Kaddy Chung, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Monday 19 November 2007]
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), one of the top-three operators of mobile communication services in Taiwan, at a November 16 press conference announced the launch of World Card, a roaming service in partnership with Sim2Travel. The service assigns travelers "visitor local numbers" in member countries allowing them to make and receive calls charged at local rates. FET is the exclusive sales agent for World Card in Taiwan.
Sim2Travel is mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) registered in the British Virgin Islands in April 2005. Members of board include former Ericsson president and CEO Kurt Hellstrom and former Nortel Networks greater China president and CEO Robert Mao, according to the company's website.
Sim2Travel offers the World Card roaming service in China and Hong Kong through partnership with China Mobile Communications and China Mobile Peoples Telephone (a subsidiary of China mobile), according to Sim2Travel deputy CEO John Sun at the press conference. In addition, Sim2Travel plans to expand the service to countries including Singapore, India, Japan, the Netherlands, the US, the UK, France and Germany, in 2008, Sun pointed out.
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