About international SMS charges.

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It is cheapest to use a mobile phone to make international long distance calls to 12593. Global Telecom, M-Zone, and Shenzhouxing are all available. Calls to the United States, Hong Kong, and Canada are only 4 cents/minute, and local call charges are not charged. When making a call, just dial 12593 before the number, which is very convenient. However, this service has always been discounted when used in Beijing. The preferential rates are

The continental United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), Canada, and Hong Kong: 0.40 yuan/minute

Japan, South Korea, and Singapore , Macau, Taiwan: 0.70 yuan/minute

Australia, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, New Zealand, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Finland, Brazil, Russia: 2 yuan/minute

Others: 4.6 yuan/minute

If it will be used in other places, or there are many international long distances, then you can Apply for the 30 yuan long-distance package for international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and calls to the United States, Hong Kong, Canada, and Singapore are only 3 cents/minute, and there are no local or roaming call charges. You can select one or more files as needed. After applying for this package, international long-distance calls using direct dial, 12593 and 17951, as long as they are from preferential countries, will be charged according to the package rate, which is very cost-effective. You can apply for this package for Global Access and M-Zone, but you cannot apply for Shenzhouxing yet.

The monthly fee for each level is 30 yuan.

First tier: preferential countries or regions: Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, Singapore, including 100 minutes, 4 cents per minute after exceeding 100 minutes

Second tier preferential countries or regions: South Korea , including 70 minutes, NT$6 per minute after excess

Third-tier preferential countries or regions: Taiwan, Macau, Malaysia, Thailand, including 40 minutes, NT$1 per minute after excess

The fourth-tier preferential countries or regions: Japan, Australia, France, including 30 minutes, 1.5 yuan per minute after exceeding

The fifth-tier preferential countries or regions: the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Russia, India, Vietnam, including 20 minutes, after which 2 yuan per minute