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step-by-step guide: how to use your mobile phone abroad for pennies per minute via voxox callback

step 1
before going abroad, visit www.voxox.com to download the voxox software to your computer and set up a free account. once you're set up, click on the callback button in the main menu and select the “sms callback” tab. enter your local mobile phone in the reach me at field. then program number voxox’s special number that’s displayed on the sms callback page into your phone so you have it on-hand. you’ll be using this while abroad to initiate your international phone calls.

step 2
after you’ve arrived at your destination, go to a mobile phone store and buy either a “local sim card” for your phone, or you can just get a cheap local phone with texting capabilities. (prepaid phones are fine - you just need your own local phone number.)

step 3
go online one time to update your account with the new local phone number -- visit http://my.voxox.com and update your number in the sms callback tab.

step 4
now you can call abroad for the cost of one text message plus voxox’s pennies per minute rate, depending on the country: in the body of the text message, type out the phone number of the person you are trying to reach (011 + country code, area code, phone number – no spaces) send your text message to the special voxox number, within seconds, you’ll receive an incoming call connecting you with your friend on the line.

total costs: local sim card or cheap local phone, cost of sending one text message per call and the pennies per minute rate for the countries involved: http://www.voxox.com/rates/. for more information, visit: http://callback.voxox.com