Many people know use a phone card can save big money.But you must know something about phone cards,so you can buy a right card,which can save you more. Here are some Proper nouns about International phone cards.

Connection Fee:

It applies everytime when a phone call connects. The charge may vary depending on the number you are dialing.

Service Charge & Taxes:

This charge is deducted from your balance for each phone call made. It usually varies from 0 to 25%. (For example: if the rate is 5 ¢/min and the tax is 10%, then a 20 minute phone call will cost $1.10).

Maintenance Fee:

Maintenance fees are deducted from your calling card’s balance as long as a balance remains on the card. They are deducted within about 24 hours of the first phone call. Depending on the card, the maintenance fee can be charged every month, every two weeks, or every week. he basic unit for calculating phone call duration. Prepaid phone cards can be rounded to 1 second, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, or 3 minutes.

Pay-Phone Surcharge:

Most cards deduct a 99¢ surcharge from the card balance if a public pay-phone is used.

Not all phone cards have all fees above,some have one or two,some have more,when choosing a phone card it is very important to pay attention to the card’s details. But Some Small phone cards company said their cards no connection fee no tax no maintenance fee…,their phone cards maybe has bad voice call quality,rember that always buy a phone cards form big companies.

By: Jason Keller

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As a business traveler, student abroad, or an occasional tourist, you don’t want to have to worry about staying in touch with the office, family back home, or traveling companions. Using a cell phone to stay in touch is convenient and cost effective. Cell phones can be used to confirm or make reservations, call home, or confirm business appointments. They also let you avoid the extraordinary international calling rates charged by hotels and pay phones.

Many travelers don’t realize that the cell phone standards and equipment we use in the USA are incompatible with the GSM (Global System for worldwide Mobile communication) 900/1800 standards used abroad. If your phone does work overseas, depending on your service, you can wind up paying expensive roaming rates plus other hidden charges.

Simply put, your cell phone probably does not work overseas. This means that if you want to stay in touch by cell phone you will need to buy or rent a compatible phone. Most of us don’t travel frequently enough to warrant buying an international phone.

Thankfully, you can rent an international cell phone on the internet before you depart. We think this is a better option then renting a phone on arrival at your destination because local inventories tend to be depleted and phones may not be available at all times and, you won’t be able to disseminate your contact number before you depart. If you rent from one of the companies on the web, remember that not all companies include all charges in their quoted rates (be sure that you read their terms). This can result in your charges being 2 to 3 times more than the quoted minute rates. These companies also rent satellite phones for locations where cell phone coverage is limited suchas, cruises, undeveloped regions and state parks.

Roberts Rent-A-Phone is one of the online cell phone rental companies. During their 15 years of service to the travel industry they have developed a highly regarded reputation for providing quality equipment and personal customer service.

Roberts has developed a simple one page order/contract form. Unlike their competitors, there are no hidden charges and there is no fine print. They do not add VAT taxes, international connectivity charges, roaming or surcharges to their quoted rates. Their phones work in over 130 countries, with simple order forms designed for different regions of travel worldwide.

These regions include: Africa, Asia (including Australia), Caribbean, Europe, Eastern Europe, France only, Italy only, Middle East, South America and the UK. More information about International Cell Phone Rental is available at roberts-rent-a-phone.com or by calling our customer service center Toll Free (800) 964-2468

By: Bob Downs

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Marque Directo, a Tampa, Fl based international telecom company has recently launched their prepaid international phone service which enables customers to call international with only a US phone number.  Within seconds Marque Directo will take any international phone number and turn it into a local US phone number.

Karina Garrido, an Ecuadorian American who received a sneak peak of the product told us “It was amazing! I gave them my mother’s, who lives in Ecuador, phone number and within 2 seconds they turned it into a Tampa number. I also thought their service would very expensive considering it is the most up-to-date technology. But it is actually cheaper then the calling card I have used for years.”

John Gill, President of Marque Directo says “For years I have heard consumers complain about the inconvenience of calling cards. So I decided to create a service that truly satisfied the customers needs.”

The much awaited release of the product, is geared toward long time calling card users who are fed up with the hassle of dialing pin number, access number, country codes and long international phone numbers in order to call international.

Sean Gill, the Chief Operating Officer of Marque Directo says “Comparing our product to a calling card is like comparing a Pay Phone to an I-Phone…. You hardly see pay phones anymore and I fully anticipate the international calling card will suffer the same fate.”

