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Thread ID: 127439	2012-10-22 22:07:00	Dialing overseas cellphone numbers from NZ (not roaming).	Billy T (70)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1308218	2012-10-24 19:40:00	Try 0161 971 528 289 xxx from a landline - it's cheaper and being an alt dialling system it might work. www.telecom.co.nz Interesting. Wonder how the calls are being routed. Must ask..	paulw (1826)
1308219	2012-10-24 20:15:00	AFAIK 0161 is VOIP rather than standard voice channels.	PaulD (232)
1308220	2012-10-24 21:11:00	Well, we have hit the wall. Our daughter in Oz is able to call him without difficulty and her dialling code is simply the Oz variant of our system. Telecom's International operator confirmed that we are dialing the correct sequence of numbers, but when we try to call, we get the message "the number is no longer available or has changed". At this point we will just have to draw a line across it until something changes. He will have a number for his apartment building operator soon so we will be able to contact him then. Interestingly, there is no dial on his apartment phone and all incoming and outgoing calls must pass through the Building operator. I haven't had problems like this since all local or international toll calls had to go through an operator. Is it possible that a SIM card could be incorrectly programmed or some such issue? It does seem to be localised to just his phone and calls from NZ's Country Code. Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused: Afterthought: We have unlimited 24/7 free calling to Oz on my business phone, so wouldn't it be nice if we could dial in to Oz then dial out to Dubai. :) Somehow I get the feeling that just wouldn't work though!	Billy T (70)
1308221	2012-10-25 00:27:00	Telecom's International operator confirmed that we are dialing the correct sequence of numbers, but when we try to call, we get the message "the number is no longer available or has changed". The UAE 052 range for mobile numbers is fairly recent. "Officials said the 052 prefix will be launched in the first quarter of 2012." Maybe the recorded voice is local (Telecom). Try calling from another carrier.	PaulD (232)
1308222	2012-10-25 03:41:00	Telecom's operator confirmed the 052 prefix for UAE (but you don't dial the 0) so it is reasonable to assume that it is known to them and operational. As regards using another Carrier, we don't have access to anything other than Telecom so we are stymied there as well. I'll leave it a couple of days then try Telecom again, I might get a different story or persuade one to dial the number to try it. Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
1308223	2012-10-25 04:21:00	Can your son call you from that number?	plod (107)
1308224	2012-10-25 08:47:00	Can your son call you from that number? I don't know yet, and we do plan to try that, but due to the time difference and the fact that the band works at night we only have a limited time overlap to use . I'm going to phone Telecom again tomorrow to see if I can get them to try it, but I'll probably have to go up to Supervisor level for that . It won't cost them a cent so that is the least that they can do, after all, it is a dialling out problem, which seems to point the finger in this direction, and the phone works for calls from Australia . Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
1308225	2012-10-25 08:49:00	I don't know yet, and we do plan to try that, but due to the time difference and the fact that the band works at night we only have a limited time overlap to use . I'm going to phone Telecom again tomorrow to see if I can get them to try it, but I'll probably have to go up to Supervisor level for that . It won't cost them a cent so that is the least that they can do, after all, it is a dialling out problem, which seems to point the finger in this direction, and the phone works for calls from Australia . Cheers Billy 8-{)qhave you trid texting the number from your cell phone?	plod (107)
1308226	2012-10-26 09:02:00	Telecom's operator confirmed the 052 prefix for UAE (but you don't dial the 0) so it is reasonable to assume that it is known to them and operational. Billy 8-{) Ask the Telecom operator to put you through & see what happens.	decibel (11645)
1308227	2012-10-26 20:05:00	Had a problem something similar earlier this year, my sister was in London and when she went to Europe, got a new Sim card. I recieved her text messages but she couldn't recieve mine, think I had to wait till she got back to poverty rock before I could contact her again.	Whenu (9358)
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