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The question is always asked is how to lower the cost of international calls when calling from my cell or mobile phone. The answer is actually very easy and no matter where you are, whether in the USA or UK, there are options that can help you lower you calling costs.
The first thing you have to consider is what type of contract are you on, and then you can decide from there. Below are the details of the major contracts and what solutions there are available for you:
USA Monthly Contract Phones
For those of you from the USA who are on a monthly mobile phone contract with one of the main carriers such as Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, Cingular, etc., you will be paying a monthly fee for your phone and this will have inclusive minutes included in this monthly cost. With this kind of contract, using prepaid phone card is the best way to eliminate the international calling charges from your phone bill.
USA Prepaid Phones
If you are using a prepaid phone where you add credit to your phone as and when you need it, then there is still an option for you. Instead of having free inclusive minutes, on a prepaid phone you pay for all incoming and outgoing calls. Again, using prepaid calling card is the best way to make not only international calls, but also long distance calls.
However, although this does not sound like a good option, you just need to compare how it all works out. To give you an example, most prepaid carriers will charge you up to $1.50 per minute to dial an international number direct. If you call our access number, which is a local number in the USA, it will cost in the region of $0.10 to $0.30 per minute depending on your prepaid plan - you then will be charged anything from $0.05 per minute by us for the international portion of the call.
UK Monthly Contract Phones
Similar to USA monthly contract phones, most UK monthly contract users will be paying a monthly fee for their phone which will have inclusive minutes. Your inclusive minutes will cover the cost of the call - however I would advise you check your carrier to make sure that you can call that particular access number as some will not let you call those access numbers from your mobile or will charge you an extra premium for calling that number. If that is the case you would need to use other mobile service and simply top up your phone as per the site to make calls at great low rates.
UK Prepaid Phones
If you are on a prepaid contract then you would want to use mobile calling plan to make great low cost calls. Simply top your phone up (as per the site) and your phone is then loaded with international credit, so all you need to do is dial the access number and make low per minute calls.
For example, if you called an international number from a UK prepaid phone it will cost you in the region of £1 or more per minute. When using our mobile service you will be charged for calling the access number (a UK access number) which will be around 10p to 20p per minute, depending on your prepaid tariff and then the low per minute rate on our website. So overal you could save up to 80% off international calls when using UK Mobile Phone Calling Card.
Note - As with all these options, always contact your mobile phone carrier first to make sure you can call our access numbers and to find out the specific costs. In nearly all cases monthly contract customers can call our access numbers and these calls will be included in your inclusive minutes, so you will not pay anything extra.