Long distance telephony has indeed become very economical and simpler with the advent of calling cards. However, a host of offers from different players has made choosing the right card a tough job in an oversaturated market. Also, one has to find out the advantage of using local telephone booths for domestic travel against a calling card. Similarly, while travelling abroad one is not sure whether it is better to buy a calling card from India or buy it overseas. Globally, calling cards are the most economical telephony option as tariffs are the lowest. This is largely due to the fact that the consumer has to pay in advance and the shelf life of the card is not long – 15 to 90 days depending upon the cost of the card. Moreover, the card enables a customer to make local, STD or ISD calls even from an STD-barred telephone.
To pick the right calling card for your needs, first of all you have to identify your needs, understand your options and then only make a selection. You have to consider few things when identifying your needs:
* Destination
* Call duration
* Frequency of usage
* Connection Quality
* Travelling
* Business Use
* Recharge
After identifying your needs, it is important to evaluate your options. Make sure you read into the details of the calling card before making a decision to purchase. Low rate calling cards tend to have extra fees associated with them as a way to make up for below market rates. Depending on your needs, some fees might not necessarily be bad. If you have identified yourself as someone who infrequently uses a calling card then you should be solely motivated by rates. This is true especially for people who only plan to use the calling card once or twice, and then throw it away. Minute rounding is another tactic calling card companies have designed to seek the most amount of money from their customers. 1-minute rounding will save you the most amount of money; however cards with higher minute rounding will provide lower rates per minute.
Some calling cards provide toll free access numbers while others provide local access numbers that will supply lower rates per minute. A local access number will mean the cheapest way of making your call. Even if the number is not local to you, many people have nationwide calling plans on their mobile phones which means it won’t cost anything extra to call a local access number in a different area code. If you plan to purchase a prepaid calling card to make calls while travelling, then you must make sure that the calling card you have selected has access numbers in the country you are travelling to. In addition, you should check to see if it is a toll free or local access number in that country.
For more information relate to calling cards, international calling cards, sim card for japan, travelling abroad calling cards please visit:-
Name: Tanmay Ray Chaudhary
Address: Matrix Cellular (Int’l) Services Pvt Ltd,
7 Khullar Farms, Mandi Road, Mehrauli, New Delhi – 110 030 Phone: 011 2680 0000 Extn. 104
Fax: 011 2680 0200
Email: [email protected] -(for complaints only)
