International calls are always a problem. On the one hand, calling a friend from Italy who lives in another country can be expensive, especially from a cell phone to a cell phone, on the other hand when traveling and going to a foreign country, for vacation or work, one of the problems the main ones is the use of the mobile phone to call in Italy.
The rates for international calls, depending on the country where you are, are almost always very high, so much so that, not only you pay by calling, but also by receiving the call.
The good traveler's manual recommends buying the SIM of a local mobile phone company or a prepaid phone card for international calls from the phone booth.
Fortunately, today there are several alternatives to call at much lower rates than normal or even for free.
You can call using Skype both from PC and smartphone or even using the computer there are programs similar to Skype to call in VOIP and, even, there are online services to make free calls, from computer to phone, even abroad, with some limits but still usable.
A new service that includes all these features is Viber Out, VOIP phone service of the popular Viber application, available for PC and Android mobile phone, iPhone and, in the future, also for Windows Phone.
From today it is possible to make calls from mobile to mobile or to landlines by paying as if it were an urban call all over the world, at lower prices than Skype .
Viber has officially launched its Viber Out calling service which allows its 200 million registered users to make low cost calls to landlines and cell phones worldwide using its mobile applications.
For those unfamiliar with it, Viber is the app to call and text for free from PCs and Android and iPhone mobiles .
The new international calling feature brings Viber much closer to Skype than to WhatsApp, Line or WeChat and other messaging applications.
Users who use Viber can now purchase credit from the iOS and Android app or even using a credit card on the desktop client.
Hoping it's not just a temporary promotion, Viber has significantly lower prices than the competition with rates that vary from country to country and if you call a landline or a mobile number.
From the Viber account page it is possible to look at the rates to call an Italian number from anywhere in the world and you will discover an effective convenience.
You can call Viber at any number at 1.7 cents / min at landlines and 10.4 c / min at cell phones which is almost less than some regular rates of today's companies.
Viber is certainly comfortable compared to other solutions because it also provides free messages and allows you to call other users registered to the Viber service for free.
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