How much does it cost to call China from Europe?

Mobile phone users who want to use domestic mobile phones in Europe, whether they are mobile or Unicom users, need to apply for opening international roaming services (with their ID cards and phone bills in the last two months) before departure, usually within 24 hours after receiving the application. At the same time, the international roaming of SMS has also been opened, and mobile users can use it directly. Unicom users also need to change the number of the SMS service center. If it is a short-term trip to Europe, that is, to report peace after arriving in Europe, that person suggests calling directly on the mobile phone. The telephone charges in Schengen are different, usually 8- 15 yuan per minute, and some are calculated according to the charging unit of 6 seconds. As long as it's not a long story about flying, a 30-second phone call to arrive safely should be enough. Calling from a phone booth If you don't have a mobile phone, it's also convenient to use a phone booth. Public telephones are very easy to find in any airports and city streets in Europe, and there are three ways: the first is coin-operated telephones. All pay phones in Europe can make international calls, and usually the telephone charges are calculated in 6 seconds. The charge for calling China is about 1- 1.7 yuan RMB, that is to say. Of course, before you use such a mobile phone, you must prepare enough coins, but fortunately, a coin of 2 euros is enough to support you for a while. In some European cities, such as Paris, coin-operated phones were eliminated two years ago and all of them were replaced by IC cards. The scientific name of ic card should be integrated circuit cards, which is named after an IC chip is embedded in the card. The IC phone card is inserted into the phone card reader to realize the call, and the stored value in the card is automatically decreased by the phone. This kind of telephone is also very popular in the streets of many cities in China, and its price is the same as that of a pay phone. The trouble is that you have to find a place to buy IC cards first, but most airports in Europe sell them with a face value of 5 euros, 10 euros, 20 euros and so on. If you hold some international credit cards of banks, you can also use these * * * directly to make long-distance calls. Usually there will be a telephone notice in a public telephone booth, which will indicate the credit cards that can be used in this telephone booth and the special service number for making long-distance calls with credit cards. Usually, these numbers start with 0800, and then enter the credit card number and password according to the prompt voice, and you can make international calls, and the fee will be paid from your credit card. However, it seems that few Chinese banks provide this service at present, but if you have friends with foreign bank cards such as Citigroup and HSBC, you can pay attention. The telephone charges vary greatly, mainly because of the price agreement between the bank you use and the local telecom company. The cheapest is about 3 yuan per minute. IP phone card IP is the abbreviation of Internet protocol. IP telephone is a telephone service that is opened according to the network technical content stipulated by Internet protocol. Chinese translation is VoIP or VoIP. It is a communication technology that uses the Internet as the medium of voice transmission to realize voice communication. Because the cost of using the Internet is much lower than that of telephone lines, the price of IP phones is naturally very low. At home, China Telecom, China Netcom, China Unicom and China Railcom are issuing such IP calling cards in large quantities. I believe everyone is familiar with it. Although the price is low, dialing is still a bit troublesome. For example, the sound quality is always not as clear as that of the phone when you enter a lot of account passwords. When making an international call, the delay and echo are sometimes more obvious. However, who made it? In most cities in Europe, you can buy IP calling cards to make calls in Asia and even China. The face value of the card is 5-25 euros, and the validity period ranges from 65,438+05 days to 90 days. The lowest call price can even reach 0.3 yuan RMB per minute, usually the price does not exceed 1 RMB. However, it is not so convenient to buy such an IP card. Even if you speak the local language, you may not be able to ask clearly. Because most locals can make long-distance calls before using their home landline (just like many people in China use 193, 17909 and other long-distance calls), they don't need IP cards. I bought an IP card, where can I make a phone call? First, go back to the hotel. You can dial the number on the IP card with the phone in the hotel room. Usually, there is no charge, but some hotels will charge you for local calls. In short, it won't be too outrageous. You can also use a public pay phone, put in coins of 10 euro cents first, and then dial. After the call is over, some pay phones will return to 10 Euro