How much does it cost to make a call from Europe to China?

If you want to use domestic mobile phones to make calls in Europe, whether you are a China Mobile or China Unicom user, you need to go to the respective business hall window to apply for international roaming service before leaving (bring your ID card and the above two monthly phone bill), usually activated within 24 hours after receiving the application. At the same time, international roaming for SMS has also been opened, and mobile users can use it directly. China Unicom users also need to change the number of the SMS service center. If you are traveling to Europe for a short period of time and want to make sure you are safe after arriving in Europe, the person suggested that you make the call directly with your mobile phone. The telephone rates in Schengen countries vary, usually only 8-15 yuan per minute. Some Still calculating based on the billing unit of 6 seconds, as long as you are not reporting on the flight status in a long way, a call of safe arrival in 30 seconds should be enough. Calling from a phone booth phone If you don’t bring a mobile phone, it is also very convenient to use a phone booth phone. Public phones are easily found in any airport and city streets in Europe. They are divided into three methods: the first is a coin-operated phone. All coin-operated phone booths can make international long-distance calls, and calls are usually charged in units of 6 seconds. Calls to China cost approximately RMB 1-1.7 per unit, which means approximately RMB 10-17 per minute. No wait. Of course, before you use such a phone, you must prepare enough coins, but fortunately, there is a 2 euro coin, which is enough to last for a while. In some cities in Europe, such as Paris, coin-operated telephones have been eliminated two years ago and have all been replaced by IC card phones. The scientific name of IC card should be integrated circuit card. An integrated circuit (IC) is embedded on the card surface. ) chip. Insert the IC phone card into the card reader of the phone to make a call, and the phone will automatically reduce the stored value in the card. This kind of phone is also very popular on the streets of many cities in China. The price is the same as that of a coin-operated phone. The trouble is that you have to find a place to buy an IC card first. However, they are sold in most European airports, with a face value of 5 euros. 10 euros, 20 euros, etc. If you hold an international credit card from some banks, you can also use these accounts to make long distance calls directly. There is usually a dialing instruction sheet in a public phone booth. It will indicate the credit cards that can be used in the phone booth and the special service numbers for using credit cards to make long-distance calls. Usually these numbers start with 0800. Then you enter the credit card number according to the voice prompts. password, etc., then you can make international calls and the charges will be charged to your credit card. However, it seems that very few Chinese banks currently provide this service, but if you have friends with foreign bank cards such as Citigroup and HSBC, you can pay attention. Call charges vary widely, mainly depending on the price agreement between your bank and the local telecom company, with the cheapest being only about 3 yuan per minute. IP phone card IP is the abbreviation of Internet Protocol. IP phone is a telephone service opened according to the network technology content specified by the Internet protocol. The Chinese translation is Internet phone or Internet phone. It uses the Internet for voice transmission. A communication technology that enables voice communication as a medium. Since the cost of using the Internet is much lower than that of telephone optical cables, the price of IP phones is naturally very low. In China, China Telecom, China Netcom, China Unicom, and China Railcom have issued a large number of such IP phone cards. I believe everyone is familiar with them. Although the price It's cheap, but it's still a bit troublesome to make calls. You have to enter a lot of account numbers and passwords, and the sound quality is always not as clear as a phone call. When making international calls, delays, echoes, etc. sometimes become more obvious. However, who gives it the price advantage? So prominent. In most cities in Europe, you can buy IP phone cards for calls to Asia and even China. The face value of the card is 5-25 euros, and the validity period ranges from 15 days to 90 days. The lowest call price can even reach 0.3 yuan per minute. The usual price It doesn’t cost more than 1 yuan, but it is not that convenient to buy such an IP card. Even if you can speak the local language, you may not be able to ask clearly because most locals can use front dial to make long distance calls on their home landlines. , (just like many people in China use long-distance pre-dial numbers such as 193 and 17909), IP cards are not used.

