Skype iPhone App : Make and receive voip calls over 3G

Skype iPhone App : Make and receive voip calls over 3G

Well, now it is possible that you can make voip calls over 3G connection from your iPhone. Make and receive calls with Skype for iPhone using your 3G connection.


Skype-to-Skype calls on 3G will be free until the end of 2010, so download and enjoy*. Skype-to-Skype calls over WiFi will remain free – and you can make calls to landlines and mobiles around the world at our incredibly low rates. The new version features an enhanced call quality indicator, which will help you choose the best moment to call. This feature though will only be free to use until August 2010, after which a small fee.

What’s New in Version 2.0.0

Upgrades / improvements include:
- Call using your 3G connection. Skype-to-Skype calls on 3G are free until at least end of August 2010, after which there will be a small monthly fee (operator charges for data will still apply).
- Near CD-quality sound for Skype-to-Skype calls using wideband audio (SILK codec) on iPhone 3GS and 2nd generation iPod touch.
- Enhanced call quality indicator.
- Improved start-up time.
- Fast access to the dial pad from iPhone home screen.

The updated app is available now in the App Store – download it now.

Free Calls to USA for the Memorial Day Weekend

Free Calls to USA for the Memorial Day Weekend

Well, this is again big for those looking for making free calls to USA. Though a lot of voip provider offer free calls to USA but that are limited calls with many constraints.

To help commemorate Memorial Day LocalPhone is giving completely free calls to landlines and mobiles in the United States for the entire weekend!



As of 9:30am GMT this morning and lasting until 12:00 GMT (noon) on Monday 31st May you can talk to the US for as long as you want, to as many people as you want, and LocalPhone won't charge you a cent!

The best part about LocalPhone is the number of ways you can make calls. Direct call, access numbers, from your iPhone or your PC, like a calling card there are so many.

You can also buy a number in any of our 45 Incoming Number countries and forward calls to your landline or mobile in the US for free throughout the weekend!

Apart from this Localphone is presently offering first call free promotion. Localphone is a must try if you have not even tried it before !!!


Update : Localphone is running a promotional offer. When you sigh up with $1 credit, you will get $2.5 credit. That's additional $1.5 credit as bonus.
$1.5 credit is worth 100 minutes to India. This makes cheapest voip provider to India with effective rate of just 0.6 cents per minute. This offer can be used to call other countries as well. What are you waiting for. Just try Localphone.
(No expiry of credit, good voice quality, and sign up for free - 1st call also free. Add credit as low as $1 plus get $1.5 bonus).
Coupon Code : FPBONUS

Cheap international calls to South Africa

Cheap international calls to South Africa

World Cup is here, and whole world will be watching. So call volumes to South Africa are bound to increase. Today uVoipit team mailed telling us about their recent call rate drop to South Africa.

I thought to explore some more options to make cheap international calls to South Africa or even free calls to South Africa. Well, I found that sometime back many betamax services offered free calls to South Africa but they have stopped offering free calls now.

The price range offered by betamax companies is still very low at about 1-2 cents per minute. The lowest rate I found was offered by VoipRaider of .8 cent per min to landline and 1 cent to South African mobile.

uVoipit new rates to call South Africa :
South Africa Landline - $0.027 per minute
South Africa Mobile - $0.10 per minute

I checked the rates of other popular voip providers.
LocalPhone present rate to call South Africa is 5-6 cents per min to landlines and very high for calling mobiles.

Rebtel offers calls to South Africa at 5.9 cents per min to landline and around 20 cents for callng South African mobiles.

So certainly uVoipit is a good non betamax option to call South Africa. But if you are ok with betamax then go for Voipraider.

Rebtel for Android : Free international calls

Rebtel for Android : Free international calls

A new blog post at the Rebtel blog about Rebtel for Android. Google Android operating system for mobile is getting day by day very popular and many mobiles are now coming with Android. You can say that Android is in vogue now :)

So many voip providers offer their Voip application for iPhone, but its time for Android OS. Rebtel has launched its Android demo application so that you can use Rebtel straight from your mobile and make cheap and free international calls.

it could intercept all your international calls that you make from your regular address book or dial pad on your Android phone, and connect them via a cheaper service, such as Rebtel, instead of your pricey carrier.

