An unlocked GSM international cell phone with a prepaid SIM card offers the most affordable calling rates, best coverage, and reliable service without the high surcharges common to a cell phone rental or international roaming. Learn More

Outside of the United States and a handful of countries, international cell phone carriers operate on a unified standard called GSM (Global Services for Mobile). This is why a cell phone for London will also work in Paris, Johannesburg, Beijing and Sydney. This GSM standard requires a GSM mobile phone and a SIM card. The SIM card is a small chip that allows your phone to connect with a local wireless carrier in the country you are visiting. To learn more about GSM and other international cell phone standards, we suggest you read the first few articles in the Getting Started section.

If you want an international cell phone service, you will need a phone that is GSM compatible and SIM-unlocked. An often described global phone, travel mobile, travel phone or world phone is merely a GSM mobile phone that operates on the 900, 1800 and 1900 frequencies. If the world phone is unlocked it will work with any prepaid SIM card in Europe (also see Italy Cell Phone Promo, UK Cell Phone Promo, Spain Cell Phone Promo and France Cell Phone Promo), Africa, Asia (also see the Explorer Roaming card for Japan cell phone service), Australia (Australia cell phone promo) and New Zealand. To check out our range of phones, click on this link: International Cell Phones.

After you purchase your international cell phone, or if you already own a world phone, you will need a SIM card for service. A SIM card is a postage stamp sized chip (the brain of the phone) that snaps into the back of your phone. Changing SIM cards is a very easy procedure and varies depending on your phone. The SIM cards provide the service and all the SIM cards we offer are prepaid. Prepaid SIM cards may be purchased for a specific country, you then get a local phone number and benefit from local rates that nearly every time include free incoming calls! To view the selection of available SIM cards, click on Prepaid SIM Cards.

If you are looking for one cell phone number for mulitple country trips, then you should consider the Passport US SIM card, Passport US Plus SIM card, Passport US Lite SIM card or the Explorer SIM card. With each of these services you get one cell phone number with service in over 90 countries. For more information on this option, simply click here.

Return-Call Service adds an extra dimension of complexity, but it can save you up to 70% on your international calls. By taking advantage of the free incoming calls, Return Call Service connects your outgoing calls at rates that are usually much cheaper than those charged by wireless carriers. Check it out with a click on this link Return-Call Service.

For more exotic locations outside traditional cellular coverage you can rent or purchase an Iridium Satellite phone. These true world phones work everywhere, including the oceans and both poles though surprisingly not in the Poland, Hungary, Northern Sri Lanka and South Korea (Don't ask). We have great 1,2 and 3 month rental rates and discounts are available for student and faculty travelers. For Satellite phone info you click on ...yup, you guessed it... Satellite Phones.

Now you might ask your self why would a company that offers such high tech wireless gadgetry offer a calling card and we've come up with 2 reasons:

• They make a good back up to your cell phone while you're overseas.
• If you're in Spain getting free incoming calls somebody still has to call Spain to reach you. Now if you're on an international calling plan at home then your fine but if not this is your chance to get a great card with no fees, charges, etc..

To check out the rates or to sign up simply click on Calling Card.

A travel journal, also called travel blog or travelogue, is a record made by a traveler of their trip. Generally in dairy form, a travel journal contains descriptions of the traveler's experiences, and can be written during the course of the journey (and more often that not
completed once the traveler has returned home). Telestial’s Travel Journal or blog makes this easy, by automatically creating an entry each day with images of the location visited, weather experienced on that day at that location, a map of that location and a description of that location. The traveler can customize their Journal as much or as little as they wish, whilst they are traveling or when they return home! View Demo.

If you don't wish to buy a new phone, but wish to have the convenience of making calls whilst you travel, then renting an international cell phone is for you. Our international cell phone rental service allows you to make use of advanced features (such as email) of phones that are two expensive to buy for a short trip, but are more affordable if you are just renting. We also offer Japanese cell phone rentals for that occasional business trip to Japan.

A data plan enables you to surf the internet, IM with your friends, read your email and send MMS if your phone supports these features. All our International Cell Phone and SIM card packages come with a prepaid data plan with roaming data coverage in over 90 countries. We also offer 3G data coverage in over 35 countries which has substantially faster download speeds than GPRS data. You an also purchase our data plan with a wireless modem to use with your PC whilst on the road (when a WIFI connection is not available).