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Do use your GeoSIM in a unique way, or have you made exceptional savings?

We would love to hear from GeoSIM customers who use their GeoSIM in a different,  interesting or unique way, or that have made exceptional savings.

May be you use your SIM in a tracking device, use it for remote control of an appliance, or maybe you have made significant savings.

If you have a “story”, we would really like to hear about how you use your GeoSIM , how it is useful to you and the problem it has solved for you.

We will choose a couple of stories each month and post them on our blog, or newsletter.  If you have a commercial website we would add a link to your website and add some call credit to your GeoSIM account.

We look forward to hearing your story!

GeoSIM at Seawork 2012, Southampton 22nd – 24th May

GeoSIM will be exhibiting at Seawork 2012.

We’ll have “open house” at our stand for Ship owners, managers and crew attending the show.

Come and see how GeoSIM works and how it can reduce ship and crew calling costs by up to 85%

Seawork 2012

GeoSIM at Oceanology International 2012, London ExCel

GeoSIM will be exhibiting at  Oceanology International, the global forum where industry, academia and government share knowledge and connect with the marine technology and ocean science community, improving their strategies for measuring, exploiting, protecting and operating in the world’s oceans.

If you are visiting the show, please stop by the GeoSIM stand M600D. Appointments not necessary, but if you want to schedule a meeting, please let us know.

iPhone Facetime & iMessage SMS use up call credit when roaming.

iPhone and iPad users who use Facetime and iMessage are being charged for SMS when roaming.

Facetime and iMessage try to continually activate by sending SMS to various UK mobile numbers. This often happens when an iPhone user inserts a roaming sim card or 3rd party SIM into their handset. iPhone users report that they receive multiple SMS containing random characters similar to the example below:

From +447786205094
REG-RESP?V+3;R=3D375832;N=+447872209573;S=024f15b732fffffff…..

SMS may also be sent to, or received from 447786205094, 447537410217,447537410237,447537410287 and 447537410207

Typically, if the user is roaming, additional charges for sending SMS are made by the network.

iPhone and iPad users are recommended to switch off Facetime and iMessage when roaming so as to avoid additional unknown charges and depletion of credit without their knowledge. Deactivating iMessage and Facetime should also prevent the re receipt of the strange activation SMS.

Be prepared before you travel

Whatever your reason for travelling abroad, you’re sure to want a trouble free trip. Many of the things that often go wrong for travellers can be prevented or made less stressful by taking a few simple precautions.

With this in mind, GeoSIM is working with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to help British nationals stay safe abroad. The FCO website www.fco.gov.uk/travel offers straightforward travel advice, top tips and up to date country information to help you plan your holiday.

Tips include:

• Make sure you have valid travel insurance, even if you’re only planning a short trip.

• Check what vaccinations you need by visiting www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk, your travel health clinic or GP at least 6 weeks before you travel

• Read up on your destination, local laws and customs. Check the FCO travel advice pages or sign up for email alerts for the latest information

• Tell family and friends where you are going and leave them your contact details, insurance policy details and your itinerary and/or store them online using a secure date storage

• Make sure you have enough money to cover emergencies.

• If you are travelling within the European Economic Area, get a European Health Insurance Card for free or reduced emergency care – you still need full travel insurance though! Remember you can call 112 for emergency services in any EU country.

• Check your passport and requirements for the country you are visiting.

It’s also worth reading up on what the local British Consulate can do to help if you run into problems abroad – and what they can’t do. You can also find handy checklists to use before and during your trip.

For more information, visit the FCO website: www.fco.gov.uk/travel or call the 24 hour FCO travel advice line on 0845 850 2829.

Olive Oil & Rum

Sailor Lucy Gilliam is setting sail from the UK on SV Irene  bound for Rio de Janiero via Vigo in Spain.

It is planned that Irene will load a cargo of Olive Oil in Vigo and offload in Rio.  Irene and her crew will then sail North to the Caribbean to load Rum for the UK.

You can follow the voyage at lucyandthenewdawntraders.com

Lucy is a GeoSIM customer and we wish her and her crew a safe voyage.

Data roaming in Spain

Wow, we’ve just done a quick comparison between GeoSIM and O2 for data roaming costs in Spain and we’re around eight times cheaper than O2!

For example, an O2 PAYG customer will pay £3 per MB, where as a GeoSIM customer will pay only £0.38 per MB.

O2 prices are hardly any better if you have a business or monthly contract. O2 charges £2.55 +vat for business contracts and £3.07 for pay monthly deals.  Both business and pay monthly deals with O2 have usage caps of 50MB and maximum charge limit of   £33.34 and £40 respectively.

GeoSIM has no limits and has an equivalent cost of just £19 for 50MB…but with no usage cap….and we use the very same networks to roam on as O2 in Spain.

Enough said….

How to set up your Smartphone, USB modem or tablet for Data Roaming

GeoSIM global SIM cards can be used in a multitude of devices for data roaming.  Provided the device allows an Access Point Name (APN) to be set, then setting up for data roaming is quick and easy.

First locate the menu option on your device that allows you to set up a new APN or connection.  For example, on Android devices this is under settings/wireless & networks/mobile networks/Access point Names.

Actual menu options will vary depending on device, but you will only need to enter a couple of simple settings to allow your GeoSIM to provide your data roaming connection.

Give the new APN a logical name, for example “GeoSIM Data”, in the APN field, enter “mobiledata”

There is no need to enter any user name or password, IP address or DNS values.

Some devices such as USB Modems or USB Dongles will require a “number” to dial.  If, so, enter *99#

Data roaming charges can be found at www.globalsimcard.co.uk and start at a few pence per MB in the USA.

If you don’t have a GeoSIM roaming SIM card, you can buy one here

Faster unlocked USB Modems now available

3.5G 14.4Mbps HSPA+ USB Modem….WOW!  What a mouth full!

What it means is that you can  get super fast mobile broadband connections with your SIM when traveling with your laptop or notebook.

The LM014 is unlocked and SIM free so you can use any SIM card from any network in it.

More details on the Dongle here

GeoSIM adopts 2000 Canadians

GeoSIM has helped  around 2000 Canadians who’s Global SIM card service was suspended 11th January.

GeoSIM has worked closely with a Canadian based SIM provider to “seamlessly”  transfer customers phone numbers and call credit to the GeoSIM Global SIM service.

Canadians moving their SIM to GeoSIM will be able to use their SIM exactly as they did with their old provider and benefit from all the benefits and features that GeoSIM offers.

Customers transferring to GeoSIM will have their SIM instantly activated and not experience any break in service .

Welcome!