Save Roaming Fees On Your Cellular While On Business Trip

By: Jane Tamaro


You most likely have little idea how much you have to pay when abroad and abroad.

When you go abroad your Cellular switches to the "home area" of your destination country and you have to pay an additional fee to your home carrier. For this service you have to pay a fee additional to your long distance rate. Some carriers charge up to $2 roaming fee to route the call.

Let's say your friend calls you, using her Cellular, when you are on holiday in Europe.

Who pays for what?

When you get a call from the USA to e.g. to Germany you have to pay for the roaming fee. When you make the call you additional have to pay the long distance rate.

Obviously, the caller has to pay 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 1 min.. So if you only call for 30 seconds, you have to pay for a full minute.
Whenever are using a wireless network, you have to pay for the airtime used . This includes incoming 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 carrier's network coverage area, you have to pay an access fee. These fees can apply for each call to fee once a day. These fees can be as much as $9.95 for access of the network in which you are roaming.
You don't have to forget taxes on your cellular phone bill you have to pay when you are home. back home.

How to avoid roaming fees?

Buy a SIM card for your Cellular in the country you are to avoid expensive roaming fees. With a SIM card if someone calls you, you will not pay a dime!

What kind of Cellulars are supported?

All GSM Cellulars with no SIM lock are supported. U.S.A and Canada customers should have 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 a friend who has a different service provider service provider and see if it works in your Cellular or not. If it works, then your Cellular is already unlocked. If it doesn't, then your Cellular is locked.

How to purchase additional airtime?

Additional airtime can be purchased almost everywhere at shops, newsstands, gas station, lottery shops, ATM.

Can I also use my UMTS Cellular or UMTS laptop card?

You can activate UMTS to go online. . Furthermore, you also can use some VOIP software like Skype and call all the world for free.

Where to get a prepaid calling card?

A very good solution is to buy a prepaid Cellular card at the location you are going to. You also can find a card on Ebay or Squidoo.com.


With a SIM for your Cellular you save a huge amount of money when calling home while abroad. You also can use the SIM to make IP-telephony calls to contact your family at home and even save much more.

Jim Price