Blog reports about its two popular features
" Interception of Your Internationals Calls

After you downloaded the app from, the only thing you have to do to start using is flicking the green On/Off switch. Once that’s done, Rebtel for Android will run in the background and stand-by waiting for you to either dial an international number from the regular dial pad on your phone, or pick a friend with an international number from your address book.

Once a number is dialed, a local number is instantly generated in the background and your call is connected via Rebtel instead of your regular carrier, with savings of up to 90% as a result.

Seamless Rebtel Free Calls

If you’ve read this post up until this point (thank you), but are yet to become ecstatic, the next feature is a sure bet. Namely: Fully automated Rebtel Free Calls to Android devices running our app.

This is how it works: When you select a friend to call that also happens to be a Rebtel and has our app running, the call will automatically become a Rebtel Free Call. That means that you pay nothing for the international part of the call to Rebtel, and if you have inclusive local minutes in your monthly plan, you pay nothing to your regular carrier for the local part of the call either. Pretty great. "

Go get Rebtel for your Android phone now !!

Trikon Cheap international Voip Calls

Trikon Cheap international Voip Calls

Few days back we discussed about Trikon voip calls and how you can save a lot of money on your international roaming using Trikon. As I have said in previous post that Trikon has many plans which looks good so lets discuss some of voip plans by Trikon.

Trikon voip plans are specially made for Indians to that they can make cheap international calls. Ideal for small/big business in India. Plans start at Rs140/month for unlimited calling to 5 international destinations.

5 Free Destinations Plan - Rs140 per month

* Unlimited calling to USA, Canada, UK landline, China and Hong Kong
* Ability to receive return calls after you have called someone
* Monthly rent is payable for 1, 3 or 5 years in advance
* Monthly rent reduces from Rs200 to Rs140 as you pay for more years in advance
* Registration charge of Rs1,100 one time

35 Free Destinations Plan - Rs280 per month

* Unlimited calling to 35 major destinations around the world
* Ability to receive return calls after you have called someone
* Monthly rent is payable for 1, 3 or 5 years in advance
* Monthly rent reduces from Rs400 to Rs280 as you pay for more years in advance
* Registration charge of Rs1,100 one time

Overall, Trikon looks good for businesses who presently rely on voip services like Skype or on their normal telecom provider.

10 reasons to make calls using IndiaLD : Cheap calls to India

10 reasons to make calls using IndiaLD : Cheap calls to India

Well, I am thinking of starting a new series of post on various voip providers. In these kinds of post I will try to point about 10 good points about that voip provider.

Today lets discuss about IndiaLD. 10 reasons why you should go with IndiaLd for making calls to India. After reading the post if you like the service then you may try, but if you don't then just wait for my next post on some other voip provider.

I will also point some negative points for which you may not opt for this voip provider. All fair !!!

Ten Reasons you should try IndiaLD.

1. IndiaLD offers a wide range of calling plans for making calls to India: Monthly plans as well as pay as you go plan. This way it gives you more flexibility to choose from various plans.

2. Calling rates are not fixed : Many options where you can call India at just 1 cent per minute, 1.3, 1.4, or even 1.5 cents per minute. Again giving you choice !!

3. Access number in 11 countries : Unlike others which offer access numbers in some countries (US only). Make Phone to Phone calls - more like a calling card.

4. Pinless dialing, no equipment required, no connection fees, no hidden charges - though this is offered by many.

5. Send free SMS to any mobile in India - this is indeed a very good plus point with IndiaLD.

6. 30 day money back guarantee : The money back guarantee only applies if you have not exceeded 50 minutes of calls.

7. A good option specially for students : A complete guide provided.

8. Good customer support. Online customer support - Its still online, when I am writing this post. Helpful it is.

9. Apart from making cheap calls to India - you can make cheap calls to a lot many other countries (27).

10. Time to time some very good promotions. A month back, IndiaLD was offering calls to India at just $0.007 (.7 cents) - cheapest calls to India that to Phone to Phone. More promotions on their way !!

