Our partnership with Megga Telecom
We are delighted to welcome Megga Telecom as a Corporate Partner and extremely grateful for their support in our lifesaving work.
Help prevent suicide when you travel with eSIMCrew
Megga Telecom has developed an Application called eSIMCrew (rated five stars on the App Store) in order to significantly reduce data roaming costs. The team has over 15 years of experience developing and selling roaming products for global travellers, overseas workers, and high-profile travel companies.
Simon Black, CEO of Megga Telecom, has had lived experience of suicide having lost his good friend, Andy, a few years ago. Andy is also the father of our early seed investor, Charlie. For this reason, working with Grassroots Suicide Prevention has an even stronger connection. Megga Telecom is passionate about raising awareness around mental health and suicide prevention, and the company will generously donate a percentage from every eSIMCrew Data Plan sold in the UK and Europe to Grassroots Suicide Prevention.
What is an eSIM?
An eSIM is an embedded SIM and is part of a handset’s hardware. Most handset’s from around 2019 onwards have eSIM capability.
eSIMCrew is an Application designed and built by Megga Telecom to manage the eSIM experience. Offering a multitude of Data Plans in over 140 countries and over 750 networks, eSIMCrew has a tailor-made Data Plan for you!
eSIMCrew can be downloaded for free on either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and is an ideal roaming product for global travellers.
Benefits of eSIMs
How to download and use eSIMCrew
- Scan the below QR code which will take you to the Google Play or Apple App store (the QR Code will recognise the handset you have and will take you to the appropriate store).
- Download the app and go through the Signup procedure.
- Once you have signed up, go to the ‘Store’ menu and choose the country you want to purchase a Data Plan for.
- Select the Data Plan you want to purchase.
- Enter the code “Grassroots5” at checkout for 5% off every Data Plan you purchase.
- Once you have purchased your Data Plan either click the ‘Activate My eSIM’ button or follow the instructions in the confirmation email to install your eSIM.
Top Tips
- Your handset will automatically allocate a name to your eSIM; we advise you to change this to something memorable (for example the country you’re visiting).
- Before you arrive in your destination country, switch ‘Mobile Data’ to eSIMCrew (or the name you have changed it to), ‘Data Roaming’ ON and switch your ‘Primary line’ OFF.
- If you are running low on Data and you’d like more for the same destination, simply visit the eSIMCrew app, go to ‘My eSIMS’ and click on ‘Topup’.
