TWO Numbers, ONE SIM Card
March 17, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Services
We’ve all seen dual SIM phones roll out into the market, but have you ever heard of single SIM cards having two numbers? Well now they’re here — the purpose of the Dual IMSI Global SIM Card is to keep two numbers — one USA number and one UK number so you’re never caught traveling with two phones. Everything you need is in a single SIM. Incoming calls within the USA are free and outgoing calls will cost a small fee:
Ed Neal, Managing Director of Geodesa Limited, who distributes GeoSIM says “We are really excited about this ‘market shaking product’ which is generating a great deal of interest from customers and resellers already. In the past, travellers roaming on a US network have had to pay for incoming calls on their mobiles and paid higher charges for making calls. From mid April, all that will change when we roll out GeoSIM Dual IMSI. The USA will effectively become part of Europe in terms of the GeoSIM call rates and free incoming calls. GeoSIM customers will be able to call and receive at the current rates available in Europe or the US no matter which side of the Atlantic they are on.” [source]
The long term plan? It seems like they’re bridging gaps between telco operators. Imagine one single call rate worldwide?
Actually a sim with two numbers exist a long time ago. My sim has two numbers from 2001. What I didn’t manage to work is to use both numbers simultaneously without switching off the mobile phone. Anybody knows how to use both at the same time?