Call With Your Mobile And Save Money While On Business Trip

You most likely have no idea how much you have to pay when abroad and on vacation.

Most people do not aware they have to pay roaming fees for Mobile calls outside their area. In general roaming fees can range up to $2 per minute depending on your carrier.

Let's say your friend calls you, using her Mobile, when you are on holiday in Europe.

Who pays for what?
When you get a call from the USA to e.g. to Germany you have to pay for the roaming fee. When you make the call you additional have to pay the long distance rate.

Obviously, your friend has to pay the long distance rate for calling you.

But the roaming fee to reach you in Europe will be billed to you.

The roaming fees are always billed in increments of one minutes. So if you only call half a minute, you are charged for 60 seconds.
Whenever using your Mobile, you are charged for the airtime you used . This includes incoming and toll free calls. Calling a toll free number only eliminates the long distance fee .
In some cases, when you are roaming into another network, you are charged an access fee. These fees can be charged for each network access to fee once a day. These fees can be as much as $9.95 for access to the network in which you are roaming.
And you must not forget taxes on your cell phone bill you have to pay when you are back at home.

How to avoid roaming fees?
To avoid expensive %roaming fees% you should buy a SIM card for your Mobile in the country you are. You will not pay a dime with a SIM card if someone calls you.

What kind of Mobiles are supported?
All GSM Mobiles with no SIM lock are supported. Try a Tri or Quad band phone. CDMA phones will not work.

How to know if my phone is already unlocked or not?
Borrow a SIM a friend who has a different service provider service provider and see if it works in your Mobile or not. If it works, then your Mobile is already unlocked. If it doesn't, then your Mobile is locked.

How to purchase additional airtime?
You can buy additional airtime almost everywhere: gas station, shops, newsstands, ATM, lottery shops.

Can I also use my UMTS Mobile or UMTS laptop card?
You can activate the UMTS option to go online. You also can use additional VOIP software like Skype and call worldwide for free.

Where to get a prepaid calling card?
The best decision is to get a pre-paid Mobile card at the place you are going to. You also can find cards on Ebay or Squidoo.com.

With a SIM for your Mobile you save lots of money when calling home while abroad. You also can use the Voip calls to contact your friends at home and even save much more.

Jim Francisto
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