Issued by many service providers, calling cards appear similar to a credit card and allow a call to be made from any telephone (even overseas) with prepaid credits or the charge being billed back to the caller's home phone account.
Allows customers to place calls from almost any telephone and have those calls charged to the same account. The process usually involves dialing a toll-free access telephone number and entering a personal identification (PIN) number before making the actual call.
a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls
a distinguishing characteristic or behavior; "bombs are a terrorist's calling cards"
a certificate that a user to get from a telecom operator after paying some money in advance and with that the user has the right to enjoy the telephone service in a given time per
a credit card, and when you place a call, the provider you use will charge its own rates
a credit card, issued by local or long-distance carriers, that allows calls to any number from any telephone
a form of credit card--you phone now and pay later
a physical card printed with dialing instructions, rules, and especially a PIN number required to make a phone call
a prepaid long distance service, traditionally purchased in the form of a card
a small card that resembles a credit card and is used to pay for phone services
A telecommunication credit card with an AuthCode for using a long distance carrier when the customer is away from their home or office ( ANI).
Cards issued by LEX's and IXC's that are used by subscribers to route telephone calls to the carrier.
To Telephony, a calling card is not just a means for billing calls, it represents a distinct dialing procedure. For example, an applications can use calling-card functions to present a menu of pre-configured calling cards to the user. The user's response determines the proper dialing sequence for the call, which tells TAPI whether to make the call with the default carrier, override the default carrier and use a given calling code, or use another specific dialing sequence.
A telecommunication credit card with an authorization code for using long distance carrier when the customer is away from his/her home or office.
A service that allows calls made from any telephone to be billed to a different telephone or credit card account.
A calling card is a particular object sometimes left behind by a criminal at a scene of a crime, often as a way of taunting police or obliquely claiming responsibility. The name is derived from the cards that people used to show they had been to visit someone's house when the resident was absent.
