International calls are typically considered as expensive, but this isn’t always true. Major mobile network providers usually charge significantly high for phone to numbers outside the US borders, even to adjacent countries like Mexico and Canada.
T-Mobile and Verizon subscribers need to spend about £1.29 per minute to call people from Asia and Europe. AT&T offers better price, but with about £0.64 per minute surcharge for voice calls to different Asian countries, it is still called as expensive. Savvy consumers should go through many numerous prepaid international calling option.
Pay as you go plans are appropriate for light users who don’t call outside the country too often. T-Mobile’s Lycamobile is currently the cheapest option with about 0.37 GBP per minute for international voice calls and 0.13 GBP for domestic calls. On the other hand, PTel offers cheapest international text messaging at 0.13 GBP each; while Lycamobile offers 0.08 GBP each.
