UnionTelecard.com Receives a Face Lift

The perennial super power in the prepaid calling card business just launched it's newly redesigned Uniontelecard.com which features less product selection but all cards are now fully rechargeable and feature pin less dialing. They no doubt realized that most of their cards were not suitable for the online consumer and decided to limit it to about 8 cards.

This new web site design and focus on rechargeable cards now make Union Telecard Alliance one of the most powerful online retailer of phone cards.

Calls Made to Mexico Celluar Phones Go Way Up!

The Mexican government just passed a law to increase the cost of calls made to mobile phones significantly. The bill requires all calls made to a cell phone in Mexico to rise by 14 cents a minute. Both callers in Mexico and callers outside Mexico will have to pay the additional fee making for one of the biggest fare hikes in recent telecom history.

Now Mexico comes into line with many other countries, who charge the calling party significantly more for calls made to mobile phones. The US and a handfull of other countries are the only ones who don't charge a different rate for calls made into mobile phones.

The effective retail rate for most companies will be around $0.31 a minute to complete calls to Mexico Mobile.