Calls when overseas

During a recent holiday to Malta my 5210 switched over as usual to 'Go
Mobile'. I phoned home to let my mother know that I had arrived. No problems
there. However my mother was unable to contact me during my stay there. I
know there wasn't a problem with incoming calls as I received several from
other family members and friends. Probably a stupid question but do you need
to prefix a mobile number with any other number when it is out of the
country and you're ringing it from the UK? It's probably a safe bet that she
somehow managed to ring the wrong number although I checked my number in her
phone and it was the right one.

Alex

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JAT wrote in alt.cellular.nokia

> During a recent holiday to Malta my 5210 switched over as usual to 'Go
> Mobile'. I phoned home to let my mother know that I had arrived. No
> problems there. However my mother was unable to contact me during my
> stay there. I know there wasn't a problem with incoming calls as I
> received several from other family members and friends. Probably a
> stupid question but do you need to prefix a mobile number with any other
> number when it is out of the country and you're ringing it from the UK?
> It's probably a safe bet that she somehow managed to ring the wrong
> number although I checked my number in her phone and it was the right
> one.

If I understand your question properly, no. If your number is a US number
then it does not need to be prefixed with a country code. However, your
mothers phone may have some restrictions that kicked in when she tried
calling you.

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On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:45:20 +0100, "JAT"
<[email protected]> wrote this with the utmost thought:

>During a recent holiday to Malta my 5210 switched over as usual to 'Go
>Mobile'. I phoned home to let my mother know that I had arrived. No problems
>there. However my mother was unable to contact me during my stay there. I
>know there wasn't a problem with incoming calls as I received several from
>other family members and friends. Probably a stupid question but do you need
>to prefix a mobile number with any other number when it is out of the
>country and you're ringing it from the UK? It's probably a safe bet that she
>somehow managed to ring the wrong number although I checked my number in her
>phone and it was the right one.
>
>Alex
>

If she rang you from her mobile then she may need to have international
calling enabled on her mobile account. It's a useful, default,customer
safeguard on some carriers'.

> If she rang you from her mobile then she may need to have international
> calling enabled on her mobile account. It's a useful, default,customer
> safeguard on some carriers'.


I'm confused by this because SHE wasn't making an international call. She
was calling a mobile contracted in the country she was in. She was paying
for a single mobile call in her country. The owner of the mobile was meant
to be paying the international courier and delivery costs of the call. This is
the way it's always meant to be. Why should I pay more to call a friend
when he goes to another country without infroming me? That's his responsibilty
as far as the networks are concerned. If HE hasn't enabled international on
HIS phone, the phone disappears of the network when he leaves the country
of origin. He authorises his phone to allow access via other networks at his
expense.

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:46:38 GMT, "Rv!" <[email protected]>
wrote this with the utmost thought:

>> If she rang you from her mobile then she may need to have international
>> calling enabled on her mobile account. It's a useful, default,customer
>> safeguard on some carriers'.
>
>
>I'm confused by this because SHE wasn't making an international call. She
>was calling a mobile contracted in the country she was in. She was paying
>for a single mobile call in her country. The owner of the mobile was meant
>to be paying the international courier and delivery costs of the call. This is
>the way it's always meant to be. Why should I pay more to call a friend
>when he goes to another country without infroming me? That's his responsibilty
>as far as the networks are concerned. If HE hasn't enabled international on
>HIS phone, the phone disappears of the network when he leaves the country
>of origin. He authorises his phone to allow access via other networks at his
>expense.

Let's go back a few lines. Perhaps there's a restriction on her account
that prevents her making calls to roaming mobiles. That's what I meant by
international calls, and I used the wrong terminology.

Which network is she on and which tarrif as that would probably help us to
answer your question. You could also call her service provider and ask them

<losttheplot
>
> Let's go back a few lines. Perhaps there's a restriction on her account
> that prevents her making calls to roaming mobiles. That's what I meant by
> international calls, and I used the wrong terminology.

But the whole point of the network system is that she doesn't need to care
where the phone is. She will pay a flat rate for the call anywhere in the world
Thats why its an issue for the mobile user to authorise international searching,
and why we need to get our phones enabled for international hunting.

> Which network is she on and which tarrif as that would probably help us to
> answer your question. You could also call her service provider and ask them
>

You are right, this would help however I think it may have simply been an
unreachable phone or network problem and not her line that started the thread.

Rv!

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:48:56 GMT, "Rv!" <[email protected]>
wrote this with the utmost thought:

><losttheplot
>>
>> Let's go back a few lines. Perhaps there's a restriction on her account
>> that prevents her making calls to roaming mobiles. That's what I meant by
>> international calls, and I used the wrong terminology.
>
>But the whole point of the network system is that she doesn't need to care
>where the phone is. She will pay a flat rate for the call anywhere in the world
>Thats why its an issue for the mobile user to authorise international searching,
>and why we need to get our phones enabled for international hunting.
>
>> Which network is she on and which tarrif as that would probably help us to
>> answer your question. You could also call her service provider and ask them
>>
>
>You are right, this would help however I think it may have simply been an
>unreachable phone or network problem and not her line that started the thread.
>
>Rv!

It's still worth you providing the information and asking of her service
provider in case anyone else has a similar problem. However, that's your
choice.