How To Use Your Colombia Calling Plan

August 11, 2010

Once you've purchased your Colombia calling plan from BananaCall, you will need to know the dialing instructions to call to this country, and a few other tips to reduce your call costs as well. We will disclose them all in this article.

Step 1: First off, you will need to dial an access number. On BananaCall, we provide various access numbers, and you may even get one depending on the location you'll be calling from. Basically, you have the options of using a toll-free access number, or a local access number.

Tip no. 1: using a local access number, you get more talk time for the same credit amount you spend. To get a local access number, simply type in the phone number you'll be calling from in the form on this page and you will receive an access number.

Step 2: After you've called the access number, you will hear a voice prompt asking you to enter your PIN number for identification. At this point, you must type in the PIN to continue.

Tip no. 2: activating the PINless option on your BananaCall card will eliminate this step altogether. Once the number you are calling from is registered for pinless dialing, you will skip directly to the next step;

Step 3: A voice prompt will ask you to enter the destination number in international format. To do this, you will need to dial:

011 (exit code) + 57 (Colombia international dialing code) + City Code + Phone Number

As soon as you're done dialing the destination number, your call will be connected and you will be able to enjoy really low rates for keeping in touch with anyone in Colombia.

If you need help on the prefixes, then here is a table containing the dialing codes for Colombia's main cities and mobile phone operators: