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Home > How It Works > Hints & Tips
Hints and tips - the easiest ways to make cheap international calls
This page shows you some hints and tips for making cheap international calls.
For more information on each of our services, click to find out how they all work and how to make the cheapest calls:
- Calling from a landline, calls from 2p/min
- Calling from any mobile, calls from 1p/min
- Calling from a pay-monthly mobile, free calls using your cross-network inclusive minutes
Speed dialing from your mobile - one touch dialing from your phone book
For convenience, you can use call2abroad with one-touch when calling friends in your mobile phonebook. Simply store your call2abroad access number in front of your contact's telephone number. Choose your phone type below or see your phone's instruction manual (it will be listed under "inserting a pause"):
On a Nokia phone 1 Edit your friend's entry in your phone book. |
On a Seimens or Panasonic phone 1 Edit your friend's entry in your phone book. 2 Enter the call2abroad access number in front of their number 3 Press and hold 0 to show ' + '. (This causes dialing to pause) 4 Enter your friend's number - including the full international code followed by # |
On a Motorola or Sony Ericsson phone 1 Edit your friend's entry in your phone book. 2 Enter the call2abroad access number in front of their number 3 Press and hold to show ' p '. (This causes dialing to pause) 4 Enter your friend's number - including the full international code followed by # |
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For example: |
For example: 020 8497 8844+ 0034 XXXX XXXX # |
For example: 020 8497 8844p 0034 XXXX XXXX # |
Making 1p/min calls from your mobile
Customers on all UK mobile networks (pay-as-you-go or pay-montly can now make 1p/min international calls from their mobile). To use the service, firstly purchase some credit, either by texting the word DIAL to 80556 or Top up online (for even cheaper rates)
To access your credit you just dial our access number (charged as a standard London call, or included as a landline call in your inclusive minutes), then at the prompt enter the international number you are calling. That's it - start saving!
1.) Purchase some credit by sending the message DIAL to 80556 or top up online
2.) Access your credit by dialling our landline access number 020 8497 8844
3.) Enter the international number you want to call and start saving!
More info
See the Mobile section
Where you can call
Anywhere in the world - many dsestinations priced at 1p/min, all others at the best rates available. Choose your network here T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Orange Mobile, O2 Mobile, 3Mobile. Other networks, click here for full details
Destination availability - times of day
Our landline and mobile top up services are both available at the same great rates, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - so no matter when you call, you'll always pay the same cheap rate for your international calls
Don't press "call" after your international number
Once you are connected to our service and have entered the international number you are calling, simply press # to connect the call. DO NOT press "call/green" again as this may result in your network charging you for the international part of the call also. To confirm:
1) Dial the access number for your destination
2) Enter the full international number including the international dialing code and press # to connect.
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See the Frequently Asked Questions or Contact Us directly
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