International Cell Phone

How to Manage International Cell Phone Costs

Executive summary about International Cell Phone by Michael Lemm

1. Blackberry devices are the most cost effective approach from the data side. With WiFi available for the Pearl, Curve, 8820 and Bold, users can further reduce costs by taking advantage of available WiFi hotspots.

2. On the voice side, make sure users are on the international world traveller feature. AT&T also offers a new business Global World Traveller feature, which you can request details of from your account manager. Ultimately, it's up to your company to educate your employees on the costs associated with utilizing devices internationally. For a proven cost effective solution I suggest you consider the international cell phone packages offered by OneSim ....

Talkabroad International SIM Card
Executive summary about International Cell Phone by John Dulaney

Talkabroad International SIM card gives you the convenience of a single SIM card and a single phone number, which will let you receive and make calls to your friends, associates and your family back home. Talkabroad features a pre-paid SIM card, where you pre-pay for your calls thereby having a controlled budget on the expenses that you incur. This card allows you to roam in over 100 countries worldwide, including Europe and most of the world's popular countries.

The credits are Zone specific. You can get more information from www.planetomni.com for Talkabroad international SIM cards. You can buy recharge vouchers to buy more talk time credits for your SIM card. A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is the brain which lets you make and receive calls on your GSM phone. The SIM holds your phone number, your mobile identification number, the International Circuit Card ID (ICCID) and many more. Each SIM card is uniquely identified by the network by its ICCID.

The SIM card secures your mobile against misuse. If you have a GSM mobile phone, it is doubtful if it will work which ever countries you are planning to visit. In case you are a frequent traveller to different countries, along with a Talkabroad international pre-paid SIM card, you may consider buying a Quad-band mobile phone, which works on all the GSM frequency bands used all over the world, or at least a Tri-band handset which will work on 800MHz, 900MHz and 1800MHz frequency bands.

With SIM locked phones, you shall not be able to call or receive calls with your Talkabroad pre-paid international SIM card or any other SIM card for that matter. Your SIM locked phone is meant for a specific SIM card and your phone will not work with any other. This mobile phone is SIM locked and will work only with the SIM card that you have received from the service provider. To activate your Talkabroad pre-paid international SIM card, simply make a call. Talkabroad pre-paid international SIM card is an economical way to meet your communication expenses from your GSM mobile. It is much cheaper than taking your mobile on roaming but a little more expensive than a pre-paid country specific SIM card.

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