OneSIM card for use in Singapore and Indonesia

Reuben Lee | Oct 05, 2007

For those who travel frequently between Singapore and Indonesia, here's a piece of good news. Singapore-based mobile carrier StarHub has introduced the OneSIM Indosat, a service collaboration with Indonesian service operator Indosat that combines two SIM cards (one from Singapore and one from Indonesia) into one.

What this means is mobile users who travel between the two countries will now need only one phone and one SIM card to keep both a Singapore and an Indonesian number active for receiving calls and SMSes. Naturally, standard roaming rates apply in Indonesia for those based in Singapore and vice versa, but StarHub has added a carrot to the deal by offering a 20 percent discount on roaming rates.

The OneSIM Indosat is targeted mainly at business travelers and comes with a S$5 monthly subscription charge. The upgrade of the new SIM card is free. A StarHub representative told CNET Asia that this is the first time the company is offering such a service with an overseas partner. Depending on how this performs, StarHub is planning to introduce similar services with operators in other top business destinations in the region.

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