Newer Calling Services for International Calls

Calling cards have often differed from provider to provider and consequently were rather "fiddly" to use. The caller first had to dial a toll-free access number, then a PIN, and then all the digits (often 12 or more) associated with an overseas number. This is still the case with most calling cards, but now services like Tel3Advantage and GlobalCallConnect allow users a more streamlined and cost effective means to dial anywhere in the world. Even in countries with "lesser" phone service capabilities international callback allows anyone with a touch-tone phone to use the lines and services of major US carriers.

As mobile phones have become more popular the utility of dialing all those number got even more frustrating. Keys are simply smaller on mobile phones. Yet cellular service roaming charges and rates for international calling remain extremely high.

New dial-around services like Tel3 and Global Call Connect with a toll free or local access numbers also include features that significantly cut down on the number of digits that need to be dialed.

Both services offer Speed Dial functions so frequently dialed international numbers can be called without having to enter all the digits. If the user programs his or her access number into the speed-dial of the mobile phone, dialing becomes even simpler. And with a caller ID feature there is not even need to dial a PIN.



Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Joseph_Horton