HolidayPhone News

STOCKHOLM. HolidayPhone now offers a Mobile WiFi Hotspot solution for customers traveling to 29 popular destination countries. Travelers with carrier locked mobile phones can now benefit from flat rate internet when abroad, with a Mobile WiFi Hotspot device and a prepaid Data SIM Card from HolidayPhone. The WiFi can be shared by the entire travel party and provides a secure and private WiFi connection.

HolidayPhone now also offers travelers with carrier locked mobile phones a solution for using cheap mobile internet abroad, through a safe and secure private WiFi connection. The Mobile WiFi Hotspot device is small enough to fit in a back pocket and can easily be brought to all locations and works both when surfing at the beach, navigating in the rental car, translating menus at the local restaurant or when walking around, learning about a new city.

“It has been an exciting start of 2013, having launched our full SIM card service for travelers coming from both Australia and France, and also launching new destination countries like India and Japan. To now be able to also offer travelers with carrier locked mobile phones an option for using mobile internet when abroad at a cheap price together with their friends feels great. We are now one step further in our mission to keep mobile costs low for travelers,” says Joacim Boivie, CEO, HolidayPhone.

SIM cards from HolidayPhone are available when visiting Spain, UK, USA, Italy and 25 other popular vacation destination countries across five continents. The Mobile WiFi Hotspot device can be used across all markets together with a local data SIM card.

For more information, visit holidayphone.com or contact:
Emelie Fågelstedt, PR contact, emelie.fagelstedt@holidayphone.com
Klas Hoberg, Executive VP, +46 733 105 782, klas.hoberg@holidayphone.com

About HolidayPhone
HolidayPhone is a leading solutions provider of roaming free mobile Internet, voice and text services for international travellers. The company operates under the HolidayPhone brand in the Nordic, UK, US, German, French and Australian market. HolidayPhone has 9 e-commerce points of sale in 6 languages and covers 29 popular vacation destination countries globally. The company also operates the PrepaidSimCard.org brand globally. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, HolidayPhone is a privately owned company.

STOCKHOLM. HolidayPhone is now live in Australia with its full service, enabling travellers going out of Australia to use low cost voice, text and roaming free mobile Internet. With HolidayPhone’s SIM card solution travellers benefit from local rates in the country of visit, while at the same time keeping their Australian number without paying overseas fees. The local e-commerce point for Australia was launched earlier this week.

With a prepaid SIM card from HolidayPhone travellers will be reached on their Australian cellular phone number and be able to make cheap calls to Australia when visiting Spain, UK, USA, Italy and 24 other popular vacation destination countries. HolidayPhone cooperates with local tourist carriers in each of its key markets to offer travellers flat rate mobile Internet along with the lowest rates for voice and text, also with the best coverage. The traveller simply switches to a local SIM card and HolidayPhone helps with all registration and activation.

“Australia has been an important market for us from the start. Australians enjoy travel overseas, and tourists from other countries enjoy visiting Australia,” says Joacim Boivie, CEO, HolidayPhone. “It’s a natural step for us to expand our full service in Australia after popular demand from Australians asking us to launch the service for months now.”

HolidayPhone is now live with its full service in eight countries, enabling travellers from USA, UK, Germany, France, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Australia to benefit from roaming free voice and mobile internet while visiting 29 popular tourist destinations across five continents.

For more information, visit holidayphone.com.au or contact:
Emelie Fågelstedt, PR contact, emelie.fagelstedt@holidayphone.com
Klas Hoberg, Executive VP, +46 733 105 782, klas.hoberg@holidayphone.com

About HolidayPhone
HolidayPhone is a leading solutions provider of roaming free mobile Internet, voice and text services for international travellers. The company operates under the HolidayPhone brand in the Nordic, UK, US, German, French and Australian market. HolidayPhone has 9 e-commerce points of sale in 6 languages and covers 29 popular holiday destination countries globally. The company also operates the PrepaidSimCard.org brand globally. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, HolidayPhone is a privately owned company.

STOCKHOLM. HolidayPhone is now live in France with its full service, enabling French travelers to use low cost voice, text and roaming free mobile Internet when traveling abroad. The SIM card solution can save travelers hundreds of euros per trip in mobile costs. 

