Make Cheap Mobile Phone Calls

Mobile Phone Service Providers: Make cheap mobile phone calls using access numbers, phone cards, or by initiating calls from a computer.

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Vox Call is a prepaid international calling service you can use with any phone to make international phone calls. Vox Call customers can save up to 95% on their call costs versus direct dialing from their cell phone and traditional international long distance plans. There are no hidden fees, no contracts, and it works automatically with your current carrier. Calling plans are currently available for usage within the Domestic US, Alsaka, Hawaii and Canada (additional 15 cents per minute when used from Alaska and Hawaii / Additional 5 cents a minute from Canada).

Using Vox Call is easy: Dial a local access number, or use the toll-free access number that is provided: (800) 706 – 5915. When prompted, dial the phone number for the person you want to call. (Remember not to hit “send” if you are calling via a mobile phone). Your call will then be connected automatically by Vox Call.

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DialaCode is a service for making cheap international calls from the UK with your mobile phone. It works with T-Mobile, Orange and 3 mobile networks. The cost for making an international phone call starts at 3p a minute, and there are no other added charges. There are over 400 countries available to call including Spain, France, India and the USA.

You can use DialaCode whether you have a contract or pay-as-you-go. DialaCode take the cost of the call on their network directly from your mobile phone credit, which means that the system is easy to use, particularly if you are on a contract. It also means that there is no registration required in order to use the service.

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Localphone give cheap international calls from landlines and mobiles worldwide. You are allocated a local number for every person you call which can be stored in your phone making dialling very easy. Rates are very competitive, and popular destinations include India, Pakistan, Australia, UK, US, China and UAE.

Open an account online to use the service and register the phone numbers you will be calling from. Once this has been done, you need to enter the country and phone number you’re calling from and the destination country and phone number. You are then allocated a localphone number for that call which remains valid and which you can save in your phone for future calls. There is no pin number, access number or software required.

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Lebara Mobile is a pay-as-you-go mobile service that gives a cheap flat rate for national calls and very cheap international call rates. You need to purchase the Lebara mobile starter pack (stockists are listed on the Lebara website) which comes with a pay-as-you-go SIM card and a credit voucher for the Lebara network. Currently Lebara works in Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.

Mobile phone calls and sms are free between Lebara users, and calls to other mobile networks and landlines are 10p per minute (at the time of writing). International calls are very good value with rates starting at 4p per minute, for example calling a Spanish landline costs 4p per minute and calling a Spanish mobile 15p per minute. (Yes, it’s cheaper to call Spain than to make a national call within the UK.)

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Call for Free is an Australian service which lets you make free international calls using the free minutes in your mobile phone package and you can call cheaply from your landline phone. You can make cheap or free calls to 70 different countries by using an access number directly from your phone. The only cost is for the connection to the CallForFree number.

There is no account to set up, no software to download and install in your mobile, and no pre-payment required, just dial the access number which is: 0413 704 086.

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Yak is a Canadian telecom service with several features: Home Phone, Long Distance Plans, Long Distance Cell and High Speed Internet, among others. It’s not a voip service but a standard telephone network and is available in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.

There are no access fees and the only monthly fee you will pay is if you choose to receive a paper invoice rather than an electronic one. This incurs a fee of $1.95 per month, but is waived for the over 65s. The system also enables access to emergency numbers.

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TeleTop is a UK cheap call provider that you can use when dialing from landline or mobile phones. It’s free to call certain countries, such as Spain, but you do pay a connection fee and there is a charge to top-up. However, they offer very cheap rates (sometimes free) and there is no account to set up.

There are various charges you will incur when using this service. You need to dial a premium rate number (0911 033 2525) to purchase credit - this call will cost you £1.50. There is a connection fee of 5p for every call. Finally, you will pay a normal call rate (to BT for example) to dial the TeleTop network before accessing their cheap international call rates (but this is the case for most over-ride phone providers).

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