While going abroad, when your best pal says, “Hey keep in touch”, what does at your mind say?? I will tell you what it says, it says, “Sure dude! But keeping in touch is a bit costly”. And yes you are right!! Whenever somebody makes an overseas call, the only conversation, he or she does is, “Hey! Wassup?”. You can never imagine chatting while making an overseas call, until and unless you are rich. This is especially much expensive to the international students coming to UK. But with international calling cards available in the market, this issue seems to be resolved.

These cards are similar in shape and size to the credit cards or ATM cards. But in some cases, this card is not mandatory. Instead of the card, if you know the telephone number of the other end and the PIN, it will do. In case of physical card, the card needs to be inserted in the card reader of the phone.

There are many cheap calling cards available in the market, like Penny Boss, AT&T, Lucky minutes, Cardinal, Jupiter, Discovery, Golden lotus, Fast world etc. Each of them offers different types of plans for the different needs of customers. These offers may be based on the country you are calling to or the time of day when you call. While the same card that offers cheapest rate for making a call to India, it may prove to be expensive if you calling a friend in US. So depending on the country you are calling to, you should search for the cheapest card available.

When you search properly, you will find there are wide differences in the rates of the international calling cards. While cards like Lucky Minutes can be very cheap, AT&T can be very expensive. So, search properly before you buy a card. Fish out the best!!