Some negatives points:
1. Monthly plans have a month limit to use credit (though its obvious).
2. Pay as you go plan have 90 days limit to use your credit.
3. Looks good for calling India, but not for other countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cuba, Sri Lanka etc).

Now you decide whether to stick to your voip provider or go with IndiaLD.

Get free 60 minutes to Philippines : 8 days remaining

Get free 60 minutes to Philippines : 8 days remaining

At the starting of May we posted about a great offer by Rebtel. Rebtel offering free 60 minutes to Philippines during the month of may. It seems to me that the post just got lost somewhere with not many actually knowing about the offer.

So I thought to once again bring the Rebtel offer forward as it is going to expire. Make use of the offer before it expires. It almost equal to free credit worth $6.

Few details about the offer:
You get free 60 minutes to Philippines when you make your first purchase. You can buy credit worth $10 and you get additional 60 minutes to call Philippines.
What that means is that you can use your $10 credit to call any destination in world and use those 60 free minutes to call Philippines free.
Rebtel normal rate to call Philippines is 10.9cents to landlines and 12.9cents to mobile.

1. Visit Rebtel.
2. Use voucher code: pinoy60

You get first call free with Rebtel. One more reason to join.

Rebtel has been a very popular service provider offering great customer support, excellent voice quality. Free 60 minutes to Philippines is an ideal offering for those looking for cheap calls to Philippines.

PS: Forgot to mention main point. Offer is only valid for MAY.

Mo-Call and Skype Comparision : Mo-Call is cheaper

Mo-Call and Skype Comparision : Mo-Call is cheaper

Few days back I received an email from Mo-Call informing about the latest developments with Mo-Call and their price reduction. For those who don't know about Mo-Call, its a mobile voip provider offering cheap international voip calls and free calls among Mo-Call users.

You can directly make Phone to Phone calls using Mo-Call with it working on most cell phones. Apart from offering cheap voip calls, it also offers cheap international SMS. Well certainly if you have been using Skype for your calling needs, then Mo-Call is a better choice. They have done comparison with Skype on their blog and Mo-Call proves to be a better option for international calls.

Let me just put forward the comparison done for calling India (taken from Mo-Call blog).
"

MO-Call is Cheaper Than Skype for Calls and SMS to India:

This week’s highlighted country is India. Since we get a high volume of calls to India, we wanted to do a comparison of our MO-Call rates with that of Skype’s rate to call India, and we’re proud to share that both our international calling and SMS rates to India are cheaper than Skype.

That means on just $1 of credit, MO-Call lets you call India for over 28 minutes, but only for about 8 minutes on Skype.

"

For more info, Visit Mo-Call.

Trikon Sim Cards : Get Paid to Roam

Trikon Sim Cards : Get Paid to Roam

This is the power of voip. We have been posting for months that voip will (and has) get down your phone bills, so people should start using voip for making phone calls. But how many of us in India use voip to make calls. Do we make Pc to Phone calls, or use mobile voip to make calls ?

Today lets talk about Trikon telecom provider. Actually there are plenty of things to be covered on Trikon but today I will only discuss Trikon WorldWide Sim Cards that actually pays you to receive calls on international roaming. This is amazing !!! Vodafone, Airtel, Idea have been charging you so heavily on your international roaming bills and Trikon is instead paying you :)


Trikon's Worldwide SIM card pays you to receive calls on some networks while traveling abroad. Incoming on other networks is free in many countries, and outgoing is cheap enough to rejoice. No rent. Free delivery any where in India. Activation refunded by way of talk time!

Some Details:

* UK number with free incoming in many countries.
* Trikon pay you US1c/minute to receive calls on many network.
* Payments you receive are added to your talk time.
* Incoming is charged in some other countries.
* Outgoing calls are via a reverse call.
* Sim card delivered free on purchase of talk time of USD50.
* Activation charges of USD10 refunded by way of talk time credit.
* Talk time usable for a year.
* Unused talk time refundable for a year.
* This is a prepaid service.
* SIM card works only in the countries listed below.
* Payment by cash-on-delivery or credit card.
* Trikon require a copy of your passport and visa.
* Cards need to be booked 3 days in advance.

