International Cell Phone - Great Service & Price

• Rent an international cell phone for use in one or many countries with no roaming charges from TravelCell.

  Since Israel has a special cell infrastructure, plus the availability of Nextel-like walkie-talkie service, I have created a special page for Israel phones
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• Use your existing GSM cell phone and buy a removable, rechargeable SIM card for each country from Telestial. Your GSM cell phone must be unlocked in order to use another type of SIM card.
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• Buy a GSM cell phone with a removable, rechargeable SIM card for each country from Telestial.
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• For only a day or two in a country, just buy an international phone card before you depart, or when you arrive, buy one at the airport, train station, or kiosk.

Before you go abroad, you will receive the international cell phone, phone number, battery, charger, case, instructions, and return envelope. Once you arrive at your destination, the phone will activate. Upon returning home, just mail the international cell phone back in the supplied return envelope.

If your are on a cruise, there probably won't be cell access. You can use a ship-to-shore phone for about $8-12 per minute. You can rent a global cell phone to use while in port if the port country has cell service. Or you can rent a satellite phone.

Some countries don't have a cell phone infrastructure so you will need to rent a satellite phone.

Examples of Costs

To give you a general idea of costs, I have listed several international cell phone short term rental rates, including phone insurance, voice mail, caller ID, call waiting, battery, charger, and case.

	Global Travel Cell Phone Rates as of 7/05
Country	Weekly Rental w/insurance	Incoming Calls from anywhere per min.	Outgoing within country per min.	Outgoing to USA per min.	Outgoing to elsewhere per min.
Argentina	36.92	1.99	3.69	3.69	3.69
Australia	36.92	Free	0.89	1.79	4.99
China	36.92	0.89	0.89	2.99	4.99
Czech.	36.92	1.29	3.29	3.29	3.29
France	36.92	Free	0.89	1.39	4.99
Israel	1.19	Free	0.29	0.39	1.49
Italy	36.92	Free	0.89	1.39	4.99
Japan	36.92	Free	1.69	2.49	5.99
Russia	36.92	1.99	3.69	3.69	3.69

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