Call Checker Hints & Tips

Choosing the cheapest service for making international calls

  • Choosing the cheapest service for making international calls
  • Save the International and Access Number in your Phone Book

The cheapest advertised rate on Call Checker doesn't always work out to be the cheapest option in the long run as a lot of the services have additional charges. For example, did you know your landline phone provider will always charge you a connection fee to call an access number starting 08 or 08?

The cheapest service for customers with free calls to landline phone numbers

Call Checker recommends the Account and Mobile Phone Apps. They may have a slightly higher pence per minute rate, but they normally have no additional charges what so ever. And because these services use a local UK access number, which comes out of your free minutes, to access the international call service these service normally work out to be cheaper.

The cheapest service for customers with pay as you go phone packages

Pay As you Go Mobile Phones - Call Checker recommends pay as you go mobile phone users use the 6 or 7 digit mobile short-codes for the cheapest international calls. The advertised pence per minute rate may be slightly higher than other services but, mobile short-codes have no additional charges what so ever, making it the cheapest way to make international calls from a Pay As You Go mobile phone.

Landline Phones without free calls to local UK phone numbers – Call Checker recommends the Access Numbers starting 08 or 09. Your landline phone provider will charge you a one off connection fee of between 9 and 14p per call, but with such low pence per minute rates this is still the best service for cheap international calls from the landline which doesn’t have free calls.

Save the International and Access Number in your Phone Book

If you are making numerous International calls, storing your access number and International dialling destination can you save you time and help you get connected quicker! Making cheap international calls can be at your fingertips with the touch of a button!

When you have saved the full contact number into your phonebook it will look like this:
08441234567p006112345678
The small "p" indicates that your phone will pause for about 4 seconds before dialling the international number

Nokia Phones

  • Enter the access number
  • Insert a pause (shown as a 'p') by pressing the star * key 3 times
  • Enter your destination number including the international code
  • Save to your phonebook

iPhones

  • Go to your phonebook
  • Create a new contact or edit and existing one
  • In the phone number field, enter the access number
  • Insert a pause (shown as a 'p') by pressing the [+*#] key at the bottom left corner of the screen
  • Enter your destination number including the international code
  • Save to your phonebook

Blackberry

  • Enter the access number
  • Insert a pause (shown as a 'p') by pressing the trackball and selecting 'insert pause'
  • Enter your destination number including the international code
  • Save to your phonebook

Sony Ericsson, Samsung and Motorola

  • Enter the access number
  • Insert a pause (shown as a 'p') by pressing and holding the star * key
  • Enter your destination number including the international code
  • Save to your phonebook

HTC

  • Go to your phonebook
  • Create a new contact or edit and existing one
  • In the phone number field, enter the access number
  • Insert a pause (shown as a 'p') by pressing the P key at the top right corner of key display
  • Enter your destination number including the international code
  • Save to your phonebook
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