| As you must be very well aware, prepaid mobile | | | | phone for credit. There is a small restriction here, most |
| phones, commonly referred to as pay-as-you-go | | | | of the times; the prepaid mobile phones have a time |
| phones, are cell phones where you purchase the | | | | limit for expiration of credit, say 90 days. If you do not |
| service in advance to make calls. You purchase credit | | | | top up the credit before that, you will lose the balance |
| to use on a mobile phone network, and use it without | | | | credit amount on your card and your number will |
| ongoing billing. Instead, the amount gets deducted from | | | | become inactive. |
| your credit and the phone stops working once all the | | | | The advantages out-weight these small limitations. The |
| money in it finishes after making calls. Now you can | | | | biggest advantage with prepaid wireless phones is that |
| buy more minutes of talk time from the service carrier | | | | you can control your spending on phone calls and for |
| and use the phone till it lasts. The more traditional | | | | lower usage (e.g. for emergencies) you pay lower |
| alternate billing method is the mobile phone contract, | | | | amount. There is no obligation of entering into a |
| where you enter into a long term billing arrangement | | | | contract with a cell phone service provider and no |
| with a phone carrier and get monthly bills for the calls | | | | deposits, monthly fees or early termination fees are |
| that you have made. | | | | levied on you. If you are new to the country or city, |
| The Procedure Of Topping Up Your Phone | | | | and you don't have an address, credit card or |
| The working of the prepaid phones is quite simple. You | | | | contacts, the prepaid service works best for you. This |
| buy a handset and a prepaid plan along with it. When | | | | way, it is not only convenient to you, but you can also |
| your balance finishes or is about to finish, you can "top | | | | use it to have privacy for personal reasons. Since your |
| up" the credit. This can be done through direct | | | | address etc. cannot be traced through the cell phone |
| purchase of minutes by using your credit/debit card or | | | | number. The prepaid mobile phones are a good way |
| by buying a "top up card" at a retail centre. This card | | | | to keep a tab on your child's spending on calls. |
| contains a unique code, which has to be fed into the | | | | |