Guinea Phone Cards
Two leading calling card companies to choose from:
1)
Cloncom
offers low cost calling to Guinea from major countries. Check for yourself. |
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2) 1stUSA: US leading calling card company. Click
1stUSA for details |
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This is what you need to know when you buy phone 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. |
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Guinea Telecommunication* |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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37,000 (1998) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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21,567 (1998) |
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Telephone system:
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general
assessment: poor to fair system of open-wire lines, small
radiotelephone communication stations, and new microwave radio relay system
domestic: microwave radio relay and radiotelephone communication
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 4 (one station is inactive), FM 1 (plus 7 repeaters),
shortwave 3 (2001)
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Television broadcast stations:
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6 low-power stations (2001) |
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Internet country code:
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.gn
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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4 (2001)
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Internet users:
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15,000 (2002) |
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*Guinea telecommunications data is from CIA World Factbook.
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