International minutes/calls

Havelock12

Does anyone know the cheapest way to make calls from an Irish mobile to a UK mobile?

Is there a contract with a network that offers these kind of international minutes by any chance? Or would it be better to go with one of those companies where you dial a number first before dialling the international number, to get a cheaper rate? If so, anyone know the name of a good one there too?

Thanks!

JTMan

Best option is to use an app like Viber, if possible.

Meteor charge 15 cent per minute to UK mobiles via a free add-on.

The Rebtel app charges 13 to 15 cent per minute to UK mobiles.

3 include UK mobile calls in the 'Flexi Units' as part of their bill pay packages.

Davy

7cent using:>>>http://13434.ie/mobilerates.php

Vahevala

Have a look at Tesco mobile, I think they have low international rates.

JTMan

Davy wrote: »

7cent using:>>>http://13434.ie/mobilerates.php

Worth noting: 7 cent AND you are charged a connection fee of 5 cent per call AND you are also billed for the local Irish call. On top of that, a lot of these types of services are blocked by certain mobile providers.

JTMan

Vahevala wrote: »

Have a look at Tesco mobile, I think they have low international rates.

Tesco Mobile have cheap international call rates to landlines in a select number of countries.

The OP asked for cheap calls to UK mobiles.

CaSCaDe711

Fungus wrote: »

Tesco Mobile have cheap international call rates to landlines and mobiles in a select number of countries.

The OP asked for cheap calls to UK mobiles.

Fixed that for ya :rolleyes:

JTMan

CaSCaDe711 wrote: »

Fixed that for ya :rolleyes:

Huh?

3: Free UK mobile calls with your inclusive minutes.
Meteor: 15 cent per minute UK calls with free add-on.
Vodafone: 10 cent per minute UK calls with free add-on.
BlueFace: Free UK mobile calls with your inclusive minutes.
RebTel: 13-15 cent per minute UK mobile calls.
Google Talk: 9.8 cent per minute UK mobile calls.

Tesco Mobile: 20 cent per minute UK mobile calls.

Relatively speaking, Tesco Mobile are expensive for UK mobile calls.

CaSCaDe711

Fungus wrote: »

Huh?

Just highlighting that Tesco don't only offer cheap calls to landlines, they also have excellent rates to mobiles too in selected countries (though obviously not for the UK).

Viber

Fungus wrote: »

Best option is to use an app like Viber, if possible.

Meteor charge 15 cent per minute to UK mobiles via a free add-on.

The Rebtel app charges 13 to 15 cent per minute to UK mobiles.

3 include UK mobile calls in the 'Flexi Units' as part of their bill pay packages.

Hi,
This is an official rep of Viber

Just thought I'd add some precise numbers, for those of you with limited data plans: Viber uses about 0.25MB per minute, and up to 1KB per text message.
That's on 3G. When using it on WiFi, naturally, it does not use up the data plan at all.

JTMan

CaSCaDe711 wrote: »

Just highlighting that Tesco don't only offer cheap calls to landlines, they also have excellent rates to mobiles too in selected countries (though obviously not for the UK).

As a rule of thumb, 3's gocall.ie, Vodafones add on(s) and Meteors add on offer better value than Tesco Mobile to international mobiles. There are a small number of regional exceptions. However, generally, Google Talk/Google Voice and Rebtel are better value than all the providers.

Just thought I'd add some precise numbers, for those of you with limited data plans: Viber uses about 0.25MB per minute, and up to 1KB per text message.
That's on 3G. When using it on WiFi, naturally, it does not use up the data plan at all.

Hi Viber,

Do you have intention of offering calls to traditional mobiles and landlines in the future?

Thanks.

vicM

Use smartvoip.com they have a smartphone apps called mobilevoip and lowcaller. mobilevoip allows you use broadband to make calls and lowcaller assigns you a local number but automatically dials this number when you call internationally,handy for using free minutes from provider
think UK mobiles is 7c/min. You get free calls to US and Canada, as well as free calls to Oz landlines for 365 days when you top up by more than 25e
Downside is sometimes call quality can be iffy, but rarely

Viber

@Fungus -
This is a service we're interested in offering in the future, but we don't have any concrete news.
Stay tuned for news and updates