Minutes, while others will not. I also used a public phone booth in Cannes, France, where you can dial the number starting with 0800 on an IP phone without coin. However, it should also be noted that IP calling cards cannot be used in some telephone booths. For example, in Frankfurt, the telephone booth owned by Deutsche Telekom (T-COM) has been unable to connect the connection numbers of most IP cards since 2004. Tips' experience in buying IP phone cards is one of them. Many restaurants in China sell calling cards on their behalf. You can ask when you eat, even if they don't sell it themselves, they should know the direction. Secondly, places with Chinatown, such as Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and France, must have cheap calling cards, and friends who don't know foreign languages can also buy IP calling cards with tips in Chinese; Third, many small shops selling cigarettes or lottery tickets near the railway station also sell IP cards. I can't say whether they are specifically aimed at China, but even if they are more expensive, they are always cheaper than making other calls. Fourth, in Germany, Austria and other countries, pay attention to the small supermarkets opened by Turks, which are generally available and may even bargain; Fifth, in Switzerland, Czech Republic, Italy and other countries, many newsstands also sell telephone cards. However, be sure to ask whether it is an IC card or an IP card, especially in Italy, where English is almost useless. Network phone card If you are the kind of person who likes to carry a laptop with you when you are on a business trip or traveling, then network phone is worth a try. The so-called VoIP is to install a client software on your computer. When you are connected to the Internet, you can use this software to make calls you need in China and even around the world. Simply put, it is to make your laptop have the function of making direct dial phone (PC to Phone) through the Internet. This is a new service based on VoIP technology. The so-called VoIP(Voice over IP) is a shining term in IT industry and telecom industry at present. Literally speaking, simply speaking, the basic principle of VoIP is to compress and encode our voice through voice compression equipment, then package these voice data according to relevant protocols, transmit the data packets to the destination through IP network, and then string these voice data packets together, and restore them to the original voice signal after decoding and decompression, so as to achieve the purpose of transmitting voice through the network. Using such high-end technology, the quality of VoIP is no different from that of ordinary telephones. Its tariff is even cheaper than IP phone by more than one third. There are many choices for network calling cards, such as Unicom Online Card, Rainbow Card, VOXBAR Card, Netcom WEB Card and so on. One of the three advantages of Tips VoIP is that you don't have to ask around for information about long-distance calls, just find a place with a network cable in a hotel room or business center and you can talk to your family immediately. Second, even if you travel around the world, you can finally use all the cards. You don't have to buy calling cards every time you go to a country. You usually buy online calling cards. You can send the card number and password directly by email, which saves the production of physical calling cards. Do you need a reason to care about our planet? Third, the validity period is long. Most network calling cards are valid for about one year. I can't finish playing abroad this time. We can continue to talk next time. In my impression, in Shanghai 20 years ago, you had to go to the telecom building to make an international call. There are seven or eight rooms in the business hall of the building, which is as big as a telephone booth on the road. Everyone queues up in turn, fills in the registration form, pays the deposit, then calls and finally checks out. Now this business is cancelled because there are too many places to make long-distance calls. In many cities in Europe, the so-called telephone supermarket actually has the same function as the business hall of the telecom building. There are dozens of telephones in a big room, which are relatively advanced and fully enclosed, with sound-proof asbestos tiles on the walls, and some are very simple. Of the two telephones, there is only one board. When there are many people, various languages meet, which is really like a United Nations meeting. Most of these telephone supermarkets are run by immigrants from Turkey, Arabia and Eastern Europe, and their main customers are of course their compatriots who have left their homes. In addition, there are a large number of such telephone supermarkets near many railway stations, because there is not much demand from local people, and the main guests must be foreign tourists. In addition, there are also such telephone supermarkets near many tourist attractions. For example, in the streets of Venice, you can often see such shops, especially in the middle