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<\/a>KnowRoaming applicator kit<\/p><\/div>\n
Pricing<\/h3>\n
While on KnowRoaming you can also subscribe to the ReachMe service, which lets you receive calls to your SA cellphone number while paying KnowRoaming\u2019s\u00a0roaming rates.<\/p>\n
This requires call forwarding support on your home network, as KnowRoaming forwards calls from your number to one of its local numbers.<\/p>\n
Calls you make also look like they\u2019re coming from your home network\u2019s number.<\/p>\n
In South Africa, ReachMe costs $4.50 per month, but KnowRoaming says the price varies between $0 and $12 depending on your home country.\u00a0You can unsubscribe from ReachMe when you\u2019re not travelling.<\/p>\n
It is also possible to buy additional forwarding numbers from KnowRoaming so callers\u00a0in the country you\u2019re visiting don\u2019t have to call “long distance”.<\/p>\n
KnowRoaming also offers cheaper data rates compared to traditional\u00a0roaming prices.<\/p>\n
You can buy an unlimited data package for $7.99 per day, or use data ad-hoc at a rate of $0.15 per Megabyte.<\/p>\n
<\/a>KnowRoaming Android app screenshots<\/p><\/div>\n
South African co-founder<\/h3>\n
Based in Toronto, KnowRoaming was co-founded and is headed up by South African Gregory Gundelfinger.<\/p>\n
Gundelfinger founded the company after discussing starting a\u00a0technology company with his cousin who had moved to Canada to\u00a0study engineering.\u00a0Gundelfinger\u2019s cousin had a team of engineers that could join the project immediately.<\/p>\n
Another\u00a0reason KnowRoaming decided to incorporate in Canada was because the government gives significant tax incentives for research and development.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt definitely wasn\u2019t for the weather,\u201d Gundelfinger joked. \u201cUp to 70% of your payroll expense is subsidised by the Canadian government.\u201d<\/p>\n
How does KnowRoaming work?<\/h3>\n
Simply put, it is\u00a0a tiny, flexible circuit board that is attached to your home SIM with an adhesive.<\/p>\n
KnowRoaming is a fully fledged regional mobile network in the United States that is subject to the FCC, and is a full member of the GSMA.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we\u2019re a network just like Vodacom or MTN,\u201d Gundelfinger said. This enables KnowRoaming to negotiate roaming agreements with other networks around the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cThink of the GSMA as the UN. Once you have a seat at the UN, you can make treaties with other countries.”<\/p>\n
He said\u00a0they persuaded networks to make roaming deals with KnowRoaming thanks to the increased competition in the roaming space – similar to the\u00a0competition between operators for subscribers and mobile traffic in local markets.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen [networks] reach an agreement with us, we are saying that we are going to send them traffic that they might not otherwise receive because of the competitive environment.”<\/p>\n
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