Actually Trikon is paying you to receive calls in some countries and in rest of countries incoming calls are free. There is very limited list of destinations where you will be charged for receiving incoming calls. Trikon looks a great option to me.

Students Get Google Voice invites now

Students Get Google Voice invites now

Google Voice made it big the day it was launched. Google Voice is one of the most favored voip provider, but the problem is for joining Google Voice you need an invite.

Some people have to wait for long to get Google Voice invitation, however its worth it. Students have liked Google voice service too much for sending free text messages (SMS), getting voicemail delivered to their mailboxes again the problem is invite.

To solve this issue, Google Voice is offering invites to all the students. All students can easily get a Google voice invitation instantly. To get google Voice invite:

1. Visit google.com/voice/students .
2. Enter your email address - you need to enter your .edu mail address. This is required to prove you are a student. Just use your school/college id.

You should get an invite within 24 hrs.

Benefits:
Voicemail like email
Free text messaging
One number for life

So, start using Google Voice now !!!!

Nymgo Support : Discuss your Nymgo related problems here

Nymgo Support : Discuss your Nymgo related problems here

Nymgo is one such voip provider which gained a lot of popularity as soon it was launched, and from that time it has been constantly growing. Nymgo was and is still one of the cheapest voip provider.

A lot of our readers use Nymgo for making PC to Phone calls to India. Nymgo offers calls to India at just 1.3 cents per minute. It is bound to happen with growing voip provider that some people may face calling problems. In the recent past, we have received complaints about Nymgo not offering good voice quality, some calling problems, some billing problems etc.

So, to help our readers we have contacted Nymgo Support to directly interact with all of you right here on this blog. You can just submit your problem here (in the comment section), and Nymgo support will be most willing to help you asap.

If you want to mail your problem, then use this direct mail id :
HK@nymgo.com

I am sure you will find answers to all your problems. Nymgo is a great calling service and if you have not tried it, then please go ahead. Nymgo is worth trying !!!

Reliance iCall : 1Cent per minute to Call India

Reliance iCall : 1Cent per minute to Call India

Reliance is a very known Indian Company, having a good presence in telecom industry. Reliance is also very popular for making voip calls (as a calling card). We have blogged about Reliance India Call offering 1 cent per minute to India in the past.

Today we once again discuss the Reliance iCall for making cheap voip calls to India. In the recent past someone mailed me up asking cheapest voip provider to make Pc to Phone calls to India. Well there are many options available like Nymgo, mediaringtalk, Pingo but all are offering calls rates just higher than 1 cent.

RelianceiCall normally as a calling card (making calls via access number) offer calls to India at 1.99 cents per minute. But Reliance iCall offer a PC to Phone calling method (PC application/Softphone) offering a call to India at 1 cent per minute.

Well, RelianceiCall mentions that there are no annual contract, no connection fees or hidden charges, and good voice quality. Looks like a good deal to me. Probably a very good option to make Pc to Phone calls to India.

The best part is that 1 cent per minute offer is not only for India but to other countries as well. You can make 1 cent/min call to about 20 countries including USA, UK, Canada, China, Singapore etc.

For more info, visit Reliance iCall.

RingIndia.in Review : Offers cheap calls but is it worth

RingIndia.in Review : Offers cheap calls but is it worth

One more voip provider and one more review. Have you heard about Ringindia.in. To me, this service looked a new voip provider, but I am not sure. You wont find much about it on internet either.

So have you tried RingIndia ? If yes then have what is your experience and if no then should you try it ? Lets discuss about it in more detail. Lets talk about international calling rate.

RingIndia offers cheap calls to India at just 1.1 cent per minute, Pakistan at 4.5 cents per minute. Calling method is by downloading a application for your phone and making phone to phone calls.

