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Cell phones + phone cards?
"Darby Jo" wrote in message ... In London and Paris, can you use locally purchased phone cards to make international calls from a cell phone equipped with a British or French SIM? Would the call be charged as a local mobile call to the local access number and then the international part debited from the prepaid phone card? As you can probably guess, I'm trying to avoid expensive international cell calls but still have the convenience of phoning from my mobile. Darby Jo I assume that you wish to bring your cellphone from North America? It won't work unless it is tri-band (and unlocked). In principle you can make international calls from UK prepaid cellphones (I know not of French ones). You may have to call the Company to authorise this. There are no "local mobile calls" and no "local access numbers". You just dial the number you want and it is charged at the cellphone Company's national or International tariff. (which will be expensive). If you want to receive calls that won't cost you anything as long as you are in the same Nation as that in which you purchased the Sim card. You could buy a prepaid phone card in either Country which would let you make calls at much cheaper rates from fixed phones. JohnT |
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