Foreign numbers in a mobile

[BliarOut]

What's the format for putting a US number in my mobile phone

I know it's + but then what before the 818 bit?


Ta

[monkey boy 1]

phone calls to USA from UK - dial 00 + 1 then the city code.

more detail can be found here

www.countrycallingcodes.com/

[catso]

BliarOut said:

What's the format for putting a US number in my mobile phone I know it's + but then what before the 818 bit? Ta

+1

[edc]

It's no different to a landline. The '+' is the same as 00

[BliarOut]

Ah, but it's not 00 when I'm stateside All sorted now thanks!

[mcflurry]

BliarOut said:

Ah, but it's not 00 when I'm stateside All sorted now thanks!

Stateside to here (ewe kay) is 011 44 (or +44)

[bobbins]

You don't put the 00 into a mobile - it's just +, then country code, then number (usually, as for UK, without the leading 0.

[parrot of doom]

bobbins said:

You don't put the 00 into a mobile - it's just +, then country code, then number (usually, as for UK, without the leading 0.

You can if you like.

[tubbystu]

If you are only going to use the mobile in the UK either + country code or 00 country code will work - if you are going to use the phone in other countries the only way it will work is + country code, this will also apply to all your UK numbers called from outside the UK.

If you travel regularly it is best to always enter + country code for all your numbers.

[Alicatt]

My mobile phone worked dialing back to the UK without using the country code from Canada last summer. Wonder if it was because my phone is an office extension rather than an ordinary mobi? ie if I'm dialing the office I just use a short extension code rather than the full number, same with dialing a colleague.

[parrot of doom]

tubbystu said:

If you are only going to use the mobile in the UK either + country code or 00 country code will work - if you are going to use the phone in other countries the only way it will work is + country code, this will also apply to all your UK numbers called from outside the UK. If you travel regularly it is best to always enter + country code for all your numbers.

Erm not true, I travel regularly and 0044 works fine.

[simonrockman]

parrot of doom said:

Erm not true, I travel regularly and 0044 works fine.

It will work in countries where '00' means international (most of Europe), but not in those which use other prefixes (like the US).

Simon