In the early 70's telephone was invited to communication services for people all over the world. Thanks to the innovation of cellular phones and pay phones, people are closer and connected any time. When you travel out of country or even within your country, you can keep in touch with your family and friends with the help of calling cards. Calling cards are cards that are inserted into cell phones and utilized for making long distant calls either domestic or international. Calling cards are of two types. One is prepaid and the other postpaid.



Prepaid cards don't need monthly charge, signing any type or contract. Customers of prepaid calling cards don't receive monthly bills. These cards have to be recharged once the prescribed talk time balance become low and a warning from customer care alerts the user about the calling card balance. The customer using postpaid card is not intimated about the call cost after he ends the active phone call. The user of a postpaid calling card receives monthly phone bills and he has to make the payment before the due date.

There are various types of international calling cards like world traveler, Globe cell phone calling card, Absolute global international calling card etc. These calling cards have nominal rates that a layman can afford to use, talk time is minimum, quality and privacy of these prepaid cards is superior and it helps the customer in saving up to 78% of his phone bill. These calling cards can also be purchased from online services and thus shopping becomes convenient. The ?COMFI? calling card is called ?Cardinal? card. This has provision for speed dial. The user can save up to 8 phone numbers in his speed dial book. One has to press the appropriate speed dial key followed by the pound sign (#) and he is immediately connected. CLONCOM is a user friendly calling card which gives free credits on recommending friends and family. Each referral will get $5 discount on the first purchase and $5 credit in introducer's account.

LDPOST Company in U.S. has come out with quality phone cards namely Global PAPA prepaid, Euro MAMA Phone card, and TeleTzar instant phone card. They are famous for the high security. NobelTel Ltd. is a market leader in the global telecommunication industry. The company has pioneered online prepaid phone cards.

Many companies sell inexpensive calling cards that suit the middle class society as they can save up to 84% of the international call cost. They have range of calling cards such as Asia Tiger, Call Philippines, ClonGlobal, ClonWave, Euro East&West, Euro Saver, and Eurocities. This company doesn't charge any connection fee, maintenance is low just $0.69 per week, the payphone cost is only $0.99 per call and the card expires after three months. AT&T Company present calling cards especially for Military personnel who fight against terrorism on foreign lands away from their families. Ship Navigators also have the privilege of using similar calling cards, which charge much lower rates than calling cards meant for civilians.

As for now, you would be having a good idea about Global Calling Cards marketed allover the world and the best of the lot too. In general, phone calls made with all these calling cards save 90% of the international call cost. It is up to you to do good market research; try using calling cards on a small scale and select one of them according to the real cost, effectiveness, and also dedicated use.