I bought an IP card, where can I buy it? The first is to go back to the hotel. You use the hotel room phone to call the number on the IP card. It is usually free of charge, but some hotels will charge you for local calls. In short, it is not too outrageous. You can also use public coin-operated phones. First put in a 10 euro cent coin and then make a call. After the call, some coin-operated phones will refund the 10 euro cents, and some will not. I also used it in Cannes, France, without having to put in the coin. You can also call public telephone booths with numbers starting with 0800 on the IP phone. However, it should also be noted that IP phone cards cannot be used in some phone booths. For example, in Frankfurt, the phone booths owned by Deutsche Telekom (T-COM) have been unable to connect most IP card connection numbers since 2004. Tips Let’s talk about the experience of buying IP phone cards. One is that many Chinese restaurants sell phone cards on behalf of others. You can ask them when you are eating. Even if they don’t sell them themselves, they will definitely know the direction. The other is, places like Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, France, etc. Wherever there is a Chinatown, there must be cheap phone cards. Friends who do not understand foreign languages ????can also buy IP phone cards with all Chinese prompts; thirdly, many small shops selling cigarettes or lottery tickets near the train station also have IP phones. I dare not say whether there is any card sales specifically for China, but even if it is more expensive, no matter how you calculate it, it is always cheaper than making other calls; Fourth, in countries such as Germany and Austria, please note that Check out the small supermarkets opened by Turks. They usually have supplies, and you may be able to bargain. Fifth, in Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Italy and other countries, many newsstands also sell phone cards. However, be sure to ask whether it is an IC card or an IP card. , especially in Italy, where English barely works. Internet calling card If you are the kind of person who likes to carry a laptop with you whether on business or leisure trips, then Internet calling is worth a try. The so-called Internet telephony is to install a client software on your computer. When you are connected to the Internet, you can use this software to make calls to China or even around the world. To put it simply, it is to make your calls through the Internet. Laptops have the function of making direct calls (PC to Phone). This is a new service based on VoIP technology. The so-called VoIP (Voice over IP) is a shining term in the IT industry and telecommunications industry at this stage. We literally You can roughly know what problem it is a technology to solve. Simply put, the basic principle of VoIP is to compress and encode our voices through voice compression equipment, then package the voice data according to relevant protocols, transmit the data packets to the destination through the IP network, and then The packets are strung together, and after decoding and decompression, the original voice signal is restored, thereby achieving the purpose of transmitting voice over the network. Using such high-end technology, the quality of current Internet calls is no different from ordinary calls. And its rates are even more than one-third cheaper than IP phones. There are also many choices for Internet calling cards, including China Unicom Online Card, Rainbow Card, VOXBAR Card, China Netcom WEB Card, etc. Tips Three major advantages of Internet telephony: First, you no longer need to ask around for information about long-distance calls. You only need to find a place with an Internet cable in a hotel room or business center, and you can call your family immediately. Secondly, even if you travel around the country, you can use one card. You don’t have to buy a phone card every time you visit a country. Moreover, generally purchasing online phone cards is done online. You can directly use email to send the card number and password, so that the physical card can be used. The production of phone cards has become redundant. Do we need a reason to care for our earth? Thirdly, they are valid for a long time. Most Internet phone cards are valid for about one year. I won’t be able to finish all the calls this time when I go abroad. We can continue to talk about them next time we go abroad. In my impression, in Shanghai 20 years ago, to make international long distance calls, you had to go to the Telecom Building. There were seven or eight rooms in the business hall of the building that were as big as public phone booths on the road. Everyone lined up in order to fill in the registration form. Form, pay the deposit, then make a phone call, and finally check out. Now this service has been canceled because there are so many places where you can make long distance calls.

