texting egypt...

[joko]

i need to text egypt

country code is 20, area code is 69

how exactly do i write this, with the mobile number?

thanks

[237SJ]

Is it an Eyption mobile, or is it someone with a UK mobile in Egypt?

[NoMercy]

Well you would need to text 00 20 and then the number. I assume you are texting an Egyptian mobile, so why do you need an "area code"?

Unless you mean that all mobiles start with the numbers 69?

[NoMercy]

If you are texting an English mobile in Egypt, you just text the mobile as you would in the UK. No need for the international dialling code.

[joko]

hi i am in the uk and i am texting someone who has gone on holiday to egypt from the uk

i tried to just text the number but it wouldnt go through...

the country code is 20 and the code for sharm el sheikh is 69

[joko]

how exactly do i type it in though? do i need the + sign? do i remove any numbers etc

[craft1948]

try it with the country code but knock off the first 0 from the mobile number

[NoMercy]

My ex is in Spain and is currently using an English moby. If I have to text him, I just text as I would do, were he in England. I've never had a problem. Perhaps for your friend to use his/her phone in Egypt, a code is needed.

[237SJ]

When I`ve texted a UK mobile in another country, I`ve just texted the normal number. The Egyptian codes wouldn`t work because the phone doesn`t know it`s in Egypt. Maybe there is a temporary problem with your supplier, or maybe the mobile company of the recipient doesn`t have a roaming agreement with the Egyptian mobile companies.

[NoMercy]

Is it possible that your friend is currently in a location with rubbish coverage/signal?

[craft1948]

The daughter texts me on my cruises just as normal, and she never knows which country, if any, I'm in.

[boxtops]

Joko, it will depend whether your friend's mobile operator recognises Egypt as Europe or the Middle East. I'm with 02 and we have activated European coverage and that covered Morocco when we were there in the summer - but some providers only cover UK, or UK and Europe, you have to actually tell the provider that you are going outside your normal range and ask them if they have coverage in that country and if your friend's contract allows coverage. If not then you may not be able to contact them while they are there.

[boxtops]

PS - if it works then you don't need to change the number at all, just use the number as you would in the UK, as others say - the network will convert in, you don't need the Egyptian code unless you were ringing a landline - which you're not.

[dotty.]

Your UK network providor will have an agreement with an Egyptian network providor and the text will bounce from the UK mobile mast local to you, ten to the satellite then down to the egyptian network mast, that is where the extra cost comes in, as the egyptian network will charge the uk netwirk for the use of their mast, so the recipient of the text will bear that cost.

[VHG]

Lets face it, it would be pretty stupid if you had to know which country a person was in with a UK mobile before you could text them.

For anyone with a UK mobile just text their NORMAL number. No need for any extra or different digits wherever they are.

If they dont get it they may be in a place with no signal.

[boxtops]

These are the words I couldn't find last night - International Roaming. If your friend hasn't activated IR with her phone service provider, then neither text nor phone calls will get through - and not all handsets work outside Europe. If she has, then bear in mind that texts can take several hours to get through, too. Have a read of this, re IR: http://ukinegypt.fco....t/using-mobile-phones

[joko]

i think maybe he hasnt got the phone enabled because i texted his mate and that got through immediately

cheers