Now let me put some more details about this voip provider Ringindia.in

1. Title of homepage or any other: This page was created with an illegal version of WYSIWYG Web Builder!
2. Most of the links dont work : Mobile dialer, Call shop, Call back etc.
3. No information about background of this voip provider.
4. No contact options (phone number, mail id) : Just a contact form.
5. Tariff is by a CSV file.
6. What about payment option.
7. Website not even SSL secured.

Actually the list goes on. Overall, this voip service does not look professional. I would suggest my blog readers to stay away from RingIndia.

CompanyCalling : International Business Voip Provider

CompanyCalling : International Business Voip Provider

Lets discuss this betamax voip provider offered for business purposes. I am not sure if we have discussed about it before but surely CompanyCalling is a good option for businesses.

A great way to cut costs on your international calls. CompanyCalling is a VoiP service designed especially for small and medium-sized businesses that operate internationally. You can set up your Company Account in a few minutes, create Employee Accounts, and start saving on international calls straight away!

Features of CompanyCalling:

• Free calls between employees
• Cost-saving rates for international calls
• Excellent quality
• 100% compatible with your existing telecom system
• No set-up costs, no contract, no surprises

Calling rates : Calls to India at 1.2 eurocents per minute. Make calls using softphone. Make sure your employee accounts have sufficient credit.

Dial91 lowers call rates to India at 1.48 cents

Dial91 lowers call rates to India at 1.48 cents

Few months back we discussed about Dial91 and it being offering cheap rates to India. Dial91 is a calling card locally available in US and used by many students in US to call India.

Actually, Dial91 was offering some special plans for students so that they can connect to their family in India. But now Dial91 is reduced its normal calling rate to India. Dial91 is now offering calls to India at just 1.48 cents per minute.

Dial91 has provided some rate comparison on its website and claims that it offer lower rates than Airtel Call Home (1.6 cents), Trueroots, and Reliance India Call.

It would be great if someone in US already using this calling card confirm the rate they are getting, may be Dial91 proves to be a very good calling option.

Call for as low as EUR 0.01/min with Vopium

Call for as low as EUR 0.01/min with Vopium

Recently received the promotional offer details from Vopium, sharing it with all my blog readers. Vopium is surely a very good option.

VoIP providers around the world are competing fiercely with each other as calling volume continues to shift from mobile /fixed line to low cost VoIP. The race is on to provide a reliable service with increasing focus on improving their voice quality. In recent few months Vopium, a European startup has been extending its reach while offering a mobile solution that works on majority of popular handsets in the market. The service is worth a mention to those who want to stay connected by using cheap international calling rates.


Reducing their billing cost up to 60-90% now, Vopium offers many exciting low tariff international calling packages to various countries. Among these include some popular calling packages such as Call Pakistan (EUR 0.03/min), Call India (EUR 0.01/min) and Call Bangladesh (EUR 0.01/min) which are readily in use by people living abroad. Also Call the World package where users can call any fixed line number as low as EUR 0.01/min in 52 countries such as Australia, UK, Germany, Canada, Pakistan, Japan, India, Denmark, Norway and more.


Tanveer Sharif, CEO Vopium says, “Our above international calling packages are highly recommended because we have enormously slashed our calling cost per minute reducing it up to EUR 0.01/min worldwide. Our international calling cost is lowest among competitors because we are not charging any hidden costs. Vopium users get crisp voice quality at affordable rates by paying mobile operator for the local call and Vopium for cheap call rates”.


Additionally, Vopium users can also utilize the monthly subscription of the above packages, where they buy minutes in bulk (limited for 30 days) to make cheap calls worldwide. The packages are refreshed automatically after a month. Another way to benefit from Vopium’s reduced international dialing rates is to try their package Vopium 2 Vopium where two Vopium users can call each other anywhere around the world for only EUR 0.04/min. Or in other case by using Vopium wi-fi feature, they can also call each other absolutely free of cost for an unlimited time period. After all it’s all about cheap and reliable communication and that is what people are looking for.