            Freddy Sidi, Co-Founder of Auris Technology and international telecom guru says “Marque Directo is simply the hottest new product on the market. It cannot get any easier to call international.”  They have created a service that not only eliminates the inconvenience of calling cards, but has cheaper rates to call international.

The company is so confident with their product they have been giving consumers up to 166 free minutes just to try the product. If you are interested in receiving free talk from Marque Directo simply go to their site at www.marquedirecto.com.

By: Thomas Gill

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Introduction

I’ve been trying to compare mobile roaming and international tariffs in the UK, but the more I got into it, the more confused I became. I could not find any good websites which compared international tariffs, and this information is often hidden on the websites of most UK mobile operators. No surprise there; they can charge you a lot if you are not careful.

I decided to do some data mining (again, you need to extract this information country by country from most websites) to come up with some comparable figures. In this article I wanted to summarise my findings on international and roaming call costs charged by UK mobile operators; I hope they will be as useful to others as they were for me.

Summary

My analysis of seven UK mobile operators identified Globalcell (www.globalcell.eu) as the best all round company, winning hands down on international calls and also offering the cheapest roaming package. Globalcell was up to 18 times (!) less expensive than the other operators regarding international calls, and was consistently among the top two when looking at roaming rates. As an overall package, Globalcell offers the best value for money.

Analysis

I looked seven UK mobile operators; the five major ones and two low-cost ones. The data collection took place between January and February 2009. I used the standard rates for all as published on the respective websites, and where it existed, I also looked at international savings tariffs.

Here is the list of the UK operators that I looked at:

Vodafone (www.vodafone.co.uk), O2 (www.o2.co.uk), Orange (www.orange.co.uk), T-Mobile (www.t-mobile.co.uk), 3 (www.three.co.uk), Tesco Mobile (www.tesco.co.uk), Globalcell (www.globalcell.eu)

I looked at the pay monthly options on all competitors, except Globalcell which currently offers only pay-as-you-go. This is because you can normally get better call deals with pay-monthly contracts than with pre-pay deals.

I want to put a disclaimer that in the jungle of the options that the various operators offer, there might be some better ones, but I looked hard and these were the ones that I found.

International calls

International calls are the calls you make from the UK to other countries. I analysed specific countries, because to make things more difficult, each company defines their zones differently. I compared the following countries for international calls from the UK (in alphabetical order):

Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, USA

Table 1 below shows some typical examples of how these operators compare. The figures show the pence per-minute cost of international calls from the UK by the different operators to selected countries, using their standard costs:

Table 1 – Cost of International Calls from the UK using Operator’s STANDARD Rates (pence)

——–Vodafone—-O2—–Orange—T-Mobile—-Three—Tesco—- GlobalCell(F)—GlobalCell(M)

AUS ——–129 ———-97 ———-50 ———-70 ———-50 ——–149 ———–7 ——————14

CAN ——–129 ———-97 ———-90 ———-70 ———-30 ——–149 ———–8 ——————-8

CZE ———-94 ———-92 ———-45 ———-70 ———-50 ———-20 ———–4 ——————14

FRA ———-94 ———-89 ———-45 ———-70 ———-30 ———-20 ———–7 ——————15

GER ———-94 ———-89 ———-45 ———-70 ———-30 ———-20 ———–7 ——————16

HKG ——–165 ———-97 ———-90 ——–130 ———-50 ——–149 ———–7 ——————-7

ITA ———-94 ———-89 ———-45 ———-70 ———-30 ———-20 ———–7 ——————18

POL ———-94 ———-92 ———-45 ———-70 ———-50 ———-20 ———–3 ——————-9

RUS ——–165 ——–147 ——–100 ——–130 ———-90 ——–149 ————-5 ——————-7

SRB ——–165 ———-92 ———-50 ——–130 ———-50 ——–149 ———–6 ——————18

ESP ———-94 ———-89 ———-45 ———-70 ———-30 ———-20 ———–7 ——————17

TWN ——–165 ———-97 ———-90 ——–130 ———-90 ——–149 ———-8 ——————12

THA ——–165 ———-97 ———-90 ——–130 ———-90 ——–149 ———–7 ——————-7

TUR ——–165 ——–147 ———-90 ——–130 ———-50 ———-40 ———–8 ——————15

UKR ——–165 ———-92 ———-50 ——–130 ———-50 ——–149 ———–8 ——————10

USA ——–129 ———-97 ———-30 ———-70 ———-30 ——–149 ———–8 ——————-8

What jumps out of the chart is that Globalcell (last two columns) is much cheaper than any of the other operators. GlobalCell(F) indicates international calls to fixed line phones, and GlobalCell(M) indicates international calls to mobiles. Not only are they cheaper, but in most cases significantly cheaper. However, you can get a better deal with most other operators by paying a monthly fee. Here are the options that I found by browsing the websites:

Table 2 – UK Mobile Operator International SAVER Tariffs Analysed

Vodafone (ICS): £2.50 per month

O2 (ITS): £2.99 per month

Orange (ITS): £2.50 per month

T-Mobile with International Option: £2.50 per month

Table 3 compares international calls assuming you subscribe to the above international call packages. Please note that the monthly price of these packages will add to your overall international call costs which, for example, you will not need to pay with Globalcell.

Table 3 – Cost of International Calls from the UK using Operator’s SAVER Rates (pence)

———Vodafone——O2—-Orange—T-Mobile—-Three—–Tesco—- GlobalCell(F)—GlobalCell(M)

AUS———–40———–30———–28———–30———–50———149————–7———————-14

CAN———–25———–17———–75———–10———–30———149————–8———————–8

CZE———–25———–40———–20———–20———–50———–20————–4———————-14

FRA———–25———–17———–20———–20———–30———–20————–7———————-15

GER———–25———–17———–20———–20———–30———–20————–7———————-16

HKG———–90———–30———–75———–80———–50———149————–7———————–7

ITA———–25———–17———–20———–20———–30———–20————–7———————-18

POL———–25———–40———–20———–20———–50———–20————–3———————–9

RUS———–90———–89———–80———–80———–90———149————-5———————–7

SRB———–90———–40———–25———–80———–50———149————–6———————-18

ESP———–25———–17———–20———–20———–30———–20————–7———————-17

TWN———-90———–30———–75———–80———–90———149————–8———————-12

THA———–90———–30———–75———–80———–90———149————–7———————–7

TUR———–90———–89———–75———–80———–50———–40————–8———————-15

UKR———–90———–40———–25———–80———–50———149————–8———————-10

USA———–25———–17———–12———–10———–30———149————–8———————–8

Again Globalcell is the cheapest and wins hands down (last two columns). Tesco in many cases looks ridiculously expensive now, but Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and 3 are also much more expensive. At this point I gave Globalcell a call to see if there is any catch, but no; they said their value proposition is based on providing a fair price to consumers.

To give you an example of the differences, if you called Ukraine, you would pay only 8p with Globalcell (fixed line), but would pay 18 times more with Tesco, 11 times more with Vodafone and 3 times more with Orange. Huge differences!

In summary, it seems that Globalcell offers a much better value on international calls than other operators; essentially every country I compared is cheaper with them than with their competitors. It is actually free to try them (you can get a free SIM card from them with a £2 free credit). They run on Orange’s network, and the quality of the calls therefore is as good as any other major network. A very good value for money indeed.

Roaming

Different minimum call charges are applied by the various operators, so to make the tariffs comparable I looked at a typical five minute call to compare roaming tariffs. Except for calls from the EU I analysed specific countries, because to make things more difficult, each mobile operator defines their zones differently.

First, I looked at the STANDARD rates for outgoing calls to the UK and within the roaming zone for each mobile operator. I spare you the details (more will come in table 7). Here the picture was not so clear cut as with international calls from the UK. Operators have strengths according to their overseas networks. In Europe, operators offer similar tariffs. In other countries, it greatly differs. For example, Three is the most expensive in Thailand and Taiwan, but is very cheap in Hong Kong due to its network, so if you visit the region, another operator’s tariffs are likely to be better.

If you count the TOP 3 cheapest operators for each destination, you get the following results:

Table 5 – UK Mobile Operators Ranked by Roaming Tariffs – STANDARD ROAMING RATES

Operator—-Number of Times among Top 3 Cheapest—-RANK by how cheap it is (1=BEST, 7=WORST)

Global Cell———————–7————————————————–1

O2——————————–6————————————————–2

Three—————————-5————————————————–3

Tesco Mobile——————-4————————————————–4

Vodafone———————–3————————————————–5

Orange————————–3————————————————–6

T-Mobile————————2—————————————————7

Based on this analysis, Globalcell seems to be the least expensive operator for roaming, followed by O2 and Three.

So far Globalcell seems to offer the best all around package. It won hands down on the international calls from the UK, and offers a really good deal on roaming calls.

