Posts Tagged prepaid phone cards
Posted by admin in Calling from/to on 01/04/2010

Use UK phone cards for the greates savings calling Britain
The prepaid calling cards are used for making international calls. These are popular calling plans ensure a saving of about 50% to 80% on the calling rate. Through this calling plan, international calls could be made to any country. To make things easy, calling companies have introduced dedicated calling plans. Those who make frequent calls to UK can now buy UK prepaid calling cards. By purchasing this calling plan, the caller can directly call UK. There is no need for him to dial the country code, area code etc.
This plan can be bought from any of the retail outlets. But, it would be beneficial if it is purchased online. For online buying, the caller has to browse through the internet. He will find innumerable calling companies offering the phone cards with different rate plans. The caller should pick some of the reputed calling companies and tabulate per minute calling rate offered by these companies. To attract more customers, the calling companies will offer special discounts. He should note down special discounts, if any. After comparing the rates and the discounts offered, the companies should be shortlisted. Read the rest of this entry »
Phone Card Features Explained
Posted by admin in Calling from/to on 12/08/2009
Phone cards are a gift to the long distance callers. It is an inseparable part of international calling. It is one of the most popular calling mechanisms for the reason that it is quite economical. A savings of about 50% to 80% can be achieved on telephone bills. Per minute calling rate is very much lower. In this prepaid calling device there are no hidden costs. On the other hand, calling companies offer various discounts in calling rate to those who frequently make long distance calls. Connectivity is free and the card can be bought with very little investment of about $2.
There are other features of calling cards. Another important feature is local access. Most of the calling companies have provided for local call number in the area code. Instead of calling the toll free number, the caller can dial the local call number applicable to the place he is stationed at the time of calling. So, by this the caller will be able to save lot of money. If for any reason the local access number is not available or cannot be accessed, he can place the call through the toll free calling number.
Rounding is another important feature of calling card. There are what is known as 1 minute rounding, 3 minute rounding etc. For example a call for 50 seconds will be rounded as billed as one minute. In 3 minute billing, calls made for 2 minutes and 50 seconds will be charged as 3 minutes. Now, many calling companies have started to bill on per second. For example, a call for 50 seconds will be charged for 50 seconds and is not rounded off. So, by this the caller saves lot of money.
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Nigeria Phone Cards
Posted by admin in Calling from/to on 11/04/2009
Many times ago when Nigeria was unheard to making an international calls but in this time fully changes the concept when dominate the international calling situation by the prepaid cards. As charges the prepaid cards are different countries for different rates the rates relating to Nigeria if made the call from western countries that is exclusive to only Nigeria phone cards and the other countries cannot be benefited from this prepaid phone cards.
In phone cards of Nigeria is similar of any other countries phone cards in conditions of their features and usage and the processes of calling as well remains the same. Therefore anyone make an international call through a phone cards to Nigeria its start dial the Access Code. Then the numbers which follow be the PIN which an exclusive feature of each card. The numbers of sequence respectively is the country code (for Nigeria is 234), code of exit (00 or 011), local Nigerian number and the area code (every city is different). Read the rest of this entry »
Did you know that making long distance calls is no longer a matter of substantial expenditure?! The days of expensive international calls are all set to recede into the history of technology. The all new calling cards make the long distance caller’s life a much happier one with greatly reduced call charges and superb discounts on top of that. One can even send messages using these cards and can also avail free SMS packs along with these cards.
Using prepaid calling cards can offer consumers with plenty of benefits in terms of calling methods. Prepaid calling card is good technique to save on making long distance calls as well as overseas calls. By using prepaid calling card, we can save money; it reduces the need to use cash in making calls particularly if you desire to make a call immediately.
Henceforth do not bother yourself about the mounting telephone bill because of more international calls you made in the last month. Because now there is a way to drastically reduce the expenditure on telephone bill! The way is very simple, just buy a phone card.
Long distance callers always have one option and that is, phone cards which are the only alternative to reduce the cost of calling. These are discounted cards. The discount is allowed on various accounts. By using these discounted cards the caller can save about 50% to 80% on his calling expenses.
With an intention to improve their services, the long distance calling companies have introduced more and more innovative methods which are ultimately for the benefit of the caller. For making a long distance call, the caller has to first of all dial his PIN number, then the country code, then the area code and then the telephone number he is trying to contact at the other end.