Call a Foreign Country

How to call a foreign country from either a 'landline' or a cell phone.

Steps

From a landline (stationary telephone) you will need to know your IDD Prefix. This is nothing more than the code you need to dial to get outside of your country. For the USA, it is 011. (More Prefixes)
Then you need to know the country code of the country you are dialing. For the United Kingdom, it is 44. (List of all country codes)
Then you need the local number. (World Telephone Directories)
Example: We wish to call the British Museum in London, England. Their telephone number should be written as: +44 20 7323 8000 or as (020) 7323 8000.
From the USA, we would then dial: 011 44 20 7323 8000
- Note: If the number has been written using the non-standard +44 (0) 20 7323 8000 format you leave out the number in parentheses (0) for the UK and most other countries. Some countries, such as Italy or Russia require you to leave the zero in! Try both ways if you are not sure.

Telephone numbers are typically formatted as shown above. (This is the number for the British Museum in London, UK.)
- Country Code: +44 = England
- Local Code: (0) = Do not dial this unless you are in England!
- City Code: 20 = London
- Local Number: 7323 8000

The first step is to find the + key on your phone as shown in the video. Then you dial the rest of the steps the same way as for a 'landline'.

You can find a list of country codes for every country in the world here: Country Codes.

International phone calls still can be very expensive.
When you have finished the conversation make sure you have terminated the connection.
Remember that time differences do exist. You generally don't want to call someone in the middle of their night. Check the local time of the person you want to call)