sim cards for calling abroad from uk

Hi group,

I would like to know if there are any service providers in the uk that offer
SIM cards or services for calling abroad?

I have a relative that's staying with us for the next 6 months. Now ideally,
it would possibly make more sense if he uses the home phone to call but he's
stuck on using his mobile.

He has his own mobile with him from his own country and is roaming enabled.
So you can imagine the cost of him calling home and using it to call someone
in the u.k.

If it comes to not finding a suitable sim / service, i'll have to loan him
my n95 so he can use VoIP and just buy a pay as you go sim when using to
call uk numbers as I don't know any other phone that's not got a high price
tag that has wi-fi.

I would appreciate it if anyone can advise me on this.

Thank You.

fellowscot wrote:

>
> I would like to know if there are any service providers in the uk that offer
> SIM cards or services for calling abroad?
>
Have a look at
<http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/sim/callabroadsim>

I assume his phone is unlocked?

"S Viemeister" <firstname.lastname@which.net> wrote in message
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> fellowscot wrote:
>
>>
>> I would like to know if there are any service providers in the uk that
>> offer SIM cards or services for calling abroad?
>>
> Have a look at
> <http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/sim/callabroadsim>
>
> I assume his phone is unlocked?

Thanks for the reply.

I've actually had a look at Orange but was hoping another UK s.p offer
something similar.

I don't really know if its unlocked but it won't be a problem if I end up
buying an Orange SIM or unlocking the handset.

fellowscot wrote on 08/10/2007 :
> He has his own mobile with him from his own country and is roaming enabled.
> So you can imagine the cost of him calling home and using it to call someone
> in the u.k.

No, I can't......unless you state the country involved.....

"Jono" <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
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> fellowscot wrote on 08/10/2007 :
>> He has his own mobile with him from his own country and is roaming
>> enabled. So you can imagine the cost of him calling home and using it to
>> call someone in the u.k.
>
> No, I can't......unless you state the country involved.....
>

Hes from Hong Kong.

But thanks for the help. Am just going to give him my N95 so he can use
voip when he can along with an Orange SIM.

Bonus as it gives me an excuse to buy the updates N95.

"fellowscot" <noone@home> wrote in message
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> Hi group,
>
> I would like to know if there are any service providers in the uk that
> offer SIM cards or services for calling abroad?

Mobile world sim by CPW

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/com...OSIM&from=list

"Road_Hog®" <Road_Hog@Road_Hog.com> wrote in message
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>
> "fellowscot" <noone@home> wrote in message
> news:iNWdnaeEbKitzJfaRVnyhQA@bt.com...
>> Hi group,
>>
>> I would like to know if there are any service providers in the uk that
>> offer SIM cards or services for calling abroad?
>
> Mobile world sim by CPW
>
> http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/com...OSIM&from=list
Thank you for this, I'll be having a look at that.

On 2007-10-08, fellowscot <noone@home> wrote:
> I would like to know if there are any service providers in the uk that offer
> SIM cards or services for calling abroad?

For a lot of overseas calling Three PAYG has a decent deal if
countries called are among the 23 in their International
Saver add-on: UKP15 for up to 3000 minutes of calls in a month.
The only warning about it is that, while I've not used this in
the UK, I've used the equivalent service from Three in Hong Kong
and the codec they were using was a bit muddy-sounding for my taste
(my wife thought it was okay, however, and she's the one who can
consume that many minutes).

A 3G phone is required for 3 PAYG.

Dennis Ferguson

"Dennis Ferguson" <dcferguson@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> On 2007-10-08, fellowscot <noone@home> wrote:
>> I would like to know if there are any service providers in the uk that
>> offer
>> SIM cards or services for calling abroad?
>
> For a lot of overseas calling Three PAYG has a decent deal if
> countries called are among the 23 in their International
> Saver add-on: UKP15 for up to 3000 minutes of calls in a month.
> The only warning about it is that, while I've not used this in
> the UK, I've used the equivalent service from Three in Hong Kong
> and the codec they were using was a bit muddy-sounding for my taste
> (my wife thought it was okay, however, and she's the one who can
> consume that many minutes).
>
> A 3G phone is required for 3 PAYG.
>
> Dennis Ferguson

Thank you for your reply

When I travel. I usually use a local SIM card, if not I keep all my calls
short when calling back to the U.K.

