One of the most annoying things when traveling is to find the cheapest internet connection to stay updated with our social media over the overseas. This makes us spend a few hours of our vacation wasted just to find the cheapest SIM Card for our short vacation.
But there is a startup that is able to keep us from this.
Reporting from Tech in Asia, a tech entrepreneur who has been crossed in Silicon Valley and Asia named Jing Liu, built a startup named Skyroam, which is able to provide us with internet connection while abroad.
Skyroam has the concept of a device that contains a virtual SIM that can search local Internet operators wherever located. This device contains a pre-installed SIM that can connect with more than 200 telecom operators worldwide, including 2 operators in Asia. This device acts as a wifi hotspot that we can connect to our smartphone whenever and wherever.
There are several ways to get this device. How to offer from online purchase for 125 US Dollars or approximately 1.6 million rupiah, or rent it for several days. If you rent it online, you can pick it up at several airports that work with Skyroam.
This device offers unlimited wifi service for only 10 dollars per day, or 130 thousand rupiah. This package can also be tailored to the daily needs of the traveler. Since internet connection is provided from local operators, there is no guarantee of speed from mobile broadband. But Skyroam guarantees that they are working with operators that offer 4G services.
Skyroam stated that Skyroam's main market is a Chinese society spread all over the world, as well as the people of North America. However, Asia is a top priority of Skyroam, expanding its operations to Indonesia, India and Japan, which is highly developed.
Skyroam also stated that there are already one million tourists who use their devices in 2015 alone.
If you think Skyroam is just a regular startup still 'struggling' up the market, you're wrong. Skyroam is no shortage of money. Skyroam is funded with a total figure of USD 25 Million and Lenovo is one of the big companies that invest into them.
Next Skyroam want to expand its wings into the industry of the Internet of Things or IoT. Closely Skyroam gives leaks that they will work with partners to take advantage of their virtual SIM technology for IoT products.
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