anyone know about calling a mobile abroad?

[babyonboard]

My parents are on holiday in egypt and have taken their mobile with them
I desperately neeed to call them, as it seems they have it on auto redial or something to my number, as today i have recieved constant calls from them where they are talking in the background and obviously don't know it is haapening
Not only is the constant ringing annoying for me, it must be costing them a fortune
I have tried calling their number with 00 20 in front which is the international code but it doesnt work
does anyone know how to change a u.k mobile number to contact it in another country?

Should be the same as normal - just omit the initial "0" from the mobile number after the international code.
If that doesn't woek, not sure. Phone your mobile provider and aks for advice?

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if i dial the number as normal i get a message 'this mobile cannot curently accept calls
and with the egypt code in front i get a dead tone
do you need to add the + ? as i'm not sure how to do that with my housephone

Have you tried texting from a mobile?
If you get a message syaing the mobile can't accept calls, it doens't sound like you're doing anything wrong. Problem at their end?

sadly i only have 8p credit so can't do the mobile thing!hehehe
i'll give it a try when dp gets home though

my dad will have a shock when they get their next bill!

oooh tried just dialling as normal and got engaged tone..hope this means they were just out of service range before
thanks for your suggestions...hopefully i'll figure it out!

You should just be able to dial a uk mobile as normal but their reception will depend on being in range of a compatible network.

No luck at all..I'm thinking my dad may have blocked incoming calls while they are away as this is his business mobile too so he won't want customers to be calling him and paying the price!