Greg McCann, Tel.Pacific Chairman said “Tel.Pacific has consistently demonstrated that there is the opportunity for consolidation in the industry, and every business that we acquire gives us greater economies of scale, and even better access to our target markets. We are pleased to work with the Prepaid World team and their established family of brands and are very confident that this acquisition will further benefit the company and its shareholders.” (more…)

Broadband/VoIP/Naked DSL mid tier telco gotalk acquires World Telecom:

• IN BRIEF: The multimillion dollar Australian and New Zealand prepaid phone cards sector consolidated further today with the announcement that fast growing trans Tasman telco gotalk has acquired one of its largest rivals, World Telecom. Announcing the acquisition today, CEO Steve Picton said he expected the deal would substantially boost his company’s annual phone card sales currently averaging around $100 million a year from E-Pay, Touch Terminals, shortly on DialTime, and more than 30,000 Retail Outlets such as newsagents, convenience stores, telco specialists, electronic terminals and Post Offices. (more…)

MeraDesh International Calling Card

• INDIA $10 –> 400minutes*
  *Calls duration are based on a full use of $10 card.

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• Advertised calling duration time is based on a $10 phonecard used in one continuous call.
• Rates effective as of May 2008, are GST inclusive & are subject to change without notice.
• International Calling Rates may be higher to call mobiles in some destinations.
• Daily service fee of 30 cents applies from date of first use.
• Calls charged in three minute blocks & final call charges rounded up to end of current block.
• Usual local call & mobile phone charges apply when calling local access numbers.
• Special numbers and premium services are charged at higher rates or may be blocked.
• Prepaid Phone Card expires 3 months from first use or last recharge.
• Please contact customer service for full terms, conditions and current rates on 1300 731 624

ChumChum Prepaid Card

• Bangladesh - dhaka & Bogra $10 –> 450 minutes*
• Bangladesh - mobile& other cities $10 –> 245 minutes*
  *Calls duration are based on a full use of $10 card.

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• Prepaid Calling Card expires 3 months from first use or last recharge.
• calling Rates effective as of May 2008, are GST inclusive & are subject to change without notice.
• Advertised call duration time is based on a $10 card used in one continuous call.
• Phonecard Rates may be higher to call mobiles in some destinations.
• Service fee of thirty cents apply daily from first use.
• Calls charged in three minute blocks & final call charges rounded up to end of current block.
• Usual local call & mobile phone charges apply when calling local access numbers.
• Special numbers and premium services are charged at higher rates or may be blocked.
• Please contact customer service for full terms, conditions and current rates on 1300 731 624.

Hello Asia Pacific Phone Card

• FIJI landline $10 –> 80 minutes*
• Bangladesh - mobile& all cities $10 –> 280 minutes*
• Samoa - landline $10 –> 52 minutes*
• Tonga all cities & mobile $10–> 84 minutes
• India all cities and mobile $10–>220 minutes
  *Calls duration are based on a full use of $10 phonecard.

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• callingcard Rates correct as of 1st of April 2008, GST inclusive.
• Phonecard Rates are subject to change without notice.
• Local call or mobile phone charges apply when accessing the local access number.
• Call durations are shown based on one full use of a $10 card. Calls charged in increment blocks.
• Calls to mobiles & special services are charged at higher rates.
• This International prepaid card expires 3 months from first use or last recharge.
• Service fee of five cents per day applies from first use.
• Use of card is subject to terms and conditions of Hello Asia Pacific.
• For more info and rates please call customer support on: 1300 731 046

Prepaid phone card has a local access number  to call to initiate your call and includes an individual Personal Identification Number (PIN). For security reason, if you buy the phone card from shop, you will get the physical cards, and the PIN is hidden by a scratch-off coating that you remove after buying the card.  To place a call, dial the access number and follow the recorded instructions. After you enter the PIN number, you will hear a recording about your available minutes or remaining balance.

TIME Phone Card

Whether you’re calling to land line or mobiles, you’ll find amazing low rates with our unique TelPacific Time phone cards. It’s ideal for people who often call to overseas mobiles and still want low international phone call rates!

Time Phone card Feature:

•   24/7 flat rates
•   Great rates to 240+ countries
•   Designed for people who also call international mobile numbers
•   A small connection fee applies to certain countries
•   Billed in 3 minute blocks
•   Card valid 3 months from first use or last recharge
•   Denominations: $10 and $30

Connection Fee Applied to some countries

1. Local call charges apply to local access numbers; timed call charges may apply to calls made from outside the local area listed.

2. Mobile phone service providers charge mobile rates to access the access numbers.

3. Rates are subject to change without notice.

4. The rates do not apply to calls to satellite and/or operator assisted calls.

5. Rates may be higher for calls to mobiles in some regions & countries.

6. A surcharge of $0.18 will apply when using the convenience calling 1800 national access number.

7. Three minute increment charges apply to all calls made.

8. Overseas special and/or premium numbers will attract higher rates.

9. Additional once off surcharges apply to some destinations (ranging from 69c to $1.49 depending on country); please check the current flyer for details or contact our customer service team on 1300 736 900.

An added benefit of VoIP is that the voice data gets compressed and takes up less bandwidth than a traditional phone call, additionally, silence (which if you think about it, in most telephone conversations, between the two people talking, on average, at least one of them is silent all of the time!) does not get transmitted as it wastes bandwidth!

There are many scenarios where voice over IP can be beneficial and it always comes down to reducing phone bills. With free phone calls to other Internet telephony users, and cheap phone calls to standard PSTN telephones around the world, you are sure to save money.

How is the VoIP call made?

A voice signal from a VoIP telephone systems usually is passed through a VoIP device that converts the regular telephone voice signal to a digital one so it can use a broadband internet connection where it travels to the destination equipment. The digital signal is then converted back to the original voice call.

In simple words , we can say that when the originator calls a number the VoIP adapter logs on to the routing server , which looks up the destination IP number that’s associated with the dialled phone number  and it start  the connection. If the destination number is not  using VoIP technology, and doesn’t have the phone number tied in with an IP number, then it is recognised that the destination number is a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) phone and the call is routed through the PSTN.