letsroam's parent company, 1st4phonecards.com, has been selling international phone cards since 2001. In recent years, customers have repeatedly asked for cheaper calls directly from their mobile phones.
“letsroam was created as a direct result of customer enquiries for a low cost mobile service when travelling. Customers are not happy paying high hotel phone or roaming costs," said Shane Siggins, the managing director of letsroam.
"This new service allows customers to make cheap calls directly from their mobile phone and dramatically reduce their roaming costs when abroad, not just in Europe but many other countries too."
It is totally free to receive a call in the following African countries: Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tanzania.
This service extends worldwide to: Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia / Herzegowina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay and Yugoslavia / Serbia. Other countries will be added to this list once testing is complete.
Calls made from the letsroam SIM are considered low cost. For example calling from Israel to the UK costs 12p/min, Australia to UK just 20p/min, Spain to the UK just 22p/min; while call to mobiles are a little higher.
letsroam is a 'pay as you go' product, offering initial start balances of GB£5 - 50 (approx. US$10 - 100). Top-ups can be purchased instantly online at any time, and emailed to the user anywhere in the world.
