Use International Calling Cards On Your Cell Phone?

Did you know that you are able to use international calling cards on your cell phone? While most cell phone carriers offer international calling service, you can get the service much cheaper by using an international calling card while on your cell phone. Why spend more money when you can easily use a calling card to secure an international rate for much, much less?

According to www.callingcards.com, you can get rates from the United States to places like Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, India, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and the UK for all under $0.02/minute.

Now take Sprint as an example of a mobile carrier who charges for international calls when made from your cell phone. If you do not have international calling service through Sprint, it would be $0.49/minute to call to Canada. If you have a Sprint international calling plan for $4.00/month, than you can call Canada for $0.09/minute. Either way you are better off using a calling card.

This raises the question of how your calling card will work on your mobile phone. As we all know, most mobile phone plans only allow you a specific amount of minutes each month. So, what if I make a lot of international calls from my calling card, won’t I lose all of my minutes? The answer is actually quite simple. When dialing through the calling card you dial the calling card number first, this is the actual number that will register through your cell phone company. If you make it during your peak hours, than yes, it will come out of your peak/anytime minutes, but if you call during night and weekends or your off-peak minutes, than it will count towards those, just like a regular call would. What most people don’t know is that you can actually use your calling card 800 number as one of your “my circle” or “calling circles” numbers. If you have a plan that allows you 10-15 numbers that you get unlimited calling with, you can add the 800 calling card number as one of your favorites and get unlimited calling to that number.

As you can see, if you know what you are doing with your cell phone company, and your calling card provider, you can end up making international calls for very cheap. Don’t start making international calls for unthinkable rates, look into getting an international calling card and don’t feel stuck with your cell phone providers ridiculous rates.