Uk Global Sim

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Originally Posted by Ukap

I would like a Global Sim card but with a UK number - not Lichtenstein. Can you advise me of the best place to get one? United Mobile have fabulous rates but they use Lichtenstein numbers.
Reason for the UK number - it is cheaper for my friends & family in the USA to call me on a UK cell phone than a Lichtenstein cell phone number.

You can order one from 0044 Ltd - that will give you a UK number
More specifically an Isle of Man number. Yes it is part of the UK but
most of the UK mobile operators charge it as an international destination.

At the moment I guess USA carriers still bundle the IoM number
at the same rate as UK mobiles - but this could change in the same
way as Lichtenstein mobile numbers used to be be cheap - and then overnight the cost to (reliably) call them from the UK went from 8p (UKP 0.0 to 32p (UKP 0.32).

The only problem I have found with 0044 is that they seem to have the habit of
changing rates for outgoing calls. The charges part of the website changed a few days ago and several rates have gone up a lot eg calling a UK landline from UK was 9p now 28p. There seems to be some confusion as to whether this is to new customers or all customers. There was also promise of being able to get account details - balance etc online or by text msg but that hasn't happened.

I would use mine a lot more for outgoing if at the very least I could get a balance automatically rather than having to ring customer services - and the rates were more obvious

Oh and the other one which might be a show stopper is the minimum topup is UKP 28.69 (ouch) - not far off the cost of a new card.

Having said that their customer services is good. If you email them you usually get a reply back quickly even today 1 May which is a public holiday!


There are of course other providers offering +44 762 numbers but I've not used them so cannot comment.


Hope that helps

Ian