International calling becomes cheaper from mobiles
on 27/07/2008
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T-Mobile is promoting its international bundles available to postpaid subscribers only excluding business registered accounts for calling abroad.
IDD calling is the focus for many operators currently. International rates to certain countries can be as cheap for a subscriber as calling nationally. For example Vodafone UK is offering prepaid customers to call a number in countries including China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Lithuania, Latvia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Thailand, and Turkey for GBP 0.05 and GBP 0.15 perminute for terminating on fixed and mobile networks respectively. Other destinations are charged from GBP 0.75 per minute upwards, with calls to other European countries at GBP 0.85 per minute and the most expenisve call at GBP 1.49 per minute.
| Europe and Australasia | |
| GBP 5 | 50 minutes |
| GBP 10 | 100 minutes |
| GBP 20 | 200 minutes |
| Bangladesh, Jamaica, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago | |
| GBP 7.50 | 50 minutes |
| GBP 15 | 100 minutes |
| North America (Canada and USA) | |
| GBP 5 | 125 minutes |
| GBP 10 | 250 minutes |
| GBP 20 | 500 minutes |
Source: Tariff Consultancy Ltd: IDD Price Tracker
A bundle is valid for 42 days and unused minutes are lost. A minimum charge of 1 minute per call applies.
Research from our IDD PriceTracker service reveals more offerings are being launched aimed at this growing segment of the market and calls to elected destinations can be called at very attractive pricing even significantly cheaper than when calling from a fixed line.
