Hutch: Making visitors from UK feel at home in Sri Lanka
Friday, 24 October 2014 00:12
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Three UK, a sister company to Hutchison Telecommunications Lanka Ltd, and the UK’s fastest growing network; recently launched a revolutionary initiative that allows Three UK subscribers to travel to 16 different countries including Sri Lanka, and call and text home at their regular domestic rates. The scheme, appropriately named Feel At Home means that users incur no expensive roaming charges and instead they utilise their existing monthly mobile package and allowance.
Feel At Home effectively widens the boundaries of Three UK subscribers’ home countries, since they can continue to call and text back home without having to worry about exorbitant roaming charges. All data usage charges within their allowance are covered as well. Furthermore, received calls and texts are always free in a Feel At Home destination. For more details visit http://www.three.co.uk/Discover/Phones/Feel_At_Home.
“We believe that this offer is a real boon to UK visitors coming into Sri Lanka since with a 3UK connection, they get to stay in touch with their families, businesses or both, at the same rates they enjoyed at home. It also benefits Sri Lankans who are now resident in the UK when they come back to Sri Lanka on holiday,” explains CEO of Hutchison Telecom Lanka, Thirukumar Nadarasa.
“Roaming is generally expensive and prohibitive for most visitors. Sri Lanka is dependent on tourism, and we need to think of ways to bridge gaps so that visitors feel even more comfortable when they stay here. The Feel At Home philosophy is one that is perfectly aligned with the hospitality that Sri Lanka is so well known for.”
Hutch has observed that Three UK subscribers visiting Sri Lanka and using Hutch consume similar levels of voice and data as they would back in the UK, clearly demonstrating the fact that any existing apprehensions about high roaming charges has been removed.
