SmartIndiaCall : Call India at one cent per minute

Many voip providers are now offering very cheap calls to India in the range of 1-2 cent per minute. SmartIndiaCall has been making the news lately, mainly because of the cheap calling rates to India it is offering. We thought to cover a post on SmartIndiaCall and let our blog readers know if they can use it for making cheap voip calls.

Firstly, SmartIndiaCalls is offering voip calls to India at a very cheap rate of 1 cent per minute. To make calls using SmartIndiaCall service, you can access SmartIndiaCall.com service from anywhere in United States by dialing one of their access numbers from any phone including cell phone. You can place call from you Registered Phone number or Non-registered phone number. You can also make calls directly from the PC using the dialer available on their web site or from a Nokia phone using mobile dialer without using mobile minutes. So for all those living in USA, can easily make calls using the local access numbers and the rest who want to make calls to India from outside US can try their PC dialer.

Their website is very nicely composed with lots of information. You can also chat with their support (which is live most of the time). Some of its features :

» No Contract Or Commitment
» 24x7 Customer Service
» Online account Management
» View Call Log Online
» Pay using PayPal, Credit/Debit cards
» Pinless dialing
» Worldwide access
» Use from PC, Mobile or Land phones
» Use IP Phone or ATAs
» Antiblock Technology for MiddleEast Uers

We had a chat with their customer support :

FreePctoPhoneCalls: Is SmartIndiaCall a prepaid or postpaid service
SmartIndiaCall Support: prepaid only

FreePctoPhoneCalls: If one has to signup, then what is the minimum amount to required to signup
SmartIndiaCall Support: $10 min

FreePctoPhoneCalls: Can't we try this service for one test free call, and then decide
SmartIndiaCall Support: yes

FreePctoPhoneCalls: How ?
SmartIndiaCall Support: its possible

FreePctoPhoneCalls: how it is possible
SmartIndiaCall Support: sorry ,we don't have free test
SmartIndiaCall Support: you can test with $10
FreePctoPhoneCalls: That means we have to pay first $10, in order to test the service. Its not a free test call.
SmartIndiaCall Support: yes , after checking with $10 ,you can pay up to $200
FreePctoPhoneCalls: ok.

FreePctoPhoneCalls: Is there a validity period for the recharge amount?
SmartIndiaCall Support: Your re-charge amount is valid for 6 Months from the date you re-charged your pre-paid account.

So, try SmartIndiaCall and let us know your feedback. Your feedback is very important to us.

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u011 : Cheap Voip Calls to India : Free 5$ credit

It is after long that a new voip provider has launched its services. The call rates to India are already on very low side and the competition is further increasing. I am waiting for the day when we will be able to make unlimited free calls to India.

Lets now discuss about this new voip provider u011 : the name of this voip provider is quite different (don't what this 'u' and '011' stands for - some code ? ). u011 offers cheap international calls to many countries offering one cent calls to many countries.

For India u011 offers two plans :
Pay as you go plan with one year validity offering calls to India at 2 cent per minute. Voip Calls are pay per minute with no hidden charges. Best part is that u011.com is offering free $5 credit on purchase of min $10 credit. So the effective calling rate will be around 1.33 cents per minute.

Other plan to India is Flat rate plan in which you get 1000 minutes to India at $14.99. The validity for this plan is 30 days. Again free $5 credit which is like bonus is also valid on this plan.

Some other features which u011 mentions on its website:
No Taxes
No Hidden Charges
Pay What You See
Call From Any Country
Lowest Rates In The Industry
Best Quality - Guaranteed
24x7 Email Customer Support

For more info, visit u011

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Nymgo 1.1 cent call to India : Call rates to India reduced

This is big !!! A large number of this blog readers are already customer of Nymgo. When you talk about PC to Phone calls, the voip provider which comes to our mind is Nymgo. The day it was launched, Nymgo created a buzz in voip industry. From past many months, Nymgo has been offering cheapest calls to many destinations and a very competitive rate of 1.3 cent to India.

Hey hold on, the news is Nymgo has reduced its calling rate to India. Nymgo is now offering just 1.1 cent per minute to call India. Almost one cent call to India, Nymgo is must try now !

Another good thing about Nymgo is that you can even try Nymgo with just $5 credit. You will get 455 minutes in this $5. No hidden charges. No fancy promotions. Not now. Not ever. Just a great quality phone service and incredibly low international call charges to landlines and mobiles.

Apart from your Pc to Phone calls, you can now even make Phone to Phone calls using SIP device. Make sip voip phone calls and enjoy the low rate of 1.1 cent using Nymgo.

Nymgo has a very good customer support. Since you are reading Free PC to Phone calls blog, you can get nymgo customer support right here on this blog. If you face any problems, just post in the comments section (or email me), I will that your problem is resolved right here !!

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Mo-Call and Skype Comparision : Mo-Call is cheaper

Few days back I received an email from Mo-Call informing about the latest developments with Mo-Call and their price reduction. For those who don't know about Mo-Call, its a mobile voip provider offering cheap international voip calls and free calls among Mo-Call users.

You can directly make Phone to Phone calls using Mo-Call with it working on most cell phones. Apart from offering cheap voip calls, it also offers cheap international SMS. Well certainly if you have been using Skype for your calling needs, then Mo-Call is a better choice. They have done comparison with Skype on their blog and Mo-Call proves to be a better option for international calls.

Let me just put forward the comparison done for calling India (taken from Mo-Call blog).
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MO-Call is Cheaper Than Skype for Calls and SMS to India:

This week’s highlighted country is India. Since we get a high volume of calls to India, we wanted to do a comparison of our MO-Call rates with that of Skype’s rate to call India, and we’re proud to share that both our international calling and SMS rates to India are cheaper than Skype.

