Cheap Telephone Calls In Spain and From Spain.

WHO PROVIDES THE CHEAPEST TELEPHONE CALLS WITHIN SPAIN AND FOR PHONING AND CALLING FROM SPAIN TO THE UK?

In the article below we provide help and information on telephone calls, call rates and providers of cheap phone calls.

We have identified a need for information on cheap telephone calls for these three different scenarios:

1. Mostly our information covers people living in Spain who want to know all about the telecom providers in Spain that you can join. People living in Spain want to know who provides the cheapest phone calls from Spain to the UK.

In other words which company offers the lowest prices for making telephone calls within Spain and internationally to the UK and the rest of Europe as well as the USA and the rest of the world?

The good news is that although typically you will have a land line with Telefonica there are many other options and we compare the market and provide different tariffs and rates for your information.

We especially compare rates for making cheap mobile phone calls from Spain to the UK should it not be possible to get a Spanish land line which is quite common in rural areas.

2. We are often being asked by people who are coming on holiday to Spain how they can make cheap telephone calls back to the UK or United Kingdom. Most people visiting Spain for a short period will have a mobile telephone therefore we concentrate on making cheap mobile calls from Spain to the UK as well is looking at other options such as phone cards you can buy at kiosks and shops.

3. We also provide help if you are looking to make cheap phone calls to Spain from the United Kingdom. We assume you have relatives and friends in Spain and you wish to make cheap telephone calls to Spain without it costing you a small fortune.

For everyone who has moved from the U.K. to Spain it comes of something as a shock that although we earn a lot less making a living, the cost of living in everyday life can be a lot more. There is no SKY TV here where you can get a package with internet, phone calls and digital TV for €19 monthly but in this article we will try to look at some alternatives to get people cheap phone calls in Spain and cheap international calls.

If you live in Spain the bad news is that you can only get a land line installed or provided by Telefonica.

However the good news is that you don't have to use Telefonica for your telephone calls. Now Telefonica no longer has a monopoly there are a number of competing cheap telephone call companies you can use and in doing so you will save yourself a small fortune on your Spanish telephone bills.

Most people who have moved to Spain will want cheap telephone calls back to their home country. Therefore most people living in Spain will want to know who provides the cheapest telephone rates to the United Kingdom (i.e. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) or the cheapest phone calls to Europe or the USA.

We live in Spain too and so we researched all the low cost phone companies. Being English we were especially keen on the rates to phone England from Spain although obviously we also make a lot of phone calls within Spain so it was important to look at the rates for local and national calls in Spain too.

EUROPA NETWORK

Our favourite provider of cheap and low-cost telephone calls in Spain (we are customers ourselves) Europa Network provide:

* The cheapest and lowest phone calls in Spain - and that's guaranteed.

In other words, the call charges and rates are currently the cheapest in Spain. If later on someone else undercuts the price then they will beat it.

* The phone call rate to the United Kingdom (i.e. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Western Europe and the USA is as low as 1 cent per minute.

* Low cost phone call rates within Spain at just 3.3 cents per minute for local calls - which is much cheaper then Telefonica.

* Only 25 cents per minute from your Spanish landline to a Spanish mobile.

* Calls to other customers of the same company are free. You don't have to do anything like nominate anybody - just ringing or phoning another friend or business using the same company and your call costs nothing.

* Get the people who you call most in Spain to join and you get to call each other for free

* You can even get a UK number assigned to you for free so that friends, family or even business customers in the UK can call you in Spain and they only pay the price of a local call which is only about 4p a minute.

* It is free to join and easy to stop if you ever want to. You don't have to dial any silly prefixes or numbers before you make a call, no gadgets need to be installed, you don't make any changes to your Telefonica line you just get lower bills and more money to spend on fun things for yourself.

* All rates are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and per second billing. There is no connection charge on any calls that you make and no minimum spend.

* Spanish Internet access (ADSL) can also be provided if you require. 1 MB ADSL will cost €19.95 subject to a call spend per month of 30 euros OR €29.50 which would not be subject to a call spend of 30 euros.

* No hassle to join. It's made as easy as possible so you don't have any reason not to do this. It's free and extremely easy. All you have to do is make contact with us and we will take care of the details.

