| International cell phones are becoming more and | | | | cellular service plans. The eliminate all of the |
| more popular as people and businesses continue | | | | headaches of using a cell phone overseas or |
| to travel globally. Millions of new global mobile | | | | making international calls from a hand held device. |
| phones will be sold online as well as through local | | | | Roaming is the ability to make and receive calls on |
| cellular dealers. People can also purchase | | | | a foreign network. Most mobile services have |
| international cell phones from local resellers that | | | | made arrangements with other global networks |
| are often more cost effective than buying a cell | | | | to service your calls to a foreign country for a |
| at retail. | | | | specified fee. This fee is passed on to the |
| As a result, more and more people who regularly | | | | consumer when making a call that involves |
| travel around the world are turning to world | | | | roaming. Some of these roaming charges can be |
| mobile phones. The new global service providers, | | | | hefty, depending on how frequently roaming |
| like ZERO1 Communications, are the new wave of | | | | occurs. |