Telecommunications Across Asia

By Author: Caroline Telford
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Of all the different inventions, probably the only invention to change the face of earth would undoubtedly be the humble telephone. Thanks to Alexander Graham Bell, who himself wouldn’t have dreamt that his invention would bring a worldwide revolution Thanks to technology, speaking to your friends and family living aboard need not burn a hole in your pocket.

In the UK, its offers galore for people signing up for overseas call offers. Countries in the Indian subcontinent like India and Pakistan form a bulk of immigrants settling down in the United Kingdom. That’s probably why it’s raining offers for callers to India and Pakistan. It’s now possible to call India at a mere 1p/min. And if you are looking to speak to family members in Pakistan, speak to them by paying a mere 4p/min.

In the world, Indian mobile phone industry is growing faster, that it hit 563 million subscribers as per the April 2010 statistics. However in Pakistan, the growth of pre-paid cards contributed to the increase in the number of subscribers from 500.000 users to 100 million users in 2011 leaving behind 40% of the whole population.

There ...
... are two ways of using the offer mentioned above

1. Instant Talk system

2. Credit Talk system

With the Instant talk system, one can call Pakistan or India without having to set up an account.

And with the Credit Talk System, you can call Pakistan at just 5p per min and call India at just 1.5p per min to both mobile and landline from a UK mobile or landline phone. One need to set up an account and can top up the account by either by PayPal system or by text message.

Making the call is very easy and simple first, you’ve got to dial the access number and then dial 00 91 (to call India) and 00 92 (to call Pakistan), then dial the destination number one needs to call. When you use a discounted service provider, what happens is that you connect to the discount providers’ phone system, using your mobile or landline provider. And when the full international number is dialed, the discount provider uses his discount lines to connect to the Indian or Pakistani service provider at the destination source. Thus, you now get to bypass expensive service providers through a combination of cheap internet and telephone services.

But there are so many service providers out there that choosing the best one can be an overwhelming task. A good discount provider allows you to use the service irrespective of the time, and day. There is absolutely no limits on the call duration; you can make your calls as long or as short as possible without affecting your per minute charge. Thanks to competition, most discount providers do not require callers to pay an advanced monthly subscription. Thus as you can see, there’s absolute freedom to the caller!

So what are you waiting for? Pick up the phone and talk to your hearts content to your sweetheart in India or call Pakistan and reconnect with friends and family.

To avail this offer to call Pakistan or to call India through credit talk system, at this cheaper rate, customers of Orange, Virgin, T-mobile can top up only once in a day using text message. There is no limit prescribed for top up using PayPal.