A tip for those who needs to make a lot of outgoing calls on ya cellphone...

Extracted from Digital Life (Straits Times - 12 July 2005)



'Cellphones users who enjoy free incoming calls can now also make cheap outgoing calls. which cost as little as three cents a minute, with the arrival of mobile callback services.

Targeted at cost-conscious users such as retirees, housewives and young people, the service cost less than the usual rate of 10 or 20 cents a minute charged by mobile operators.

This is possible because callback service providers make use of cheap land-based telephone lines to connect two cellphone users."

[When you want to call a friend, you send an sms or dial a special number, and wait for the callback operator to call both of you back. The drawback is you have to wait longer - about seven seconds - for a call to be connected. You will also have to live with the added hassle of keying in special numbers instead od dialling direct from your phone's contact list.]

Sunpage - 5.9 cents per min [Call 6488-3333]
Global Smart Call-Back - 5.9 cents per min [www.globalroam.com]
iCentel iCallback - 3 cents per min(off-peak), 5 cents per min(peak) [www.icentel.com]
e-Raffles Mobile Saver - 5.2 cents per min pCall 6748-7082]