Dialing

[tyoshu]

I am totally new to using SIM cards and I have a WIND card to use in Italy but I am not dialing back to the US correctly. Also, when someone tries to call me from the US with the SIM number it is not working. I need help big time. What is the correct format for dialing phone numbers?

[dg7feq]

Originally Posted by tyoshu

I am totally new to using SIM cards and I have a WIND card to use in Italy but I am not dialing back to the US correctly. Also, when someone tries to call me from the US with the SIM number it is not working. I need help big time. What is the correct format for dialing phone numbers?

Hello and welcome to the board.

From Italy on your WIND card you dial +[country][area][number]
So in your case for example +15071234567 to reach a number in Minnesota.

From the US people have to dial 01139[your WIND number]
e.g. 011393281234567

hope that helps a bit

Chris

[callfan]

No, people from USA have to call 0039[WIND number]...

Or not?

[dg7feq]

Originally Posted by callfan

No, people from USA have to call 0039[WIND number]...

Or not?

nope, in the US international calls start with 011 instead of 00 like here in europe.

Chris

[Przemolog]

Originally Posted by dg7feq

nope, in the US international calls start with 011 instead of 00 like here in europe.

Chris

From US GSM phones +39 should work as well (of course, I don't mention about the possible rates for such connections )

[callfan]

Originally Posted by dg7feq

nope, in the US international calls start with 011 instead of 00 like here in europe.

Chris

Oh, sorry.. I didn't know this thing...

[Gargoyle]

From the US to the wind phone, dial 011-39-xxx yyy yy yy
From the wind phone, to call the US, dial 001-xxx yyy yyyy

xxx is the area code, for example 380 is my wind area code, 212 is new york.
yyy is the local phone number

Rates to call the US are high- it's .50 € per minute, but .63 or so for the first minute (taxes). See the thread I just started in the voip/callback part of this forum about Jajah. 0.213¢ u.s. a minute and you don't pay for inbound calls on the wind phone.

How do you dial with Wind card from Italy to Australia.

Would this be right? Is the 00 necessary?
00 + 61 +Area Code + Tel #

[RTuesday]

Originally Posted by luliolox

How do you dial with Wind card from Italy to Australia.

Would this be right? Is the 00 necessary?
00 + 61 +Area Code + Tel #

Yes, but remember to drop the initial zero on the area code (so Sydney 02 is just 2).

From most countries, it's easiest just to key a + rather than the 00, so you don't have to deal with the differering international access codes. (from Australia to Italy it's 0011 39 .., or +39 ...).

Thanks a lot RTuesday. Get it now. Had the +61 for all my contacts and wasn't sure if it'd work.