RIYADH: Visitors to Saudi Arabia who roam with Mobily won't need to dump their mobile handsets and tuck away their home SIM cards. The Kingdom's fastest growing mobile operator announced this week that visitors can get local phone numbers from Mobily using the same SIM cards they brought with them, and hence can make and receive calls on their own mobile phones, thus eliminating the need for them to use two different SIMs in two different phones, and the subsequent need to buy a second handset. The service is one of many that manifest the competency of the technology the company employs and their compatibility with international standards of global operators. Along with millions of giveaways, Mobily is working around the clock to help visitors get in touch with their loved ones. Mobily's provided points in local airports, seaports, border crossings and Miqats, as well as in hotels in Makkah and Madina, show visitors how to select Mobily's network on their handsets and inform them of the great promotions the company has to offer them. Additionally, as has become a tradition every year for the company, Mobily launched its annual grand prize for visitors. The competition runs to the end of Haj. To stand a chance of winning, all a visitor has to do is select Mobily as his or her roaming network through their phone settings. Winners will be contacted and their names published in national newspapers. Mobily enjoys a great many roaming deals with international operators, so as its subscribers, and visitors, can get in touch wherever they are. The deals also cover such advanced services as Internet connectivity, video calling and MMS.