HolidayPhone aims to solve one simple problem – to ensure low mobile costs for travelers visiting another country. Through cooperation with local operators HolidayPhone offers flat rate mobile Internet along with the lowest rates for voice and text, along with the best coverage. The traveler simply switches to a local SIM card, and HolidayPhone helps with all registration and activation. The user’s original cell phone number is also forwarded, enabling the traveler to be reached as normal when abroad and to use mobile services without restrictions, without international roaming fees. 

“It’s a great success for us to now be able to step into the French market with our full service” says Joacim Boivie, CEO for HolidayPhone. “Other markets have shown great interest, so it feels natural to keep on rolling out our services to other parts of the world, and to also let French travelers take part of our services in French. That’s one of our key objectives, to always let the customer get support in their own language.” 

HolidayPhone recently announced a global partnership with Travelport. More news will be announced shortly.

For more information, visit holidayphone.fr or contact:

Klas Hoberg, Executive VP, +46 733 105 782, klas.hoberg@holidayphone.com,

Emelie Fågelstedt, PR contact, emelie.fagelstedt@holidayphone.com

About HolidayPhone
HolidayPhone is a leading solutions provider of roaming free mobile Internet, voice and text services for international travelers. The company operates under the HolidayPhone brand in the Nordic, UK, US, German, and French market. HolidayPhone has 8 e-commerce points of sale in 6 languages and covers 27 popular holiday destination countries globally. The company also operates the PrepaidSimCard.org brand globally. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, HolidayPhone is a privately owned company.

STOCKHOLM. HolidayPhone announced today that they have entered into a cooperation agreement with Travelport in offering international travelers roaming free mobile Internet, voice and text services. These services can save travelers hundreds or even thousands of dollars in mobile call charges while traveling abroad. 

As part of this agreement, HolidayPhone will be using the Travelport Viewtrip itinerary solution to promote roaming free mobile Internet, voice and text services for international business and vacation travelers.

“This is an exciting partnership with HolidayPhone and a money-saving travel solution offer that our customers can pass along to their travelers. We are keenly focused on building out offers and opportunities on our ViewTrip itinerary product, and HolidayPhone’s services are a great compliment to that,” says Allison Solomon, Head of Advertising Strategy and Operations at Travelport. 

“We are happy to have such a reliable partner that provides us with this great opportunity to develop our business.” says Joacim Boivie, CEO for HolidayPhone. “It’s a fact that most travelers today bring their mobile devices to make calls and use their mobile Internet access when abroad. However using mobile Internet when visiting another country can be very expensive because of mobile operator pricing on international roaming. HolidayPhone has solved this problem by creating a user friendly and cost efficient product with services for international travelers and tourists. We are very excited to be able to offer this solution to a global market through our partnership with Travelport.”

For more information, visit HolidayPhone.com or contact:

Klas Hoberg, Executive Vice President HolidayPhone, +46 733 105 782,

klas.hoberg@holidayphone.com,

Emelie Fågelstedt, PR contact, emelie.fagelstedt@holidayphone.com

Ellen Clark, Senior Communications Manager Travelport,
+44 1753 288 405, ellen.clark@travelport.com

About Travelport (www.travelport.com)
Travelport is a broad-based business services company and a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions to companies operating in the global travel industry. With a presence in over 170 countries, approximately 3,500 employees and 2011 net revenue of $2.0 billion, Travelport is comprised of the global distribution systems (GDS) business, which includes the Galileo and Worldspan brands and its Airline IT Solutions business. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Travelport is a privately owned company.

About HolidayPhone
HolidayPhone is a leading solutions provider of roaming free mobile Internet, voice and text services for international travelers. The company operates under the HolidayPhone brand in the Nordic, UK, US and German market. HolidayPhone has 7 e-commerce points of sale in 5 languages and covers 27 popular holiday destination countries globally. The company also operates the PrepaidSimCard.org brand globally. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, HolidayPhone is a privately owned company.

STOCKHOLM. HolidayPhone, a leading solutions provider for roaming free mobile Internet, voice and text services for international travelers, is now live in 27 countries with its SIM card solutions. Working with travel agencies and local operators, HolidayPhone offers travelers a mobile solution that reduces travel costs by providing cheap cell phone usage abroad. 

