family and colleagues can reach you on a local mobile number. Truphone Local Anywhere is the ultimate phone service for people with international lifestyle - everything you need on just one SIM. It will totally change the way people use their mobiles when they are home or abroad.'

 

The company is currently offering the new service SIM to British Airways customers and through www.truphone.com.