To avoid paying outrageous long distance rates, you need to know how to make international calls on a cell phone and bypass your phone company.
The answer is to use VoIP (voice over IP), making the call through the internet.
And you don’t need a smartphone for it.
If you do, that’s great, and you can use the broadband feature of your phone, BUT you don’t need it.
Buzport gives assigns a number you store in your phone, and call it with the number you want to reach.
That’s it.
Buzport’s server will actually connect the call over the internet to any device. So you can easily make a cheap international call from your mobile to their landline or a cell phone, doesn’t matter.
The rate will depend on the country you’re calling, but you avoid the long distance charges, because you’re using the internet to connect to the country you’re calling.
See the Rate Calculator for specific country rates, and make sure you choose the right device when picking a country, as calling rates vary depending on whether you call a mobile phone or a landline.
Now if you have broadband on your phone, then you can save even more money, by using Skype or other Instant Messengers from your phone to connect, and you can still call their mobile or landline, in which case you’ll only pay for the connection to their phone, but your part is completely free.
So the bottom line is there are multiple ways on how to make international calls on a cell phone, and pay significantly less for it.