Now I compared the tariffs using roaming saver rates. The table below summarises the available options that I looked at:

Table 6 – UK Mobile Operator Roaming Saver Tariffs Analysed

Vodafone (ICS): £30 per year. Note: Only available to Anytime 1500 or 3000 (i.e. very heavy mobile users). Gives NO savings in Europe

O2 (ITS): £35.88 per year. Note: Gives NO savings in Europe, but good savings elsewhere

Orange (World Traveller): £24 per year. Note: They claim you can get up to 50% saving, but you only get that on incoming calls in Australia, and IN MOST CASES YOU GET ALMOST NOTHING.

Globalcell (£20 top up): Costs NOTHING. If you buy £20 top up, you get £10 extra for FREE, effectively reducing your roaming rates by 33%.

I got the following results when comparing roaming tariffs for outgoing calls to the UK and within the roaming Zone using the operators’ savings rates (where available):

Table 7 – Cost of Roaming for Outgoing Calls (to the UK and within Roaming Zone) Using Operator’s SAVER Rates (5 minute call)

——————Vodafone———O2——Orange——T-Mobile—-Three—–Tesco—- GlobalCell

Europe (EU) ——–190 ——–175 ——–190 ——–190 ——–125 ——–175 ——–128

Australia ————450 ——–300 ——–300 ——–700 ——–700 ——–445 ——–557

USA/Canada ——-550 ——–450 ——–475 ——–275 ——–600 ——–445 ——–326

Hong Kong ———350 ——–300 ——–500 ——–700 ———60———745 ——–359

Russia ————–750 ——–600 ——–875 ——–700 ——–900 ——–745 ———557

Serbia ————–750 ——–405 ——–650 ——–700 ——–600 ——–745 ———359

Taiwan ————-450 ——–300 ——–500 ——–700 ——–900 ——–745 ———359

Thailand ———–450 ——–300 ——–500 ——–700 ——–900 ——–745 ———359

Turkey ————-625 ——–600 ——–650 ——–700 ——–600 ——–345 ———359

Ukraine ————750 ——–405 ——–650 ——–700 ——–600 ——–745 ———359

Here, the picture is much clearer. O2 and Globalcell appear as the least expensive operators by a high margin, see table below:

Table 8 – UK Mobile Operators Ranked by Roaming Tariffs – SAVER ROAMING RATES

Operator—-Number of Times among Top 3 Cheapest—-RANK by how cheap it is (1=BEST, 7=WORST)

O2———————————9————————————————–1

Global Cell———————–8————————————————–2

Three—————————-4————————————————–3

Vodafone———————–3————————————————–4

Tesco Mobile——————-3————————————————–4

T-Mobile————————–2————————————————–6

Orange—————————-1————————————————–7

Do not forget though, that with O2 you had to pay almost £36 per year to get access to these lower rates, while with Globalcell it was all free. With that in mind, Globalcell still offers a better deal.

Conclusion

I compared 7 UK mobile operators for international calls and roaming calls. Based on the analysis, Globalcell came out as the cheapest operator for both roaming and international calls. It won hands down on international calls from the UK (being between 3 to 18 times less expensive than the others). Regarding roaming, it was the cheapest on the standard tariffs and the second cheapest with the saver tariffs. However, if you take into account the monthly costs of the saver tariffs for other operators, Globalcell seems to be the best option.

I tested the quality of the calls; Globalcell run on Orange’s network and thus the quality was as good as any. Globalcell seems to be offering very good value for money.

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Until recently, cell phone users had few options for making high quality, low cost international phone calls from their cell phones. Direct dial international calls made through a cell phone service provider offers quality, convenience and flexibility but, in most cases, the cost is exorbitant. Prepaid phone cards or phone card related products offer low cost but quality is often sacrificed and the user is typically required to dial an access number and enter a PIN code before placing an international call. So how can a cell phone user save money on international calls and still have quality, convenience and flexibility?

New technology was recently introduced which allows cell phone users to make direct dial international calls over a low cost network. This means they can now make cheap international calls with their cell phone without dialing an access number or PIN code. This technology is also simple to implement. All a cell phone user does is down load a piece of free software onto their smart phone and they can immediately start making low cost international calls. They can do this and still keep their same cell phone service provider and domestic call plan. They do not need to change anything. All they need to do is open an account with the low cost international call service provider and down load the software. The software will automatically direct their call over the low cost international network when they dial an international phone number. They will immediately start saving money on international calls and still have quality, convenience and flexibility.

For more information on this or other options for saving money on international calls, please visit International Calling Guide.

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