Cloud 9 Isle Of Man

[RTuesday]

In the next couple of months, there will be two new domestic mobile companies in the Isle of Man, breaking Manx Telecom's monopoly. (Other "Isle of Man SIMs" from companies using Callkey's services just use IOM numbering, they don't have a local network). One of the new companies is Cable and Wireless (branded "Sure mobile", like Jersey), don't know their deals yet.

The other is Cloud 9 - http://www.cloud9.im/ - which looks like it might have some interesting roaming when it launches around January. It has lots of roaming deals in place, roaming will be included for prepaid as well as contract customers, and free incoming throughout Europe (weekdays only). Plus mention of voip integration.

There are few other details yet, but it's worth keeping an eye on them. The same company is also providing roaming and numbering facilities to some of the "private pico-cell gsm" networks being set up in UK universities and companies.