WorldSIM Taps Into Hajj
DECEMBER 1, 2006. As record number of British Muslims prepare for the Hajj, WorldSIM launches revolutionary service to help pilgrims keep in touch easier and cheaper during the annual pilgrimage.
An estimated record number of 25,000 British Muslims will travel to Saudi Arabia next month for the annual Hajj pilgrimage which coincides this year with the Christmas and New Year holiday period. To help pilgrims keep in touch during the Hajj, WorldSIM have launched a revolutionary mobile phone service that will enable pilgrims to receive calls for FREE on their mobiles whilst in Saudi Arabia and to call back to the UK for as little as 45p/min.
WorldSIM's service comes at a time of increasing concern by friends and family trying to keep in touch with loved ones during the Hajj especially during periods of overcrowding. Last year, over 345 Hajj pilgrims were killed in a stampede in Mina as they sought to complete a farewell stone-throwing ritual before sunset. The shortage of public telephone facilities and expensive normal mobile roaming rates makes it very difficult for friends and family to keep in touch with their relatives and colleagues performing the pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
WorldSIM provides a solution to these problems by offering those going for Hajj a Pay As You Go global roaming SIM card with a UK mobile number for them to use with their mobile phones. WorldSIM has the added benefit that receiving calls is free throughout Saudi Arabia and when travelling in over 65 countries. This means that pilgrims going for Hajj can be easily contactable on their mobile phones without having to worry about paying extortionate roaming charges, queuing at overcrowded and expensive calling cabins, or going through the trouble of finding local SIMs.
One recent pilgrim returning from Saudi Arabia last week commented, "Using WorldSIM was fantastic because my wife and kids back home in the UK could call me on my mobile just as if I was in the UK. I did not pay a penny to receive their calls. The last time I went for Umrah my mobile phone bill came to lb227. This time my bill was only lb37.
WorldSIM charges are a fraction of those compared to normal UK mobile operators. An average user travelling to Saudi Arabia for three weeks for the Hajj can expect to save around lb500 using WorldSIM as compared to normal UK mobile operator rates.
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