Colombia Calling Cards

Two leading calling card companies to choose from:
1) Cloncom Calling Cards. Cloncom top phonecards consolidator offers low cost calling to Colombia from major countries. Check for yourself.

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

Map of Colombia

Calling cards: Nobelcom, 1st4phonecards
Dial Around: Enjoy Prepaid,
Long distance: PNG

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.

Colombia Telecommunication*

Telephones - main lines in use:	5,433,565 (December 1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:	1,800,229 (December 1998)
Telephone system:	general assessment: modern system in many respects domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system; domestic satellite system with 41 earth stations; fiber-optic network linking 50 cities international: satellite earth stations - 6 Intelsat, 1 Inmarsat; 3 fully digitalized international switching centers; 8 submarine cables
Radio broadcast stations:	AM 454, FM 34, shortwave 27 (1999)
Television broadcast stations:	60 (includes seven low-power stations) (1997)
Colombia Mobile Codes:	573
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	18 (2000)
Internet users:	1.15 million (2002)

*Colombia telecommunications data is from CIA World Factbook.

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