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Roam Mobility going out of business

VANCOUVER — Roam Mobility, a Vancouver-based provider of prepaid U.S. travel SIM cards that eliminate roaming fees for Canadian customers travelling south of the border, announced today in a note to its clients that it will cease operations on June 30, 2020. “To call Covid-19’s impact on travel ‘severe’ would be an understatement. As a business built on enabling communication for travellers, Roam Mobility has, unsurprisingly, been significantly affected,” reads the note. “The decision to discontinue our service was not one we came to lightly. Having made that difficult choice, our focus is now on supporting our customers and team...