source: SWEP
A Swansea firm's invention could save companies from paying massive hotel phone and e-mail charges.
Although most firms have succeeded in obtaining cheap rates on international phone calls from their offices, they are often forced to pay far higher rates when outside the UK.
The development could also save people on holiday overseas from a sharp shock when they receive their mobile phone bill.
Small Planet Technology, a high-tech telecom's business based in Swansea Technium, has developed an "intelligent" new Helios payphone system and an emil phone card.
The President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, was given a preview of the product during a recent trip to Wales, after hearing reports of the company's innovative development work from Commission vice president Neil Kinnock.
Above: Romano Prodi, President of the European Union, tries the Helios Project phone prototype, watched by Brian Docherty.