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Orange is considering selling its SIM cards to tourists prior to their arrival to France, allowing them [tourists] to save both time and money on roaming costs. According to local news source Challenge, the France Telecom-owned mobile operator is locating point-of-sale terminals in countries outside of France that can be used by tourists to purchase SIM cards prior to travelling. The SIM card service could also be offered online.
Branded as Orange World, the new offering could initially be introduced in a small number of countries before eventually becoming available in around 100 countries across the globe.
And while Orange France confirmed that such plans are underway, they added that any announcement would be premature and that the number of countries that might be involved in the long term is unknown.
France’s Telecoms regulator Arcep says that roaming costs charged to visitors amounted to nearly 500 million EUR last year.
[Via: FierceWireless]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