That means on just $1 of credit, MO-Call lets you call India for over 28 minutes, but only for about 8 minutes on Skype.

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For more info, Visit Mo-Call.

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Dial91 : Dial India, India Calling Card : 1.5 Cents/Min

This holiday season, a large number of voip providers have lowered their call rates to India. If you are paying more than 1.5-2 cents per minute to call India, then you are definitely losing money.

We have so many options now to make calls to India. Free Calls to India is offered by Pennytel this holiday season (till 2nd Jan2010), it also offers free voip calls to other countries. If you talk of calling cards Pingo is obviously a good option, but you can explore others too.

Due to the every growing competition, many voip providers are forced to lower call rates. Dial91 has reduced its call rates to India. Dial91 is now offering 1.5 cents/minute to call India. One of my friend is using Dial91 to make calls from USA to India, and he is very much satisfied with the call quality.

Another good thing about Dial91 is that you can buy as low as a $2 calling card, which will give you 134 calling minutes to India with effective calling rate just 1.5 cents/minute. So I guess you can try it by buying a $2 card, and continue with the voip service if you like it. Soon you will be able t access Dial91 from Skype, another cool thing !!

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Vopium : Half Rates calls on Christmas and New Year

Vopium is a very popular mobile voip provider. I guess many of you are using Internet facility in their mobile phone. So its better to use Voip in your phone itself and save big bucks on your phone bills, by making mobile voip calls.

Without going into details about Using Vopium, let me staright get you to the Voip Deal which Vopium is offering on this Christmas and New year Seasaon.

Vopium has decided to offer you 50% off on the 24th, 25th and 31st of December as well the 1st of January. There are no restrictions. Vopium will cut both the per minute prices and the SMS prices in half, so that you can call all mobiles and all landlines in all the countries of the world 50% cheaper. Indeed a great deal.

PS: Use Vopium to call India, Pakistan and other Asian countries. Offcourse, you can use it to call USA, Canada, Europe as the call rates are very cheap by Vopium. If you are looking for a calling card then Pingo is a good option, as it is offering less than a cent call to India.

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BingoTelecom Calling card : Cheap calls to India

We have already posted so many cheap calling ways to India and other countries. But Post Diwali we bring to you some more cheap calling options to India.

BingoTelecom is offering calls to India in the price range of 1.69 cents to 1.83 cents per minute, this depends on credit value of the calling card you purchase. The above mentioned call rates are when using this calling card for making calls from USA to India (using local access numbers).

What I suggest is to buy a calling card worth USD 10, which will get you 454 minutes and 90 free minutes. This makes effective rate of 1.83 cents per minute (Regular rates to India is 2.2 cents per minute).

To make calls using Bingotelecom, first register with them. Dial the local access numbers and follow the prompt. (You can Register up to 5 phones to make it pinless calling)
For all calls, Dial 011 + Country code + Number you want to call and press #.

Some other features of Bingotelecom calling card :
PIN-less Dialing
Speed Dial
Auto Recharge
No-Hidden Fees
Balance/Minutes Remaining
Follow On Calls
Last Number Redial

For more information, Visit BingoTelecom.

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Pinless World Calling Card : India Bulk rate 1.6c per minute

Thanks to Mr. Harry for informing us PinlessWorld Calling card. Its one of the cheapest calling card to India in the market widely used by many.

PinlessWorld Calling card offer calling rate of 1.6 cents per minute to call India. Unlike other calling card companies that offer low rates with an expiration date, PinlessWorld offers its low rates without any fees or expiration date. This is indeed good as they is no validity and you can use your credit at your pace.
Use your minutes when ever you need to and never be afraid of being charged any fees or having to use your minutes within a certain period of time.

Speed Dial: Enter your destination numbers and assign them to a quick dial number. At the balance prompt just dial the Speed dial number followed by #.

PIN Recharge: Instantly recharge your existing pin online via your PIN Manager.

Rounding: There is one minute rounding when using any one of our calling plans.

Call History: You can view all the calls you made from your PIN online in your Pin Manager. Get the Date and Time of each call you make as well as the number you called from and called to. Also view the duration of each call made online.


Dialing Instructions: To place a call to India you need to follow these steps
1) Dial Access number
2) Enter Pin Number (If Pinless Dialing is set up, please skip step 2)
3) Enter your destination number in the following format 011+Country code+City Code+Number

PinlessWorld calling card offers many local access numbers. So, this Diwali you have one more option. Try PinlessWorld Calling card.

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AirtelCallhome Holi to Diwali Offer : Calling Card to India

Its time for Diwali and the free and cheap calling to India are now in action. The first one to launch Diwali offer is AirtelCallhome. AirtelCallHome calling cards are widely used by NRI to call their loved ones in India. Specially in this festive season, the call volumes to India increase to great extent.

Voip providers bring their best deals to attract more customer. Lets now talk about AirtelCallhome festive offer named "Diwali to Holi offer":
Plan Value: $24.99
Admin fees: $6.99
Talktime: $18.00
Calling Minutes: 1353
Validity: 6 months

The good things about this offer by Airtelcallhome is the extended validity and cheap rates. The effective calling rate to India is just 1.84 cents per minute. Considering that the service is Phone to Phone (a calling card), the rate is cheap and AirtelCallhome service is surely worth trying.

The reviews about Airtelcallhome have always been mixed on this blog. Many people dont prefer Airtel but still a lot of people say that AirtelCallhome service is good and recommended.

It should be noted here that AirtelCallhome other plans like India one plan and Aapno Gujrat plan still holds, and people may opt for those.

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