Foreign students enum
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This document provides tips for foreign students in Singapore to minimize phone bills. It recommends avoiding making overseas calls and SMS, and choosing a lower local talk time plan. It analyzes the costs of overseas calls and roaming SMS through different carriers. eSky is identified as the cheapest option for overseas calls. The document also recommends using eSky's dial-pad and data plan to make free local calls, and registering eNUM numbers to take advantage of free calls between eSky users.
Foreign students enum
- 1. Minimized personal phone bills Foreign students
- 2. Three big costly mistakes While in Singapore 1. Making call to overseas/home country 2. Making SMS to overseas numbers/home country 3. Choosing a higher local talk time plan
- 3. Making oversea calls on IDD rates Country M1 IDD 021 Singtel v019 Starhub 018 eSky Cheaper , X Australia 0.35 0.31 0.08 0.023 3.5 Vietnam 1.35 1.15 0.85 0.055 15.5 China 0.60 0.23 0.20 0.018 11.1 UK 0.34 0.30 0.08 0.116 0.7 Germany 0.44 0.39 0.15 0.017 8.8 Hong Kong 0.34 0.26 0.13 0.008 16.3 India 0.98 0.84 0.74 0.014 52.9 Indonesia 0.46 0.43 0.40 0.033 12.1 Malaysia 0.15 0.16 0.13 0.034 3.8 Philippines 0.47 0.39 0.31 0.182 1.7 Taiwan 0.50 0.33 0.30 0.018 16.7 Thailand 0.46 0.41 0.30 0.016 18.8 USA 0.30 0.15 0.10 0.018 5.6 Starhub 018 is Cheapest among the 3 local telcos
- 4. Roaming SMS is a big trap Cost per SmartRoam Country Cost per SMS SMS Australia S$0.60 S$0.10 China S$0.60 S$0.10 India S$0.90 S$0.10 Indonesia S$0.60 S$0.10 Philippines S$0.60 S$0.10 Thailand S$0.60 S$0.10 UK S$0.60 S$0.10 Time frame limit to 40secs All three local telcos charge at about the same rate for Roaming SMS
- 6. With a 12GB data plan Always use eSky dial-pad to make all your calls 1. Absolute free local calls to all eNUM (encourage your friends to have an eNUM) Telco Out-going local calls * M1 16 cents/min 12 Starhub 22 cents first min, 17 8 cents/min thereafter 6 Singtel 8 cents/min (happy hr) 6 16 cents/min (normal) 12 eSky off-line 2.6 cents/min (call local number) 2 eSky online* 1.3 cents/min (call local number) eSky on-line Free (eNUM to eNUM)
- 7. Making phone-to-phone call Smartphone user : 1. Directly from eSky dial-pad - on-line 2. Make mobile Call back service - offline 3. Make direct call through gateway - offline Regular phone user: Make use of either callback or direct call gateway access number
- 8. How eSky reduces your phone bill 1. eSky to regular telephone number 2. eSky to eNUM (destination online) 3. eSky to eNUM (destination offline) 4. eSky (offline) – Call-back access 5. eSky (offline) – Direct call access 6. Choose the lowest price plan (Be smart) 7. Convert un-usued data plan to make local calls 8. Absolutely free: making eNUM to eNUM calls
- 9. Shuttle between home and college Step1: Always authorize your new phone number Step 2: Remember to forward all calls to your local phone number
- 10. Important: Enjoy making free calls Step 1: Invite all your family members or friends and fellow students to join eSky Step 2: Make use of callback function for regular phone users Condition: Free calls from eNUM to eNUM Register a eNUM for yourself & your family members at the same time