Sherif Bakir, the CEO of Vodafone Roaming Services (VRS), recently wrote about “How we are evolving our Maritime Mobility service to meet the needs of our customers” in which he noted that “the world of maritime connectivity is changing”.

The global and maritime connectivity team from Telecom26 agree – and firmly believe that cellular is key to enabling effective digital comms and transformation on-sea.  

When searching for a service provider that can meet your roaming needs, you may encounter the term “Global SIM”. What is this and how does it differ from what we might understand as a Local SIM? And, how can it benefit you and your business? The short answer is that a Global SIM enables connectivity to a wider range of networks. In turn, that can deliver significant cost savings.

Telecom26’s Global SIM cards provide connectivity on 1100 cellular networks from over 650 mobile operators in more than 200 countries.

Telecom26 provides global connectivity and maritime connectivity using our physical and eSIMs to organisations of all sizes and across all vertical sectors.  Financial services companies with employees who travel frequently is a particular growth sector for us.

To enable the organisations that use our global connectivity service to customise their packages to meet their needs and budget, Telecom26 offers a range of extensions and add-ons.

eSIM has become a term widely used and, possibly, equally widely misunderstood. The basics of eSIM are straightforward – an eSIM is an electronic version of the familiar SIM card that can be downloaded and stored on a chip. This means that mobile subscribers do not need to physically swap SIM cards when changing provider.