Working with the largest and most well known operators on each of its markets, HolidayPhone can ensure flat rate mobile internet along with the lowest rates and the best coverage for travelers. The company resells local SIM cards and handles all local registration and activation, at the same time offering full customer support in the customers’ native language. With HolidayPhone travelers also keep their original cell phone number while abroad, without international roaming fees. The full service is now available for customers in USA, UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, and prepaid SIM cards are offered globally, working across 27 popular tourist destinations. 

“It’s been a successful year and we are noticing an increased interest for our services across all our markets. There are two key factors supporting our business idea: people are becoming more mobile, traveling more often, and at the same time cell phone usage is increasing, and people want to use voice, text and mobile Internet wherever they are. Our service supports the lifestyle of the modern traveler and keeps costs down for the user, at the same time offering the convenience of keeping the same number while benefiting from local rates and the best coverage. We are now looking to further strengthen our offer by partnering with some of the largest players on the travel market”, says Joacim Boivie, CEO for HolidayPhone. 

HolidayPhone moved to new, larger offices in Stockholm, Sweden this week and is hiring five new employees this month as sales are increasing. The company plans to double their manpower during 2013 in order to support the growing customer base. HolidayPhone will be announcing one of its largest partner distribution agreements so far next week.

For more information, visit holidayphone.com or contact:

Emelie Fågelstedt, emelie.fagelstedt@holidayphone.com

About HolidayPhone
HolidayPhone is a leading solutions provider of roaming free mobile Internet, voice and text services for international travelers. The company operates under the HolidayPhone brand in the Nordic, UK, US and German market. HolidayPhone has 7 e-commerce points of sale in 5 languages and covers 27 popular holiday destination countries globally. The company also operates the PrepaidSimCard.org brand globally. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, HolidayPhone is a privately owned company.

HolidayPhone offers a SIM Card that is aimed for travelers visiting France with their iPad or tablet. By inserting the French prepaid SIM card the traveler gets unlimited mobile internet for $7/day. There is no limit in amount of MB or GB the user can use during this period. Each SIM card is valid for 3 days (with a total cost of 3x$7).

For the visitor to France that wants to continue using mobile internet on the trip, the French prepaid SIM card eliminates data roaming fees. Compared to AT&Ts optional Data Global Add-On plan, the data cost using AT&T would be $199.99 for the first 800MB and $19.50/MB above that.

As most travelers are not prepared to spend several $100s or more in roaming fees, the most common solution so far has been to simply stay offline while traveling abroad.

The product comes as both micro SIM card (fits iPads) or regular size SIM that fits most Android based tablets with a slot for a GSM SIM Card.

Other popular products for this summer are the HolidayPhone SIM card for UK and HolidayPhone Mexico SIM Card.

The company was founded in Sweden during 2010 and has during 2011 expanded with sales in Europe to Scandinavia, Germany and the UK. HolidayPhone currently works for 17 popular tourist destinations (countries).

To read more about how to save money traveling, please visit our website: holidayphone.com

The prepaid China SIM Card from HolidayPhone allows the user to stay connected in China without risking a huge bill shock when returning home. The user calls to the USA for 6c/min and get 1GB data access (3G speed) in China for just $12.
The user is also reachable on his US mobile number without any international roaming costs as incoming call from the US are forwarded seamlessly to the Chinese SIM card at no additional cost. 3 hours of call forwarding is included in the start package.
Compared to AT&T, using the Data Global Add-On plan, the data cost alone in China would be $199.99 for the first 800MB and $19.50/MB above that, while with HolidayPhone the cost is $12.
Comparing the call rates with the AT&T World Traveler discounted rates, calling the US from China using the AT&T World Traveler is $1.99/min compared to $0.06/min using HolidayPhone.
Receiving calls while in China is free of charge with HolidayPhone, compared to using the AT&T World Traveler rates of $1.99/min.
Since it’s a local prepaid China SIM card, it's very easy to use and requires no technical skills. The consumer makes and receives calls just as usual. It’s prepaid so there are no additional fees and no fees are charged retrospectively. The SIM card is ordered online and shipped to the consumer prior to departure.