Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/10/thomas_cook_go_sim_world_cup_promo/
Thomas Cook offers World Cup Sim card deal
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Posted in Mobile, 10th May 2010 09:43 GMT
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Thomas Cook is running a World Cup promo for South Africa-bound football fans on pre-paid Sim cards [1], courtesy of a partnership with GO-SIM.
Buy a £20 Sim card and get £10 worth of airtime. Calls after that are 38p a minute and texts are 10p. Incoming calls from most places are free.
This works out at 80 per cent cheaper than say, Orange's international roaming tariff, according to Mobile Choice [2].
Even so, £20 doesn't sound like it would last so very long, especially in the unlikely event that England progresses beyond the quarter final - or even into the second stage. And £20 will soon dry up you want to sneak the occasional peek at your email - GPRS data in South Africa costs 95p per 100kb.
GO-SIM has got that taped: you can auto charge your account by credit, via the company's website. ®