* UK callers can save up to 59p per minute when calling your Spanish mobile from a UK fixed line or up to £1.22 a minute when calling from a UK mobile.
Calling your FREE 0872 number costs only 10 pence a minute to any Spanish mobile!

Now there is a new package for €39.99 called the perfect package with Europa Network which includes 3MB ASDL, Line Rental, Free Calls and Free TV. The set box will cost €149 plus IVA but you will be able to watch BBC1 , BBC2, CBeebies, ITV1, ITV 2, CITV,4, Film Four, Sky News, Five and BBC World Service.

We believe Europa to be the best deal for prices for cheap landline phone calls for people in Spain. We have been customers ourselves for years. Go here to find out how to get cheaper phone calls in Spain from Europa Network and lower your phone bills.

While we favour Europa Network there are other service providors who you can use for your telephone calls when you live in Spain and we look at the main companies below.

If you are an existing customer of Europa Network then we would love your Europa reviews, comments and opinions of their service in order to help people who are considering joining Europa.

TELEFONICA

Spain’s main provider is Telefonica. Line rental starts at €13.97 per month. There are many kinds of packages available. 3MB lite package has 3 MB download speed, includes free router and unlimited downloads will cost €29.99 a month. 8MB Europe package has a 8MB download speed, unlimited phone calls, 300 free minutes to the U.K. per month and a free wireless router. This package costs €40.99 a month. The 20 MB Europe package has a download speed of 20MB, free phone calls, 300 free minutes a month plus a wireless router. This package costs €44.99. You can call the U.K. for 3 cents a minute and demand itemised billing. For further information please have a look at their website www.telefonica.es.

VONAGE

New to the game is a service called Vonage. Heavily advertised on Bay Radio this new service is popular with expats as you can keep your U.K. telephone number. This is good especially for businesses as people in the U.K. do not want to pay for expensive international calls and people in Spain want to make cheap calls to the U.K.

This works with any normal landline and you can make unlimited calls over any existing broadband connection. There are two packages available. For €8.99 a month you can expect unlimited calls to landlines in fifteen different countries including the U.K. Spain and Portugal, unlimited calls to mobile phones in two countries including the U.S.A. and Canada as well as cheap international rates for calls to mobiles and landlines and unlimited calls between Vonage users.

The second package only costs €5.99 a month and includes unlimited calls to U.K. landlines and cheap international rates for calls to mobiles and landlines as well free calls between Vonage users. For more details you can visit their site www.vonage.co.uk/vonage-voip-in-spain-and-portugal.

TELITEC

Telitec is the fourth option and is currently the fastest growing network. Line rental costs €12.99 a month. Phone calls to the U.K. start at one cent a minute. 3MB ASDL plus landline rental costs €39.99 with no minimum spend and free router. Wireless internet is available for €24.99 and Telefonica connection is not necessary. There are also deals available for mobiles which start at 7 cents a minute for calls in Spain and 5.3 cents to U.K. landlines. For more information you can visit the Telitec website or call 902 889 070.

If you are an existing customer of Telitec then we would love your Telitec reviews, comments and opinions of their service in order to help people who are considering joining Telitec.

BRITISH TELECOM

British Telecom in Spain can be contacted on 900 814 812. This appears to be a service handled by BT agents called Cocoon Telecom and in their frequently asked questions section of their website they definitively state in answer to the question - Is this British Telecom we know from the United Kingdom, they reply yes.

Apparently British Telecom have been established in Spain for 20 years and they have their own fibre optic networks which means they can offer very competitive call charges because many of the other cheap telephone call companies are buying airtime directly from BT. In common with other cheap call companies you can keep your Telefonica landline and ADSL connection if you have one and just make your cheap calls via BT.

British Telecom in Spain offer different voice packages, their most expensive option is BT Voice + line rental and Spanish calls for €24.97 per month. The basic package is BT voice + line rental, in this package European and USA calls are 3.2 cents per minute, Spanish land line calls are 3 cents per minute and calls to Spanish mobiles are 10 cents per minute. There are also ADSL packages. Go to their website: http://www.britishtelecominspain.com

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