How does 'W' work?

rfranzq · **How does 'W' work? -** 27-03-2013, 23:37

I think this question is most appropriate in the international section.

I don't recall any GSM phones that do not have 'P' pause & 'W' wait as possible 'numbers' to dial. I was going to ask how one used the 'W" but I played with the phone and this is how it worked.

What I learned. For example, in the USA PlatinumTel GSM requires you dial 835 to make international calls [didn't know that, did you!] a recording answers and than you dail the numbers you want without a '*', but with a '#' at the end.

To make things easier, I added the number to the address book and put two 'p's pauses in to automate the call.
835PP44792xxxxxxx#
Each pause is about 5 seconds. It works.
How does W= wait work? 835W44792xxxxxxx#
After the 835 is dialed it says press send to send.
So you manually release the wait. I have never seen this explained before.

Is this how it works on all phones?

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rfranzq (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 774 Join Date: 21 Apr 2009 Country:	How does 'W' work? - 27-03-2013, 23:37 I think this question is most appropriate in the international section. I don't recall any GSM phones that do not have 'P' pause & 'W' wait as possible 'numbers' to dial. I was going to ask how one used the 'W" but I played with the phone and this is how it worked. What I learned. For example, in the USA PlatinumTel GSM requires you dial 835 to make international calls [didn't know that, did you!] a recording answers and than you dail the numbers you want without a '*', but with a '#' at the end. To make things easier, I added the number to the address book and put two 'p's pauses in to automate the call. 835PP44792xxxxxxx# Each pause is about 5 seconds. It works. How does W= wait work? 835W44792xxxxxxx# After the 835 is dialed it says press send to send. So you manually release the wait. I have never seen this explained before. Is this how it works on all phones?