Claro announces mobile calling to United States, Canada at same rate as local calls

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November 12^th, 2015 (ICR News) Attention “gringo” expats.  You are probably going to want to switch to mobile carrier Claro after reading this story.

Following on the heels of Claro’s announcement in April that it no longer would charge international rates or roaming fees for postpaid customers for calls or roaming in Central America, the mobile carrier has just announced that it is extending the plan, known as “Sin Fronteras,” (No Borders) to the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

With the plan, which carries an additional cost of just ¢2,000 per month and can be added to any postpaid plan, customers can call the United States, Canada, Mexico as well as Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama for exactly the same rate as calling a local phone in Costa Rica.

The new plan is available immediately, a Claro spokesperson confirmed to ICR News on Thursday.

Even more, Claro customers who subscribe to the plan will not be charged roaming fees when traveling to the United States, Canada, Mexico or any Central American country included in the plan and will be able to call both locally and any of the other countries included in the plan (including calling from the US or Canada to Costa Rica) as part of their normal calling package without additional charge.

The plan even applies to data and text messages.

It should also be noted that this is not a special “app” that must be installed on a smartphone, and is not voice-over-IP.  It is a standard calling plan and no particular type of phone is necessary.

If you are already a Claro postpaid customer, you can activate the plan by calling customer service at *200# and asking to activate the “Sin Fronteras” plan.

The feature is only available for postpaid customers, and there are no plans to extend the program to prepaid users.