New store in T3 Baggage Hall accompanied by whole retail estate redesign Sim Local, the largest seller of SIM cards in the UK travel market, today unveils a new store opening in the baggage hall of Heathrow T3 as well as a new look and feel for the entirety of their airport retail [...]

SIM LOCAL OPENS LATEST RETAIL STORE AT BRUSSELS AIRPORT Sim Local, the largest seller of SIM cards in the UK travel market, has opened a brand-new retail store at Brussels Airport in Belgium. The new store is located in baggage reclaim and is Sim Local’s first stand-alone store outside of the UK & [...]

Cardinal Capital Invests In Sim LocalCardinal Capital Group (Cardinal), Ireland’s largest provider of private-equity investment to SMEs, has made a significant investment in Sim Local, one of the world’s largest pre-paid SIM card providers, with 300 contracted sales points across Europe and the US.Using its own shops, affinity relationships with well-known retail chains, and a [...]

SIM LOCAL LAUNCHES RETAIL STORE IN BRUSSELS AIRPORT Sim Local, the largest seller of SIM cards in the UK travel market, has announced it will be opening a brand-new retail store at Brussels Airport in Belgium – their first stand-alone store outside of the UK & Ireland. This store will allow Sim Local [...]

TAKE OFF AT TERMINAL 5: SIM LOCAL LAUNCHES FIRST DEPARTURES STORE AT HEATHROW Sim Local, the largest seller of SIM cards in the UK travel market, today opens a brand-new retail store at Heathrow, Terminal 5. The new store is located after security, at T5B and will be the first time Sim Local [...]

SIM LOCAL ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Sim Local, one of the world’s largest SIM providers in the travel sector, has appointed Paul Foley as its Chief Digital Development Officer, effective immediately. Paul joins with a remit to take Sim Local’s industry-leading eSIM capabilities to market across all areas of the [...]

Sim Local sister company NetLync launches to accelerate eSIM adoption NetLync aims to help MNOs and MVNOs embrace eSIM opportunities NetLync, a company that originated from Sim Local, has today launched with the aim of accelerating eSIM adoption. NetLync will help MNOs and MVNOs of all sizes embrace opportunities created by eSIM technology. [...]

SIM LOCAL ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF TRADING OFFICER 20 April 2021, London, UK: Sim Local, one of the world’s largest SIM providers in the travel sector, has appointed Ian Rankin as its Chief Trading Officer, effective immediately. Ian joins with a remit to accelerate international expansion; enhance the existing retail offer and will [...]

SIM LOCAL TO ACCELERATE eSIM TRAVEL GROWTH UK, 13 April 2021:  Sim Local, global expert in eSIM technology and leaders in telecoms airport retail, and Vodafone UK announce today that they will explore opportunities to collaborate to drive customer adoption of eSIM technology. Sim Local plans to accelerate eSIM readiness across the global [...]

SIM LOCAL PARTNERS WITH INMOTION TO PROVIDE LOCAL SIM CARDS ACROSS THE US 13 Jan 2021, London, UK: Sim Local has partnered with the United States’ largest airport-based electronics retailer, InMotion, to sell local SIM cards in 125 stores across the country. The new agreement will see Sim Local provide a choice of [...]

SIM LOCAL MOVED UP EIGHT PLACES FROM 27TH PLACE IN 2019, AS A RESULT OF SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS GROWTHUK, 17th December 2020: Today, Sim Local announces that it ranked 19th in the 2020 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. Rankings are based on average percentage [...]

Sim Local, one of the largest providers of mobile sims in the travel sector, is targeting outbound passengers with the opening of a new departures store at London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5. The store will be located in Satellite B (post-security) at the gates and will open in the first quarter of 2021. To read [...]

Lycamobile SIM cards now available at WHSmith Travel locations at six key British airports Travellers can buy and activate Lycamobile plans at the airport within seconds [London] [19 Oct 2020]: Lycamobile, the world’s largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) and part of the multinational Lyca Group, is proud to announce that it has [...]

07 September 2020, London, UK: Today, Sim Local is reopening its retail store in arrivals at Terminal 2 Heathrow Airport, London. Having closed its retail store doors in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this is an important milestone for the business and coincides with the business reintroducing representatives to assist partner [...]

Sim Local Scores 100% for service levels at Heathrow Airport Heathrow Airport, London October 31st 2019: Sim Local, the travel technology company today announced that it has received full marks for its service levels at Heathrow airport.  The monthly survey, which is independently undertaken by London Heathrow Mystery Shopping assesses customer service levels [...]

Travelwin Ranked 27th in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2019 Travelwin attributes its growth to the rapid expansion of Sim Local, which helps Intercontinental travellers eliminate roaming charges by providing local network bundles. Dublin, 29th October 2019: Travelwin is delighted to announce that it has been ranked number 27 in the 2019 Deloitte Technology [...]

Sim Local Wins Gold at Future Digital Awards October 2019: Sim Local was selected as the winner of Juniper Research’s Future Digital Award for Retail Innovation: Best In-Store Technology 2019 Gold Winner for its proprietary SIMulator technology SIMulator is the first technology of its type which makes it possible to apply data, [...]

Sim Local Recognised as Best Solution Provider at MVNO World Congress -Judged as “the best and most innovative solution”- Amsterdam, May 2019: Sim Local, the independent provider of local network bundles to intercontinental travellers, has been recognised as the Best Solution Provider at the MVNO World Congress in Amsterdam for its propriety [...]