Can someone help me txt my friends in New Zealand please

Rudolph Claus

Hiye, my frienda are in New Zealand and bought a sim card out there. They txted me today using the NZ sim card but i cant reply to it. Is there a prefix i need to use before the number, i tried 353 but i think thats just Ireland/Europe prefix???

Appreciate any help!

failsafe

If you reply to the text it should work fine as it already has the prefix (which I think is +61 or something)

If replying doesn't work and you're billpaid give your network a call as they ofter place international restrictions on accounts that can be removed by request.

Random

www.numberingplans.com says that the country code for New Zealand is +64.

So if your mates number is 1234567, SMS +641234567.

Ask your mate what network he's on and then ask your network if they have a SMS agreement with them.

failsafe

There should be an sms agreement if they received a text from the friend, but if you want to double check you can try here: http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/index.shtml

cast_iron

ciaranfo wrote:

So if your mates number is 1234567, SMS +641234567.

That may be slightly misleading.
His number will probably start with a "0", and this must be dropped.
So if his number is 0111 2222 3333, you dial +64111 2222 3333.

Random

cast_iron wrote:

That may be slightly misleading.
His number will probably start with a "0", and this must be dropped.
So if his number is 0111 2222 3333, you dial +64111 2222 3333.

Fair point

Sam Vimes

as people have said just replying should work. could you post up the first 5 or 6 digits of the number it appeared to come from? not the whole number obviously


also, what network are you on and bill or pre pay

Sam Vimes

failsafe wrote:

There should be an sms agreement if they received a text from the friend, but if you want to double check you can try here: http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/index.shtml

not necessarily as people with 3 found. 3 were so good with networks that they didn't have sms agreements with that you wouldn't just get the message once, you'd get it 100 times just in case you accidentally deleted it without reading it the first 99 times

Rudolph Claus

Hmmm, his number is coming up as +642-1184xxxx (its 8 numbers long without the 642)
If i just try reply to number it says "Message sending failed, Try again later".
Is the +642 the equivilent on +353 or the equivilent to 086/087?
Ive an O2 credit phone by the way.

Sam Vimes

Nuttzy wrote:

Hmmm, his number is coming up as +642-1184xxxx (its 8 numbers long without the 642)
If i just try reply to number it says "Message sending failed, Try again later".
Is the +642 the equivilent on +353 or the equivilent to 086/087?
Ive an O2 credit phone by the way.

does his number actually have a "-" in it or did you put that in yourself? if its there, take it out when texting him

+64 is the equivalent of +353, the 2 is the start of his number, the equivalent of the 8 in 087.

an irish number in international format would change from 0871234567 to +353871234567, ie you drop the 0. if you were in new zealand you'd call him by calling 021234567

i'll take a look now and see if o2 speakeasy can text NZ


edit: try sending to 006421184xxxx

ie change the + to 00 and drop the - if its there of course

Rudolph Claus

Commander Vimes wrote:

does his number actually have a "-" in it or did you put that in yourself? if its there, take it out when texting him

+64 is the equivalent of +353, the 2 is the start of his number, the equivalent of the 8 in 087.

an irish number in international format would change from 0871234567 to +353871234567, ie you drop the 0. if you were in new zealand you'd call him by calling 021234567

i'll take a look now and see if o2 speakeasy can text NZ


edit: try sending to 006421184xxxx

ie change the + to 00 and drop the - if its there of course

SWEET!!!!!!
Good on ya,,, i used the "00" as you sugested and it sent, got a delivery report too. The "-" wasnt in the number, i just put that in.
Thanks a million mate, thats great, saved me the hassle of ringing O2 and all that.
Thanks to the others that replied too.

Random

Why would 00 work and not + ?

Sam Vimes

ciaranfo wrote:

Why would 00 work and not + ?

the + isn't a worldwide standard. neither is the 00

Random

I was under the impression that the + was a universal GSM standard. Hmm..

Sam Vimes

ciaranfo wrote:

I was under the impression that the + was a universal GSM standard. Hmm..

i thought so too but apparently not

failsafe

That's very odd, as ciaranfo and c.vimes said I thought + was the "always work" one with 00 being the 'maybe'. learn something new everyday!

Random

I'm just thinking about it more ... the 00 or the + shouldn't even reach the other network - it's just a signal to your operator that you're dialing international and that the international prefix is coming up .. isn't it?