In many cities in Europe, the so-called phone supermarkets actually have the same function as the business halls of telecommunications buildings back then. They are a large room with dozens of telephones in it. The higher-end ones have fully enclosed partitions. , the walls are still covered with soundproof asbestos tiles, some of which are very crude. There is only a wooden board between the two telephones. When there are many people, various languages ????converse, it is really like a United Nations meeting. Such phone supermarkets are mostly opened by immigrants from Turkey, Arabia, Eastern Europe and other regions, and the main source of customers is of course their own compatriots who have left their hometowns. In addition, there are a large number of such telephone supermarkets near many train stations, because locals do not have much demand for them, and the main customers must be foreign tourists. In addition, there are also such telephone supermarkets near many tourist attractions. For example, you can often see this kind of store on the streets of Venice, especially late at night, when other shops are closed and only the telephone supermarket is still open. Usually, this kind of telephone supermarket has a price list prominently posted on the window glass, and calls can be made to almost all parts of the world, including areas in war situations such as Iraq and Kosovo. If you are serious, you can compare several companies, the prices will still be somewhat different. Calls to China usually cost between 6 cents and 3 yuan per minute. When you decide to make a call, please confirm the price with the boss again. Then the boss will designate a phone and you can start making calls. There is usually a timer next to the phone. After hanging up the phone, go to the checkout counter. There should also be a display of your prices on the computer there. My personal suggestion is to pay for each call instead of accumulating payments, because this is easy to make mistakes, and the bosses' English is usually not very good, and most of them are at the level of just a few words, so if you have any questions, think about it. It’s also not easy to communicate clearly. "Ctrip Mag" Expert Comments Under normal circumstances, everyone still thinks that IP phone cards are the most convenient and cost-effective. Pick up the phone, dial the number provided on the IP phone card (most start with 0800), and then follow the prompts to enter the card number and password. After the verification is passed, please dial the Chinese phone number. When the call is connected, there will be a voice Reminder, you still have XX minutes of call time, but many people have found that phone cards sometimes "eat" money. For example, the phone card prompts you that you still have 50 minutes of talk time, but when you finish a 6-minute call and dial another number, the voice may prompt that you still have 40 minutes of talk time, so the extra time will be deducted. Where did the 4 minutes go? There are three possibilities: first, the card charges a connection fee, that is, when you make an international long-distance call, the computer will automatically deduct a certain amount of the connection fee from you, no matter how long you make the call; second, this The billing unit of an IP card is not charged per minute, but one billing unit of, for example, 5 minutes. So if you call for 6 minutes, the phone bill will be deducted according to 2 billing units, that is, 10 minutes. Thirdly, there are indeed some unscrupulous merchants who are "short of money". This situation is difficult to guard against. Call conditions in some cities in Europe. IP phone cards in Brussels, Belgium: Golden Dragon Card, mostly purchased in small stores owned by Vietnamese, with a face value of 5 euros, 2 cards for 9 euros, and can be used for more than 70 minutes. Panda Card, with a face value of 12 euros, has a Chinese prompt tone at the supermarket. : In the small Chinatown of Brussels, there are also several cheap telephone supermarkets. Near the Brussels Grand Place, there are Arab-owned ones. The cheapest is 10 euro cents per minute for calls to China, Spain and Barcelona. IP phone card: Hello card, 5 Euro calls to China take 140 minutes and can be made from a public phone. There is no time penalty and the sound is very good. There are World Cards available for 5 euros and 15 euros (Chinese supermarkets only sell them for 13 euros). A €5 call to a domestic mobile phone or landline lasts 137 minutes.

The time for calling European landlines remains unchanged, while the time for calling European mobile phones is reduced by 2/3. IP calling card in Basel, Switzerland: Gig Cat, 30 Swiss francs. It claims to be able to make 1,000 minutes of calls, but according to reports, it is very "money-eating" and the call quality is unstable. Boss The card costs 10 Swiss francs and can be used for three hours. There is no "money-eating" reaction and the quality is quite good. Chinese supermarkets sell IP phone cards in Rome, Italy: Delica (daily card), face value of 5 euros, can make 40-40 calls on public phones. 50 minutes. Bread cards (with bread patterns on the cards) are sold in small shops in China. They cost 5 euros and can be used for 140 minutes in hotels. VECTONE cards are sold in small cigarette shops and newsstands. They are a big company. The card can be used all over the world, and the service quality is very reliable. There are no Chinese prompts, but there are English ones. If you use a hotel landline to call China, you can make calls to China for more than 200 minutes, but local phone charges are calculated separately. Calls from public phones only have 140 minutes. The card is valid for one month. This card is sold at newsstands. IP phone card in Frankfurt, Germany: Banana card (banana), face value of 5 euros, you can use the hotel phone for about 70 minutes. Exesse card, face values ??of 5, 10, 15 euros, 5 euros per minute to call China, compare Stablize. There are French Paris IP phone cards for sale at the Turkish newsstand on ZIEL Street: There are many types of cards in Paris, such as China Card, Tangtang Card, Temple of Heaven Card, New Year Card, Eurasian Card, etc. There are not many small denominations, most of them are 15 Euro face value. Buy cards upstairs at the Paris store in District 13. They are also sold at the Arts et Metier Wenzhou store in District 3