The CALL ABROAD Add-on for Cheap Calls/Texts from UK
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01-05-2018 01:57 AM - edited 16-03-2025 09:50 PM
International Calls & Texts From the UK
Making International calls & texts from the UK are always chargeable & are not included in any allowances. Some might mistakenly believe that they count towards roaming allowances but when in the UK you are not roaming.
International calls & texts can be rather expensive but EE has a free add-on that anyone, on PAYG or £2.16 on contract, can apply for to give these calls & texts at a fraction of the standard rates. To do so just text CALL ABROAD to 150. It will then last forever on your account.
Pay Monthly £2.16 pm CALL ABROAD Rates
PAYG CALL ABROAD Rates
To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone
ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
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13-01-2019 11:39 AM
@Profile closed: Thanks! You're welcome :)! Glad I could be of assistance & it is now sorted.
To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone
ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
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13-07-2021 12:37 AM
very helpful information. THANKS!!!
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02-10-2021 09:26 AM
Thank you so much for your thesis on “Calling Abroad From The U.K.” 😀👍
Excellent write up.
Excellent explanation with Evidence!
Great Job!
Well Done and thank you for caring enough to do this.
Blessings! 🙏
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02-10-2021 06:43 PM
@PrincessS : Thanks! You're welcome 🙂 ! Glad I could be of assistance.
To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone
ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
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30-10-2021 09:17 AM
Hi. I saw the pdf with the rates. Under Spain, for example, it says:
Landline: 8p
Mobile: 18p
Text: 6p
Does that mean that a call from my ee landline to a mobile in Spain will cost 8p per minute? Or is it only landline to landline?
Same for mobile: does mobile to landline cost the same as mobile to mobile (18p)?
Thanks for your help!!
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30-10-2021 10:08 AM
@naj999 : The rates in this thread are only for calling from an EE mobile phone in the UK. It's saying that for an EE contract mobile while still in UK calling to Spain to:
- A Spanish landline: 8p / min.
- A Spanish mobile: 18p / min.
To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone
ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
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30-10-2021 10:13 AM - edited 30-10-2021 10:14 AM
Well, I just had a long and unsatisfactory chat conversation with ee and it turns out that those rates are out of date. It is now 18p for both landline and mobile.
I lodged a complaint so it may get updated (but I wouldn't hold your breath).
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30-10-2021 10:36 AM
@naj999 : The above rates are as in the current EE standard and non-standard charges price guide - from 14 September 2021
To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone
ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP
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30-11-2021 01:19 PM - edited 30-11-2021 01:20 PM
It looks like this is now gone from newer contracts. I was on an old out of contract,contract and now you have to pay £21 a month to call a whole lot of countries abroad. I can't keep my old contract if I want to stay with EE.
Great if you actually make so many calls to another country each month,but not if you don't. EE have lost the plot,forcing £21 a month as the only option. Other companies are doing better deals for light to medium users:
https://shop.ee.co.uk/auth/mobile-phones/upg-pay-monthly/google-pixel-6/details
Made a complaint but have been with EE for 16 years,so might end up leaving them now.
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30-11-2021 01:31 PM - edited 30-11-2021 01:44 PM
No, @SLA2000 , the free Call Abroad rates still apply to new contracts as in
To phone EE CS: Dial Freephone +44 800 079 8586 - Option 1 for Mobile Phone & Mobile Broadband or Option 2 for Home Broadband & Home Phone
ISPs: 1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up > 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB > 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB > 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU > 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU > 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC > 2014: EE 20 Meg WBC > 2020: EE 40 Meg FTTC > 2022:EE 80 Meg FTTC SoGEA > 2025 EE 150 Meg FTTP

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