Now its not all that bad nowadays as I can use VoIP & from the feed back am
getting in here, theres lots of companies providing either cheap services or
a dedicated SIM for the job.

I'll have a look into that too. Just now, my relative is using VoIP to make
his calls. Am just worried about my poor battery on my mobile. The 3000
minutes you mentioned, I bet he can get fairly close to using that up!

thanks again though.

On Oct 10, 9:57 pm, "fellowscot" <noone@home> wrote:
> "Dennis Ferguson" <dcfergu...@pacbell.net> wrote in message
>
> news:slrnfgo51u.81.dcferguson@akit-ferguson.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 2007-10-08, fellowscot <noone@home> wrote:
> >> I would like to know if there are any service providers in the uk that
> >> offer
> >> SIM cards or services for calling abroad?
>
> > For a lot of overseas calling Three PAYG has a decent deal if
> > countries called are among the 23 in their International
> > Saver add-on: UKP15 for up to 3000 minutes of calls in a month.
> > The only warning about it is that, while I've not used this in
> > the UK, I've used the equivalent service from Three in Hong Kong
> > and the codec they were using was a bit muddy-sounding for my taste
> > (my wife thought it was okay, however, and she's the one who can
> > consume that many minutes).
>
> > A 3G phone is required for 3 PAYG.
>
> > Dennis Ferguson
>
> Thank you for your reply
>
> When I travel. I usually use a local SIM card, if not I keep all my calls
> short when calling back to the U.K.
>
> Now its not all that bad nowadays as I can use VoIP & from the feed back am
> getting in here, theres lots of companies providing either cheap servicesor
> a dedicated SIM for the job.
>
> I'll have a look into that too. Just now, my relative is using VoIP to make
> his calls. Am just worried about my poor battery on my mobile. The 3000
> minutes you mentioned, I bet he can get fairly close to using that up!
>
> thanks again though.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

The international option on 3 seems to require a 6 month commitment -
"All Add-ons including International Saver have a six month minimum
term if bought at time of connection".

http://www.three.co.uk/personal/on_t...onal_saver.omp

They've said it's no longer necessary to have a 3g phone for use with
newer SIMs from this year

Apart from those mentioned so far, also for int'l calls O2 has good
rates for Europe but not as good for Hong Kong; you could use a
callthrough account with an Irish access for 5p +

Vodafone recently introduced cheap calls for selected destinations,
including Hong Kong; I hope their 15p for mobiles doesn't apply to HK
though

http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatc...ageID=PPP_0024

But the cheapest option of the lot is 3 pence a minute with T-mobile
and using callthrough from Yourcallworld

http://www.yourcallworld.com/tmobile...ry=Hong%20Kong

summary: every network and 2 mvno brands:

O2 20p
IDT 7p
Orange 6p
Mob. World 6p
O2 + DialNow Ireland 5.8p
Vodafone 5p
T-mob + YCW 3p
3 £15 for up to 3000 minutes

On 2007-10-12, andy <andy.ggrps@googlemail.com> wrote:
> The international option on 3 seems to require a 6 month commitment -
> "All Add-ons including International Saver have a six month minimum
> term if bought at time of connection".
>
> http://www.three.co.uk/personal/on_t...onal_saver.omp

With 3 you never know. If you look at the full Add-ons Terms and
Conditions, here

http://www.three.co.uk/personal/help...=1131124202008

it says that in one spot but also says "Add-ons purchased at the time of
connection to 3 have a 1 month minimum term" in another. The clerk who
I asked about this in the store said there used to be a 6 month minimum
for add-ons, but now it is only 1 month, for what that's worth.

I decided that if the terms of the service I was thinking about buying
were so unclear I probably shouldn't buy the service, despite the fact
that the price looked nice.

> They've said it's no longer necessary to have a 3g phone for use with
> newer SIMs from this year

Yes, I see they've dropped most of the text about phones from their
service Terms and Conditions.

Dennis Ferguson

fellowscot wrote :
> Hi group,
>
> I would like to know if there are any service providers in the uk that offer
> SIM cards or services for calling abroad?
>

Did you have a look at :

http://www.o2.co.uk/mobilestariffs/t...go/yourcountry

for £15 topup you get 100 min and you can still use the £15 for UK
calls.

Regards,

Cambrion