I have decided to post a weekly blog regarding the most asked questions we get during a specific time period? This should assist those who may have similar questions.

-Does Global Cellular Rental have any hidden fees?

NO! You pay for shipping, rental fees and whatever minutes you have used. That’s it. There are no SIM card charges, activation fees, taxes or usage minimums.

-Can you deliver to me locally overseas?

Global Cellular Rental can deliver locally in South Korea, India, Germany and Japan only.

-Is this one of the phones that take a “card”?

Yes, international GSM phones work with a SIM card (about the size of a postage stamp) that fits underneath the battery. This SIM card contains all of the pertinent information related to your international phone rental. You need not ever touch or remove it since everything is programmed here in our offices prior to shipment.

How will I charge the cell phone rental from Global cellular Rental?

Global Cellular Rental provides all necessary international charging adapters and converters for ALL of your destinations at no additional charge.

More to come,

Kelley

If you live in the USA and have made international calls at one point then you understand the process. To dial any number outside of North America (international) you must dial the numbers 011 before the country code, city code and seven digit phone number. For example, if I was to dial the United Kingdom from a USA mobile phone or land line phone I would dial 011(international access number),44(UK country code), 171 (city code for London) and 555-1212 (the local phone number that I want to reach in the UK. Now, from any other location outside of the USA you do not use 011 to prefix the call. If you wanted to direct dial the same number above while calling from let’s say, Germany, the pattern would be as follows. 00( two zeros lets the mobile know that you are going to be placing an international call), 44 (country code), 1710(we now add a zero after the city code as required in Europe) and the seven digit phone number of 555-1212.

This certainly tends to be a bit confusing if you have not dialed from overseas before. All of the mobile telephones offered by Global Cellular Rental offer the ability to enter in the “+” sign before the country code. This is a generic method of preparing your phone for an international call from any country on the planet. On Motorola phones you press and hold the zero key until the plus appears and then start with the country code of let’s say 44 for the UK. With Nokia phones the “+” sign is accessed by pressing the “*” key two times. It is important for you to know that the country code for the USA is 1. That is correct, if you are direct dialing our offices from anywhere in the world you would dial 00 or + and then 18607672933. Our are code is 860 and our phone number is 767-2933. Rest assured, Global Cellular Rental provides detailed and comprehensive dialing instructions for making and receiving calls to and from anywhere on the planet. It all may seem a bit complicated but after your first call it becomes second nature.

Safe Travels,

David