How to find good quality cheap SIM cards
If you are planning a trip overseas and will be taking, or would like to take, your cell phone read on...
The SIM card is a smart card used in mobile phones and carriers information about the user on it. The use of a SIM card is required to use the GSM network. Its equivalent to the CDMA network but it allows you to connect onto the GSM band. The GSM band network is the most popular network in Europe. If you are going to Europe then read on...
The typical low-cost SIM card (only GSM 11.11) is low on memory, 2-3 KB as described by the specification (and a little more telephone directory). This storage space is used directly by phone. The market segment of low-cost SIM cards is in the constant rise. If you want to save on roaming costs when you're traveling to Europe the best solution for SIM cards is the one you can get from UWTMobile.com.
Costs are low for outgoing, about $.39 a minute in most of the EU. You will also want to make sure that the call quality is good. I have used many SIM cards all over the world and sometimes the best deal on price per minute isn't always the best card if you can't hear the person you are calling or they can hear you.
If you have a person that has used a SIM card overseas find out what brand they used and how the quality of the call was.
Check the rates in the area that you will be traveling to. Remember that rates will change depending on where you will be traveling to and calling to. If you find that there are higher rates in some areas to call the U.S. keep shopping around. There are some carriers that will charge you less during certain times of the day when you call, but most have a standard rate that applies to all time zones.
The SIM card is a smart card used in mobile phones and carriers information about the user on it. The use of a SIM card is required to use the GSM network. Its equivalent to the CDMA network but it allows you to connect onto the GSM band. The GSM band network is the most popular network in Europe. If you are going to Europe then read on...
The typical low-cost SIM card (only GSM 11.11) is low on memory, 2-3 KB as described by the specification (and a little more telephone directory). This storage space is used directly by phone. The market segment of low-cost SIM cards is in the constant rise. If you want to save on roaming costs when you're traveling to Europe the best solution for SIM cards is the one you can get from UWTMobile.com.
Costs are low for outgoing, about $.39 a minute in most of the EU. You will also want to make sure that the call quality is good. I have used many SIM cards all over the world and sometimes the best deal on price per minute isn't always the best card if you can't hear the person you are calling or they can hear you.
If you have a person that has used a SIM card overseas find out what brand they used and how the quality of the call was.
Check the rates in the area that you will be traveling to. Remember that rates will change depending on where you will be traveling to and calling to. If you find that there are higher rates in some areas to call the U.S. keep shopping around. There are some carriers that will charge you less during certain times of the day when you call, but most have a standard rate that applies to all time zones.
