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Go roaming with Roamobi's cheap world phone

A teeny-tiny phone with a worldwide roaming SIM is just one of the products we're looking forward to at the huge mobile phone event of the year, Mobile World Congress, which starts on February 15.

Roamobi is a SIM card and a range of super-cheap phones especially designed for you itchy-footed travellers who don't want to pay extra for calls, texts, and data while you're abroad.

The SIM card is the smart bit, with built-in technology that helps it recognize available networks and automatically reroute your outgoing calls to local access numbers, so your pricey outgoing roaming … Read more

IP2 eyes low-cost mobile service for developing countries

Correction at 10:01 a.m. PDT December 7: VMSP licenses will be sold at $41,200.

How will demand for mobile technology play out in developing countries? Mike Kellett and Joe Morgan are tackling this issue as they prepare to launch their global mobile platform at CES 2010.

Although their joint venture, IP2, isn't the first company to address the need for low-cost international cellular service, it's taking a different approach. "We have a system that doesn't depend on government intervention," says Mike Kellett, co-founder of IP2, based in the U.K.

IP2 will … Read more