International calling tips and common dialing errors

Questions answered:

• The basics - how to place an international call, what digits to add and what digits to drop
• Common reasons why an international call won't go through
• Placing international calls with a cell phone
• Calling a foreign cell phone
• Using your cell phone in another country (international roaming)
• Dialing a toll free/freephone number from abroad
• Sending text messages internationally
• What's with the plus sign (+) placed before an international number?
• Will people hear a different ringing sound when calling my cell phone while I am abroad?
• Country finder tool for international phone numbers
• Dialing emergency while traveling to other countries

Tips and warnings:

• Saving on international calls in 2025
• International SIM cards - connect while traveling abroad
• A quick look at the new eSIM technology
• Higher charges when calling a cell phone
• The 809 scam - placing unaware international calls from the USA or Canada