of the night, all other shops are closed, and only the telephone supermarket is still open. Usually, this kind of telephone supermarket has prominently posted the price list on the window glass, which can be dialed almost all over the world, even in war zones, such as Iraq and Kosovo. If you are interested, you can compare several stores, and the prices are still somewhat different. When calling China, the call charge usually ranges from 60 cents per minute to RMB in 3 yuan. When you decide to call, please confirm the price with your boss again, and then the boss will specify a phone number and you can start dialing. There is usually a timer next to the phone. After you hang up the phone, go to the cashier and pay your bill. Your price should also be displayed on the computer there. Personally, I think it's best to pay for each call instead of cumulative payment, because it is easy to make mistakes, and the English of bosses is usually not very good, mostly at the level of skipping a few words, and it is not easy to communicate clearly in case of problems. "Ctrip Mag" Expert Comments Under normal circumstances, everyone still thinks that ip calling cards are the most convenient and cost-effective. Pick up the phone, dial the number provided on the IP calling card (most of them start with 0800), and then enter the card number and password according to the prompt. After verification, please call China. When the phone is connected, there will be a voice prompt, and you still have XX minutes to talk. However, many people find that calling cards sometimes "eat" money. For example, the calling card reminds you that you still have 50 minutes to talk, but when you make a phone call for 6 minutes and dial another number again, the voice may prompt you that you still have 40 minutes to talk. What about the 4 minutes that have been deducted? There are three possibilities: first, there is a connection fee charged on the card, that is, when you make an international call, the computer will automatically deduct a certain connection fee from you, no matter how long you make this call; Secondly, the billing unit of this IP card is not a minute billing unit, but a billing unit, such as 5 minutes, so if you dial 6 minutes, the phone bill will be deducted according to 2 billing units, that is, 10 minute. Third, there are indeed some profiteer cards, which are "short of two pounds", and this situation is hard to prevent. Calls in some European cities: IP calling card in Brussels, Belgium: Jinlong card, mostly bought in a small shop opened by Vietnamese, with a face value of 5 euros, 2 cards with a face value of 9 euros, and you can play Panda card for more than 70 minutes, with a face value of 12 euros. Telephone supermarkets with Chinese tips: There are also several cheap telephone supermarkets in Little Chinatown in Brussels. Near the Brussels Grand Plaza, there are Arabs. The cheapest 10 calls to the IP phone card in Barcelona, China: Hello card, 5 calls to China 140 minutes. I don't have time to make public calls. The voice is good. The World Card has 5 Euros, 15 Euros (China supermarkets only sell 15 Euros). It takes 137 minutes to call a domestic mobile phone or landline for 5 euros. The call time to European landlines remains the same, and the call time to European mobile phones is reduced by 2/3. Gig Cat, an IP calling card from Basel, Switzerland, costs 30 Swiss francs. It claims to be able to call 1000 minutes, but it is reported that the "eat money" function is very powerful and the call quality is unstable. 10 Swiss franc Boss card can talk for three hours, and there is no "eat money" reaction, and the quality is quite good. China supermarket sells Italian Rome IP calling cards: daily cards, with a face value of 5 euros, which can be used on public telephones for 40-50 minutes; Bread cards (with bread patterns on them) are sold in shops in China, with a price of 5 euros, which can be used in hotels 140 minutes; VECTONE cards are sold in small cigarette shops and newsstands, which is a very large company and can be used worldwide. There are no Chinese tips, but there are English tips. If you use the hotel landline to call China, you can call for more than 200 minutes, but the local telephone charge is extra, and it will only take 140 minutes to call from a public telephone. The validity period of the card is 1 month. This card is available at newsstands, and it is an IP calling card in Frankfurt, Germany: Banana, with a face value of 5 euros. You can use Exesse card to talk to the hotel for about 70 minutes, with a face value of 5 euros, 10 euros, 15 euros, and call China for 5 euros per minute, which is relatively stable. There are French Paris IP phone cards on the Turkish newsstand in the pedestrian street: there are many kinds of cards in Paris, including China card, Datang card, Tiantan card, New Year card, Eurasian card and so on. And there are not many small denominations, most of which are 15 euros. 13 buy cards upstairs in the Paris store, and also sell them in the Arts et Metier Wenzhou store in the 3 rd district.