I've had an 09 card since July of this year, which I purchased directly from 09 and had sent to the US (where I am originally from), to test the SIM out before going abroad and then used throughout Europe. . . The 09 global roaming chip does technically work, but there are a few annoying hitches. . .

While 09 technically has roaming privileges with a long list of providers around the worls, I found that this applies to receiving phone calls, not necessaily making them. For some annoying reason, local providers they have agreement with will not always allow dialing out on the 09 chip, but will allow incoming.

Such was the case with Cingular in the US, which would only accept incoming calls, while T-Mobile allowed both incoming and outgoing calls and 09 support services through its network.

I also found a similar circumstance in Hungary, where Pannon and T-Mobile worked for incoming and outgoing, but Vodafone did not. . . This situation resulted in me manually seardching for networks and determining which ones allowed me to dial out. . .

I conferred with 09 Technical Support to determine why this was happening, even though they had roaming agreements with their listed providers, and I was left with the reply that they were investigating. . . I sent a follow-up mail a few weeks later and have never received a reply. . .

The 09 system does work, but it takes a bit of fiddling that can be annoying. . .