Brazil Pre-paid Calling Cards

Calling Brazil to UK, Brazil to USA, Brazil to Canada, Brazil to Ireland
Calling USA to Brazil
Calling UK to Brazil
Calling Canada to Brazil

Two leading calling card companies to choose from:

1) Cloncom: a top calling card company:

2) 1stUSA: US calling card company. Click 1stUSA for details

Map of Brazil

This is what you need to know when you buy calling cards:

Connection Fee
Connection fee or first minute surcharge is charged when a call is connected. The charge varies between different service providers. If you make few long duration calls this charge is usually insignificant, but if you make frequent short duration calls you should look for a card with low or no connection fee.

Maintenance Fee
The maintenance fee is charged on weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis, after the first use. If you intend to buy a card and use it in short time this charge is not significant, but if you intend to make few calls and keep your card for a long time you should choose a low maintenance fee card or no-maintenance fee card.

Minutes Rounding
Minutes rounding is the basic unit to record the length of the phone call. This varies between service providers and products. Cards may come with 1 second, 30 second or even 3 or 6 minute rounding. You should keep attention to phone card minutes rounding so you buy a card that fits you calling patterns.

Brazil Telecommunication*

Telephones - main lines in use:	17.039 million (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:	4.4 million (1997)
Telephone system:	general assessment: good working system domestic: extensive microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite system with 64 earth stations international: 3 coaxial submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region east), connected by microwave relay system to Mercosur Brazilsat B3 satellite earth station
Radio broadcast stations:	AM 1,365, FM 296, shortwave 161 (of which 91 are collocated with AM stations) (1999)
Television broadcast stations:	138 (1997)
Brazil Mobile Codes:	55119 55129 55139 55149 55159 55169 55179 55189 55199 55210 55219 55249 55279 55319 55329 55339 55349 55359 55369 55379 55389 55399 55419 55429 55449 55459 55469 55479 55489 55499 55519 55539 55549 55559 55619 55629 55639 55659 55679 55689 55699 55719 55739 55749 55759 55779 55799 55819 55829 55839 55849 55859 55869 55879 55889 55919 55929 55959 55969
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	50 (2000)
Internet users:	13.98 million (2002)

*Brazil telecommunications data is from CIA World Factbook.