Global Prepaid SIM Card Called "Jaxtr SIM" Launched By Sabeer Bhatia
A global prepaid SIM card called Jaxtr Sim has been launched by Jaxtr Inc. a company co-founded by Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia and Yogesh Patel. The card is ideal for international travellers and works well with Android, Nokia, Blackberry phones. The USP of the card is that it allows users to make calls internationally at much cheaper rates than competitors. The company says that the global SIM card will work in every country and allow sending texts and making calls.
The card will do much more than that. Jaxtr says that the card will allow Internet connectivity, free forwarding to voicemail, and voicemail to email feature at no additional costs. The card will also update the local important contacts based on your location automatically which will make life a lot easier for frequent international traveler. Sabeer Bhatia says that their global network supports 200+ countries, without extra roaming charges. The website advertises flat rate of 15¢ per text or per minute in countries like India, USA, Canada and China and 25¢ in most of the other countries.
In order to use the card, you will have to simply order the sim card online or buy it at any airport. Once you insert your new sim and dial 111, you will receive a new USA phone number through a text message. You may then start calling anywhere in the world with your new number and the card will offer you 60 minutes of free calling to begin with.
We checked the price of the SIM card. If you order it in India - you can get the card delivered at your home for just Rs. 600. Sounds like a good deal to us.
