Attaining Cellular Service at an affordable rate is a challenge that many travellers face; there are different ways you can choose to travel with your cell phone, and the majority of them are quite expensive.

A clever group in Santa Monica is now offering a simple, direct and inexpensive solution.

When you are preparing to travel overseas this summer, whether on business or holiday, you can get a personal cell phone with a local number for countries on your itinerary.

Cellular Abroad is a service that provides you with either an international cell phone, or a single chip for adapting your compatible domestic cell phone.

Their service will allow you to make calls internationally at the same rates the locals pay, and receive free incoming calls (in most countries).

This extraordinary traveller’s support service opens up the familiar cell phone capabilities you had to leave behind as your plane left the ground – they are authorized local distributors for each country, eliminating purchase requirements of the traveller in each country and thus providing you with the same Cellular Service the locals enjoy.

Previously, overseas visitors were faced with leasing a phone from the airport (very expensive and time consuming) or roaming with their provider in the US (even more expensive). Now, a traveller going abroad can simply visit the Cellular Abroad website, select their destination country and order the service online.

If you are travelling to more than one country, Cellular Abroad also offers an International service, which works seamlessly across borders, wherever you travel.

All of their services are prepaid - you can buy as many minutes as you need, there’s no contract and no monthly bill.