IndiaLD .7 cents offer expired now : Make calls to India at 1.5 cents

IndiaLD .7 cents offer expired now : Make calls to India at 1.5 cents

Well, IndiaLD has been in the news for long all because of its cheapest calling rates to India. IndiaLD was offeing a rate of $0.007/min to call India uder a special promotion which has expired now. If you check IndiaLD website you wont find details of that promotion.

But still, IndiaLD is one of the best voip providers to make calls to India. Their monthly plans are very good if you are making lots of call to India. Buy paying $29.95 per month, you get 3000 minutes to India with effective call rate of 1 cent per minute.

Though, I would suggest you to go for the pay as you go option. The calling rate under Pay as you go plan is 1.5 cent per minute. The rate is competitive with oher voip providers like LocalPhone (we discussed yesterday their price of 1.5 cents per minute). You can try IndiaLD with just $10. I am sure you will like the service, its one of those voip services which you can rely upon as they have good customer support, good voice quality and cheap rates.

LocalPhone rate drop to India : Call India at 1.5 cents per minute

LocalPhone rate drop to India : Call India at 1.5 cents per minute

LocallPhone is a big name in voip industry. A lot of voip blogger's themselves use Localphone for making international voip calls. I am too a user of localphone, and a satisfied one.

LocalPhone offers cheap rates to many destinations and the best part is their list of access number. You will easily find a local access number for you. Their rates to India has always been competitive with many using Localphone for making calls to India.

We today discuss LocalPhone May promotion : More reduction in calling rates to India.



Localphone wants to say thank-you for your continued loyalty and for that LocalPhone is going to be offering all calls to Indian landlines and mobiles at just 1p / 1.5¢ / 1.2c per minute for the rest of May.

This offer began at 11:30am GMT on Thursday 6th May, and lasts until 23:59 GMT on Monday 31st May. The promotional rate applies to calls to all standard landlines and mobiles in India.

Registering for an account is free, calls to India can be made from your existing landline or mobile, and localphone access numbers are local to you.

One more good thing is that you get first call free. So this way test the service, I am sure you will like it. Buy more credit and enjoy cheap calls to India this may!!!


Update : Localphone is running a promotional offer. When you sigh up with $1 credit, you will get $2.5 credit. That's additional $1.5 credit as bonus.
$1.5 credit is worth 100 minutes to India. This makes cheapest voip provider to India with effective rate of just 0.6 cents per minute. This offer can be used to call other countries as well. What are you waiting for. Just try Localphone.
(No expiry of credit, good voice quality, and sign up for free - 1st call also free. Add credit as low as $1 plus get $1.5 bonus).
Coupon Code : FPBONUS

Rebtel: 60 Free minutes to the Philippines

Rebtel: 60 Free minutes to the Philippines

Well Rebtel as we all know is a dynamic voip provider , the reason I call Rebtel dynamic is because of time to time promotions, new free calling deals it offers to customers.

Today we discuss about Rebtel May promotion to make free calls to Philippines. Philippines is one of the country where calling rates are on higher side and call volumes are high. So, to offer free calls to Philippines is simply great.

60 Free minutes to the Philippines

Rebtel offers the world's lowest calling rates to Philippines! Calling the Philippines with Rebtel is only 10.9 ¢/min.

For the new customers Rebtel has created a voucher code, which adds 60 Free Minutes as a welcome bonus to the first deposit!

Voucher code: pinoy60

That means, just make your first purchase with Rebtel (buy $10-15) and get additional free 60 minutes. 60 free minutes means free credit worth - $6.10.
A great deal by Rebtel which means almost 30% discount or effective rate of around 6 cents per minute.

Cordia Calling Cards : India, International Calling Cards

Cordia Calling Cards : India, International Calling Cards

If you are spending about $15/pm or so to make internationals calls then you can try unlimited calling plans. Unlimited global plans to make calls to India and other countries provide a very good deal. Give a try to Cordia Calling Cards, the International Calling Card!

With Cordia Calling, you just pay a monthly fees and make unlimited number of calls to your destinations. Ideal for business users, and a good plan for residential users as well. Vonage also provides one such unlimited deal. But today we discuss only about Cordia. Cordia is also very useful for making calls to India : Cordia India Calling.

