Types & facilities of calling cards

By: Feras Shoukeir

Callingcards are generally of three types. These are international calling cards, overseascalling cards and long- distance calling cards. There are, of course, manyother types of calling cards, but they are scarcely so much popular as thementioned calling cards are.

It has oftenbeen marked that overseas calling cards and international calling cards aremistaken by people as long- distance calling cards. The fact remains that inspite of providing nearly similar features, these calling cards vary from eachother in some respects.

If youuse international calling cards, it will allow you to make international callswhile the overseas calling cards will let you make overseas calls. It is to bekept in mind that the call making ends and the call receiving ends have to belocated in the same country. Long- distance calling cards will facilitate youwith the scope to make local calls, overseas calls and even internationalcalls.

Are youpondering about how to avail calling cards? You need not bother much since itis very easy to get calling cards. The popularity of the calling cards as oneof the types of telecommunication services has led many companies, includingthe renowned ones, to provide international calling cards, overseas and long- distance calling cards. The varieties of the exclusive schemeswith which the calling cards are sold, are lucrative enough to make thecustomers feel interested at once.

Apartfrom the easy availability, there is another positive aspect about the varioustypes of calling cards. The prices that you have to expend for purchasing acalling card, are not high enough to threaten you purse. They are definitely withinthe easy reach of your budget. Moreover, the competition among the companies tohold the top position results in the reduction of the prices of the callingcards, facilitating the customers a lot. Some of the companies that arerenowned for providing the customers with long- distance calling cards atcompetitive rates are Tel 3, Verizon and AT&T. ?

It willbe a wrong notion if the easy availability and the budget prices are thought tobe the only advantages of the calling cards. The prime advantage that thecalling cards provide the customers is the scope to make a call through anytype of phone at any place in the world. What you have to do is to dial thecountry code, followed by the PIN or the personal identification number andthen the particular phone number at which you want to make the call. Instead ofvisiting the calling card shops, you may go for online bookings of the callingcards.

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