I read an interesting article the other day on the difficulties in doing business when travelling to the U.S. and it was reassuring to know that the reasons for hereiam™ are just as important today as when we first launched service. The beauty of hereiam™ is that it works whether you’re travelling in Canada, the U.S. or Internationally- the smartphone app makes single button access a breeze while saving you a lot of money.
Back to the article- it cited business people using wi-fi spots to do business and highlighted Starbucks where you could use wi-fi to make calls, check e-mail and download documents for free. That’s certainly the case- but with hereiam™ you’re not restricted with looking for wi-fi and you can place calls wherever you are. Whether you’re at an airport, in a cab or in your hotel room you can use hereiam™ for pennies a call compared to the exorbitant roaming rates that carriers charge.
I personally do both- I use wi-fi spots for documents but I use hereiam™ for calling. It’s just better quality for phone calls compared to wi-fi calling. Plus, I’m not restricted to wi-fi spots when I want to talk to someone live. I find that when I’m in airports and cabs, these are good times to talk to people live and I don’t need to wait till I hit wi-fi spots.
With hereiam™, it’s just as easy when travelling internationally on business. Users traditionally buy a new phone or SIM card because it’s cheaper than using their home carrier. With hereiam™, you can save even more money because you can call back home for the cost of a local call. Plus, you get all the convenience of the hereiam™ smartphone app using the International SIM card. You simply use the ‘Set Location’ feature to let hereiam™ know where you are and the app does the rest, saving you time and money as if you were back home.
Using both hereiam™ and wi-fi spots, you actually get increased productivity. You can simultaneously work on documents with your lap-top or Tablet while using hereiam™ in setting up conference calls or one-on-one conversations. It’s an easy and transparent solution for working without the annoyance or cost of roaming or overage fees while travelling.
For Canadians, a major problem when travelling is the confusion in trying to get the most flexibility with the minimum cost. You can pay a small fortune to buy add-on roaming plans– a waste if the trip is only a few days or a week long. I envy our U.S. and other International counterparts who seem to breeze through Canada using their mobile devices at will because they have better North America-wide plans and smaller roaming fees. But hereiam™ can help you enormously when travelling as you don’t have to figure out the best rates and plans. For calling, it’s all done in the hereiam™ app for you.
It is unfortunate that Canada has almost an oligopoly on rate plans. According to telecom consultancy Seaboard Group, average revenue per user in Canada rose 25 per cent from 2001 to 2008 while it dropped 7 per cent in the United States. Americans almost tripled their use of mobile phones over this period while the average Canadian’s usage rose at barely one-third of that level. One of the main reasons is the exorbitant cost of doing business when travelling. So use hereiam™ to save yourself money when travelling and get the convenience and simplicity of not having to worry what carrier you’re using! And use hereiam™ together with wi-fi to maximize your work effort and reduce cost.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Doing Business While Mobile
I read an interesting article the other day on the difficulties in doing business when travelling to the U.S. and it was reassuring to know that the reasons for hereiam™ are just as important today as when we first launched service. The beauty of hereiam™ is that it works whether you’re travelling in Canada, the U.S. or Internationally- the smartphone app makes single button access a breeze while saving you a lot of money.
Back to the article- it cited business people using wi-fi spots to do business and highlighted Starbucks where you could use wi-fi to make calls, check e-mail and download documents for free. That’s certainly the case- but with hereiam™ you’re not restricted with looking for wi-fi and you can place calls wherever you are. Whether you’re at an airport, in a cab or in your hotel room you can use hereiam™ for pennies a call compared to the exorbitant roaming rates that carriers charge.
I personally do both- I use wi-fi spots for documents but I use hereiam™ for calling. It’s just better quality for phone calls compared to wi-fi calling. Plus, I’m not restricted to wi-fi spots when I want to talk to someone live. I find that when I’m in airports and cabs, these are good times to talk to people live and I don’t need to wait till I hit wi-fi spots.
With hereiam™, it’s just as easy when travelling internationally on business. Users traditionally buy a new phone or SIM card because it’s cheaper than using their home carrier. With hereiam™, you can save even more money because you can call back home for the cost of a local call. Plus, you get all the convenience of the hereiam™ smartphone app using the International SIM card. You simply use the ‘Set Location’ feature to let hereiam™ know where you are and the app does the rest, saving you time and money as if you were back home.
Using both hereiam™ and wi-fi spots, you actually get increased productivity. You can simultaneously work on documents with your lap-top or Tablet while using hereiam™ in setting up conference calls or one-on-one conversations. It’s an easy and transparent solution for working without the annoyance or cost of roaming or overage fees while travelling.
For Canadians, a major problem when travelling is the confusion in trying to get the most flexibility with the minimum cost. You can pay a small fortune to buy add-on roaming plans– a waste if the trip is only a few days or a week long. I envy our U.S. and other International counterparts who seem to breeze through Canada using their mobile devices at will because they have better North America-wide plans and smaller roaming fees. But hereiam™ can help you enormously when travelling as you don’t have to figure out the best rates and plans. For calling, it’s all done in the hereiam™ app for you.
It is unfortunate that Canada has almost an oligopoly on rate plans. According to telecom consultancy Seaboard Group, average revenue per user in Canada rose 25 per cent from 2001 to 2008 while it dropped 7 per cent in the United States. Americans almost tripled their use of mobile phones over this period while the average Canadian’s usage rose at barely one-third of that level. One of the main reasons is the exorbitant cost of doing business when travelling. So use hereiam™ to save yourself money when travelling and get the convenience and simplicity of not having to worry what carrier you’re using! And use hereiam™ together with wi-fi to maximize your work effort and reduce cost.
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