new international sim based in Italy
 

Zero mobile
http://www.zeromobile.it

Only italian site, (marketing reasons?). Very very very high rates:

http://www.zeromobile.it/it/rates/consumer (vat included).

optional italian did number (12Euro/Year)

only useful for:
1)italian speaking call center assistence
2) low rate forward italian cell number on international sim (you can forward your cell number on special italian landline number and zeromobile forward call on international sim; the cost: italian landline call from your italian mobile (billed on italian mobile operator) + forward cost to your zeromobile sim (billed on zeromobile sim).


my opinion: it's not a good deal except for italian people (tipically busness people) who want to be reachble on their italian cell number at lower price outside UE.

Ciao
djalqali

Is it a new SIM, or just a call forwarding system added to one that we already know?

In quale paese risiede il mio numero di telefonia mobile?
In islanda o Inghilterra.

= in which country will my number be?
- Iceland or UK [England]

I haven't checked the tariffs yet; for Italians, how does the call forwarding compare to setting up something oneself via Messagenet or Skypho/Eutelia and/or others?

Answer: mission impossible.

Eutelia rates (same rate for calling from voip phone and for forewarding to your cell number) are:

http://www.euteliavoip.com/index.php...pper&Itemid=75 (second column is vat included)

zeromobile rates for incoming call on did number are country dependent: if you stay in "zone 1" country the rate is 19 eurocent (vat inc), if you stay in "zone 2" country is 29 eurocent and so on.

http://www.zeromobile.it/it/services/itnumber/


the country zone list:

http://www.zeromobile.it/it/products/coverage/

.......but i'm bit confused: there are 2 different zone list for originating call and destination call. I suppose the first list is the list for the incoming DID rates.


Well, first tentative for comparison:
you have um423 sim and eutelia voip account with a free italian did number,

you stay in england
for incoming call on did number you pay: call divert eutelia-->um423=30,1 cent/min
with zeromobile 19cent/min


you stay in Egypt:
eutelia+um423 the same 30,1 cent/min
zeromobile: 29 cent/min

you stay in china:
eutelia+um423 the same 30,1 cent/min
zeromobile: 79 cent/min

if you change your um423 with a travelsim or um+ the matrix rates is totally different

Ciao
Andrea

Looks like a 09 rebranded plus DID number... i.e. some Italian Yackie...

yes but ......yackie rate in US$ and zeromobile rate in Euro.......:whistling:


Effendi please:
travelsim rate are billed per minute or billed per second? In the italian forum mondo3 i've read billed per second.....it's true?
The travelsim.it site is the italian reference for travelsimshop site or totally different sim?
I've read good opinion for gt-sim in italian forum mondo3 and bad opinion in prepaidgsm? I'm bit confused.:o
Ciao

Yes, per minute, like um+. Look at here http://www.prepaidgsm.net/en/int/travelsim.html

it's the same, only www.travelsimshop.it is in italian language (even if it's full of mistakes :p)

Zeromobile has very high rates; it's possible do mnp too

"Original" 09 sims are charged in euros. Yackie uses 09 sims which are charged in dollars but I think it's mainly because Yackie is a US-based company targeted mainly for US customers. Currency conversion in Italy would make no sense :-).

I figure that they focused on Italy because the Italians don't care how much they pay per minute:)