Calls to International Destination

Previously, in the absence of internet, call charges were a whopping $1 per minute depending upon the country, but the same call to International destination with VoIP service providers will cost a caller just anything between 2 to 5 cents per minute. Yes, you heard it right, just 2 to 5 cents per minute. Let’s find out the top few service providers.

Top International VoIP service providers

Skype – Skype is a service provider backed by Microsoft. Today, many people prefer exchanging their Skype user id’s to their business partners or friends and colleagues to make calls. Prices will be minimal, but will depend upon the country for calls to International destinations through Skype. For e.g. calls to UK, the call cost is 2.3 cents per minute, calls to India – cost is 9.2 cents per minute, calls to Russia – cost is 2.3 cents per minute. Calling from one Skype enabled computer to another Skype enable computer is free of cost.

Gtalk – Anybody having a Gmail account can begin making International calls using the Gtalk service provider. Their call charges vary from one country to another. Calls to UK start with 2 cents per minute, to India call charges begin at 2 cents and to Russia call charge begins at 4 cents per minute only. To begin making calls to international destinations, the user requires adding credit to his/her Gtalk account by a minimum $10 which is paid either through credit card of Paypal.

Smart VoIP – Smart VoIP software has to be downloaded from their official website, register with a user id and password, add credit with minimum $10 and begin using your computer to make international calls. Call charges for UK begin at 5 cents, for India it is just 1 cent and for Russia it begins with just 2 cents. They provide free calls to 60 destinations of the world for a period of 60 minutes. Russian landline calls are included in the free calls for 60 minutes.

PC Call – This service provider has come up with some good features like voice clarity, classy soft phone etc. The software has to be downloaded and than one needs register with a user id and password. Add $10 credit and begin making unlimited calls to international destinations. For e.g. calls to UK begin at 2 cents, calls to India begin at 3 cents and calls to Russia begin at 1 cent per minute.

Free Call – This service provider too provides 60 minutes of free talktime to any of the 60 selected countries. The user has to download the software from their official website, register themselves and begin making free calls to selected countries incase their country is listed. If the country is not in the selected list, charges to make international calls to unselected countries will be very nominal. For e.g. 3 cents for UK, 2 cents for India, 2 cents for Russia etc.

Above mentioned are the most commonly used famous service providers to make a call to international destinations.