Cordia Unlimited Global Calling Plan for $19.95 per month offering free calls to about 50 countries including India. Yes, use it to make free calls to India. Cordia India Calling Card will prove useful for many.

Some of the features of Cordia Calling Cards :

# Unlimited long distance calls to the U.S., Canada and more than 50 countries
# FREE unlimited calls to and from other Cordia subscribers anywhere in the world
# FREE USA telephone number included no matter where in the world you live
# FREE use of a telephone adapter 2
# More than 12 FREE features! 4
# Low international rates to the rest of the world
# Two (2) lines! Your inbound calls will ring on both lines, but you can also pick up the 2nd phone and make a call while the first one is in use!
# Keep your existing U.S. phone number!

Some hidden/additional charges (Cordia Calling Card) which you should consider before going for the plan.

$39.95 one-time activation fee. U.S. shipping and handling fee: $9.95. International shipping and handling fee (to any International address): $29.95. International customers are responsible for all in-country duty or other charges.

1 $1.50 per month E911 service surcharge for U.S. phone numbers.
2 There will be a $99.95 charge if you cancel after the 30 day money back guarantee period and before one year of continuous service.

Overall, the charges are on a bit higher side, with Vonage unlimited plan offering a better deal. Still you can go through the details of Cordia, and try the Cordia service if you like it.

Airtel World Sim Review : Airtel International Roaming Cheap

Airtel World Sim Review : Airtel International Roaming Cheap

You live in India, when was the last time you went abroad for a holiday or a business trip. And how much money you spent on your international roaming calling rates. If you are using your Indian SIM you are definitely paying too much on receiving calls as well as making calls. Next time you travel abroad, carry international sim card with you : Airtel World Sim which saves a lot on Airtel International charges.

Telecom companies charge you like anything, offering so such cheap local rates - I am sure they make money with their international roaming customers. Companies like Matrix do offer you international SIM cards which can save you money. But today we talk about Airtel World Sim, and its comparison with Matrix Sim Cards.

Now similar product has been launched by Airtel itself - Airtel World SIM. Lets discuss about this Airtel World SIM today!

What is Airtel World SIM ?

Its a pre-paid International SIM card for international travelers that allows you to receive incoming calls on your India Airtel number. You can also make outgoing calls across the world and in the country you are in at a fraction of international calling rates.

AIRTEL WORLD SIM can be used across 150+ countries i.e. there is no need to change your SIM for every country that you visit. You can buy the AIRTEL WORLD SIMTM while still in India.

Airtel World SIM is available only in Delhi and NCR (at present).

Airtel World Sim International Card Tariff Plans : (Airtel International Roaming Tariff) :
If I am not wrong, when using your normal Indian SIM on international roaming - call rates are like some Rs70-80 for incoming call and around Rs100 for outgoing calls to India.
Lets now discuss Airtel World Sim Call rates :

When you go to USA - change world sim mode to USA. Your call rates would be :
Incoming calls - 21 cents (around Rs10 - way to less than normal one).
Outgoing Calls to India : 87 cents per minute : Still ok with normal one.
Outgoing local calls (within USA) - 65 cents on mobile. I am not sure of normal sim rates when you call the visiting country itself.

In terms on call rates, Airtel World SIM is surely better than normal calling rates.

Is there any extra activation charges - for world sim itself ? though you just convert your normal sim to world sim mode.

Mentioned on website : There is no rental component on the Airtel World SIM.

Airtel World SIM works in many countries. So that's a good part.

Hey I found following on How to buy section:
"Purchase the AIRTEL WORLD SIMTM start up kit for Rs 500. The SIM does not have any calling value, hence please purchase recharge voucher to use this service. "

What about those already having an Airtel normal SIM. Do they have to pay this Rs500 charges again to use it as world sim. I guess this charge has to be one time only (cost of SIM).

Overall Airtel World SIM looks good to me, better than Matrix SIM Cards. I would request my readers to try it when they go abroad next time and let us know your opinion.