Best Telco for roaming & international calls Q?

sturgo

Hi, work have repremanded me for using the company mobile while abroad, so I need to get a pay as you go job. Can anyone recomend the best company to go for with international calls & roaming in mind?

Thanx!

Pythia

Where are you going? Britian, Europe, all over? One particular country?

Urban Weigl

O2 and Vodafone have the best roaming offers.

Blaster99

For UK, 3 is the cheapest. Everywhere else, it's Vodafone. I'm not sure if you can get the good roaming deals on a pre-pay phone. I doubt it as you need to take out a subscription to get the cheap calls. O2 has nothing of any use to offer. If you're interested in making international calls, sign up with www.call13434.ie and use their 01 number to route the international calls through. They've saved me a fortune on international calls as the calls are included in my minute bundle.

Urban Weigl

O2 usually offer 59c per minute roaming to almost anywhere in Europe and the USA, even on pre-pay. That makes them cheaper than Vodafone for roaming in countries where Vodafone don't offer Passport (mainly the USA).

Vodafone Passport is even available on pre-pay -- 79c connection charge for all calls + whatever you'd pay at home. So for example, receiving a call costs 79 cents, no matter if it's 1 minute or 1 hour in length. Registration is free, just call up or check a box on the web site.

Urban Weigl

You should be interested in the following 2 URL's:

http://www.vodafone.ie/roaming/international/prepaid/passport/index.jsp

http://www.o2online.ie/Utilities/roaming/default.do?wcmArea=/wps/wcm/connect/O2/Home/Personal/Services/Travelling+Abroad

sturgo

Thanx everyone, i should have stated it, but it'd making calls & roaming in the US. That 13434 looks interesting. Also had a look at www.airtalk.ie



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dohouch

If it is always USA, then unlock yiour phone, buy a local pre-paid, call your irish voice mail and put a new messge with your new american number. Try and get an american intermediate call carrier. A few years ago in Spain I bought a Spanish pre-paid sim used a local pre-paid carrier ( found advertised at local internet cafe) and I was paying about 15 or 20 cents to call Ireland. This was actually November 2003.

Yes I've no idea about the usability of a USA SIM in Irish phone. Buy a local phone for $50. Don,t know either if pre-paid sim's exist over there. Also don't know about intermediate call carriers. But if you are going there regular this would be the way to go. You could even used the same US number each time.

sturgo

cool. i'll prob go with vodafone & get a USA sim card.

thanx!

Urban Weigl

You'll need to get a tri-band or quad-band phone, otherwise it won't work in the US.

sturgo

aren'y most phones tri-band these days?