M1 international Phone call and SMS rates.

I found out today that the cheapest way to call back using our handphone is by dialing *138* Phone number # instead of directly dialing +65 Phone number.

Japan rates
All received calls are at S$1.20 per minute.
Dial out rates: *138* method costs S$1.20 per minute.
+65 method costs S$3.15 per minutes. (HUH!?!!?)

China rates
All received calls are at S$2.76 per minute.
Dial out rates: *138* method costs S$2.76 per minute
+65 method costs S$3.60 per minute

SMS:
All received messages are free, fortunately.

Each message sent out costs S$0.72 regardless of China/Japan. Ouch.

Why China costs more than Japan is beyond me...... But it's plain to see that both are damn expensive!


Whatever other information you all have... please post too.