Camel mobile

[GadgetKen]

Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

Worse than that. If you show up in DPRK with a mobile phone the only roaming you'll be doing is back and forth in your prison cell.

And I can only imagine what they would do if I showed up in the DPRK with my Iridium satphone (one of the few countries where it's banned for political reasons).

North Korea has official mobile phone service through a 3G network set up by Orascom of Egypt called Koryolink. Other than high handset prices the average worker can not afford, international direct dial is blocked and some handset functions are deliberately disabled. Unofficially near the North Korea/China border, some people use smuggled Chinese phones to call internationally on Chinese networks that can be accessed: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...rticle4103903/

Orascom did sign an agreement with roaming provider Link2One http://www.mach.com/en/News-Events/P...ne-Roaming-Hub but I highly doubt this would ever lead to any official roaming on Koryolink.

[Stu]

The roaming agreement is probably a one way agreement so that North Korean government officials can use their mobiles while conducting official business in Macao, Monnaco, Tahiti, etc.

[fsotirop]

camelmobile has NO active roaming agreement in North Korea.. camel:manual:roaming_partners [SertexSoft]

[fsotirop]

each calling or voip provider has different rates my friend..you should be aware of this!
have a look for example at rebtel... Cheap International calling rates from Rebtel 0.18 per minute for calling 371222 numbers..

and just for your info... the termination rate for camelmobile numbers (371222 & 37121) is 0.16eur. per minute.

[prion]

Originally Posted by fsotirop

each calling or voip provider has different rates my friend..you should be aware of this!
have a look for example at rebtel... Cheap International calling rates from Rebtel 0.18 per minute for calling 371222 numbers..

and just for your info... the termination rate for camelmobile numbers (371222 & 37121) is 0.16eur. per minute.

How do you know this is the termination rate?

[fsotirop]

Originally Posted by prion

How do you know this is the termination rate?

they did told it to me when complained to them that a few tel.providers charge enormous rates for calling their numbers...

[prion]

Originally Posted by fsotirop

they did told it to me when complained to them that a few tel.providers charge enormous rates for calling their numbers...

I suppose you have already noticed that OTE (Greek Telecom Organization) is charging one euro/min to connect to these numbers?

Wind landline telephony in Greece is also charging 2,23 euros/min for all +3712 numbers!


Also globe7 is charging 1,1 USD/min for these numbers! Betamax/finarea/dellmont clones do not appear to connect.

All these tell us that the termination rates are far more expensive. There are af cource still some cheap routes. The question is how long they will last...

I do remember that When I bought my UM sim which had a +423663 number there were a few carriers that charged even 10c/min only! But most were not connecting or charging more. I think the same think will happen here.

[fsotirop]

my friend.. some few examples for your reference:

rebtel charges 0.18 per minute
localphone 0.21 per minute
betamax premium route 0.162 per minute...

so, no worry!
camelmobile number ranging routing+access is handled by their own...for axapmle they have special agreement with TELEFONICA...for intra-europe routing at advertised termination rate.
so there will ALWAYS be low cost access to their service.. despite other travelsim cards...

*in our company we also use some spare camelmobile numbers for calling our drivers... intra-rates: 0.18/min. with per second billing...


direct calling, no callback anymore, is also introduced in Greece by camelmobile since last month.

[prion]

I have tried voipbuster and webcalldirect and none connected to +371222 numbers. How can I use the premium route? Is this option offered for wholesale only?

Any explanation as to why big carriers like OTE or wind are charging that much for these numbers whereas they charge a lot less for normal mobile numbers in Latvia?

When I have asked OTE about such differences they have told me that this is due to higher termination rates they have to pay (which indeed makes sense)

[mingelli]

Do you know if megavoip connects to camel sims? I have tried from voippro wholesale account on cheaper routes and it didnt go. I have not tried their premium routes.