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Cellphone Tip: Save on International Calls

If you are going out of the country, you always need to bring your cellphone with you. Not only would you need it to keep in touch with your family, friends and business colleagues, you also need it to make hotel reservations, ticket reservations or for emergency calls. You might think that international calling is simple as 1-2-3, it can be. But if you want to save big, here are some tips that you can use.

Which phone to bring?
Remember not all cellphones can work in certain countries. You can get in touch with your service provider to confirm this issue. You can also opt to purchase a traveling phone that you can take with you whenever you have a trip overseas.

Call Duration
If you think that you would use your phone for long hours, like more than 30 minutes, it is recommended that you get yourself a local phone.

Ask for roaming rates
Remember to ask your service provider to activate roaming service for your phone. Ask them for specific International rates of the country that you will travel to. This way, you can control how long you would stay on the phone.

Costumer service help
In case your roaming service does not work and you cannot make international calls, you need to know the 800-number of your specific carrier. This way you can get in touch with them even if you are outside of the country. Here are some numbers to remember. Cingular: Cingular: Cingular: 866-CINGULAR
Verizon: 800-922-0204
Nextel: 800-NEXTEL6
Sprint: 888-226-7212
T-Mobile: 800-937-8997

Get a local phone
If the handset that you have doesn’t work outside of the county, you can buy a local phone from the place that you would travel to. You can search retail or online stores and look for unlocked GSM phones. This kind of cellphones is not that expensive. You also need to buy a SIM card locally. There are no monthly bills to pay; it’s basically a prepaid phone.

With the tips above, you can avoid a heart attack whenever you see your cellphone bill. You can also call your service provider representative and ask them for international calling packages.