You most likely have little idea how much you have to pay when abroad and on Business trip.
Most people do not aware they have to pay roaming fees for Mobile Phone calls outside their area. In general roaming fees can range up to $2 per minute depending on your carrier.

Let’s say your friend calls you, using her Mobile Phone, when you are on vacation in Europe.
Who pays for what?
You have to pay for roaming fees and the long distance rate when you call from Europe or within one of the European countries. You also have to pay for roaming when you get a call from the USA.
Obviously, the caller will be charged for the long distance rate for calling you.

But the roaming fee to reach you in Europe will be billed to you.

The roaming fees are always billed in increments of 60 sec.. So if you only call a few seconds, the billing is rounded up the next full minute.
Whenever are using a wireless network, you are charged for the airtime used . This includes incoming calls and toll free calls. Calling a toll free number only eliminates the long distance fee that would be charged to you.
Sometimes, when you are roaming into another network, you are charged an access fee. These fees can be charged for each call to fee one time a day. These fees can be up to $9.95 for access of the network in which you are roaming.
Don’t foget taxes on your mobile phone bill you have to pay when you are back at home.

How to avoid roaming fees?
Buy a SIM card for your Mobile Phone abroad to avoid expensive roaming fees. You save much money with a SIM if someone calls you.

What kind of Mobile Phones are supported?
All GSM Mobile Phones with no SIM lock are supported. Try a Tri or Quad band phone. CDMA phones are NOT supported.

How to know if my phone is already unlocked or not?
Borrow a SIM from someone who has a different carrier carrier and see if it works in your Mobile Phone or not. If it works, then your Mobile Phone is already unlocked. If it doesn’t, then your Mobile Phone is locked.

How to purchase additional airtime?
You can buy additional airtime almost everywhere: shops, newsstands, gas station, lottery shops, ATM.

Can I also use my UMTS Mobile Phone or UMTS laptop card?
You can activate the UMTS option to surf on the Internet. You also can use some VOIP software like Skype and call for free.

Where to get a prepaid calling card?
The best decision is to get a pre-paid Mobile Phone card at the place you are going to. You also can find some on Ebay or Squidoo.com.

With a SIM for your Mobile Phone you save tons of money when calling home while abroad. You also can use the SIM to make Internet telephony calls to contact your friends or your family at home and even save much more.

Jim Price
SIM cards for you Mobile Phone

When leaving your carriers home area you have to pay a international transit fee each time for each telephone call you make and you also have to pay for all incoming calls. You can prevent it when calling to India by using a phone card from an Indian carrier, than all the phone calls are switched over the network of this carrier and you don’t need use the network of another carrier.

The international transit fees are always billed in full minute increments. So if you only call for half a minute, you have to pay for a full minute.

Whenever you call with your cell phone, you will be charged for the airtime you used , including incoming calls and toll free telephone calls. Calling a toll free number only eliminates the long distance fee .

Sometimes, when you are calling into another network, you will be charged an access fee. These fees can be anywhere from $3.95 to% $9.95 for access of the network in which you are roaming.

You don’t have to forget taxes on your mobile phone bill you have to pay when you are home.

Using a phone card for your cell phone, you pay the same cheap rates as when calling over your regular phone line. Thus, you you have to pay immense international phone rates provided by phone companies.

Reliance ensures a modern telecom network and be sure to get very good quality for your call.

Reliance carries the telephone call through their own high quality telecom network starting in Los Angeles/New York and you will notice a significant improvement in voice quality.

Calls with Reliance India are used exactly the same way as dialing a regular landline phone.

Reliance India Call service is available from the entire mainland of the USA, Alaska and Hawaii. You can access the service from landline or your cell phone.

A telephone call from the USA to India is 7.4 cents for landline and with your cell phone.

A Reliance international phone card is a good choice when calling from or to India.

Jim Price

VoIP Knowledge Base