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Country guides for callers in the US: codes, number formats and rates

These guides cover one corridor each: Mexico, India, the Philippines and the UK from the US, plus the reverse question of reaching US numbers for free from abroad. The four corridor guides open with the dialing format. Mexico, for example, is 011, then 52, then the 10-digit number, for landlines and mobiles alike [1]. Then come the per-minute prices I read on rate cards, split into landline and mobile where the card does. On , a minute to India started at $0.0239 on Yolla [2] and cost $0.02 on Google Voice [3], whose personal plans are sold only in the US [4]. Each guide also says when a free app call is enough: WhatsApp calls cost nothing, even to another country, when both people use it [5]. For other destinations and the general method, see rates by country; for free app-to-app calls, read about WhatsApp calls in the browser.

Sources

  1. Las 10 del cambio de marcación (IFT guide, 2020, PDF) · IFT (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones, Mexico) · checked November 1, 2026
  2. Cheap Online International Calls to India - Yolla · checked November 1, 2026
  3. Google Voice calling rates · checked November 1, 2026
  4. Identify Google Voice subscription types - Google Voice Help · checked November 1, 2026
  5. How to make a 1:1 voice call (Web) - WhatsApp Help Center · checked November 1, 2026