Telephone calls South to North

zcacmxi


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 388

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 14:03

I've a friend visitting Paphos, he has an English Orange phone and I presume will be roaming on CYTA.



Can he call me in the North? Does he just dial 00 90 392.. Does CYTA block it? Can users in the South call phones in the North, both landline and mobile?



I presume I'll be able to call him, as he has an English mobile number and I'll just dial it.

zcacmxi


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 388

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 15:25

Does nobody know the answer to this? I guess he'll need to try when he'd over next week...

R.C.T.Man.



Joined: 27/03/2009
Posts: 746

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 16:09

Yes that is fine as long as he or she is on a UK sim card they can't block the call.

zcacmxi


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 388

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 16:34

Thanks, hopefully it'll work.. Otherwise, we'll have difficulty arranging to meet!

karakum5c



Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 1021

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 16:41

using a UK mobile to phone a mobile or landline in the North no problem, it will be treated as an international call and charged accordingly...................dont chat for too long.

erolz


Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3456

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 16:58

There is no problem calling south to north or north to south, landline to landline, mobile to landline or mobile to mobile. All such calls are international but there is no blocking anywhere any more. There used to be along time ago but not for quite a few years now afaik.

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 18:04

Hi Erolz et al



totally reliable using UK or other nationality sim card between 'TRNC' / Turkey and 'rump' RoC - but VERY expensive...



ErolZ are you sure re reliability using mobile on CTYA / MTM to call 'TRNC' ?



I ask, as there was no roaming due to the fact that was no means to bill an unrecognised entity.. For example none of our 'rump' RoC mobile phones would work in Turkey (in addition to 'TRNC') - so I'm guessing that this was being reciprocated.

erolz


Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3456

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 18:25

Maybe I am confused Mark. I was not talking about 'roaming' at all. I know I can ring my friends in the south from here using landline and (TRNC) mobile and they have rung me on my TRNC mobile from the south using their cyta mobile to my landline. I can not be 100% sure I have had a call from south landline to me in TRNC but am sure it will work.



Not the same thing as my TRNC mobile working if I am in the south, it does not if I am out of range of North towers.



In the old days say with a landline, you could not dial a South number directly from north landline. You had to use a UN 'exchange' dial them first and then dial out to the South from that. Not so now. AFAIK you can dial (internationaly) from south to north and visa versa without problems, landline or mobile.

jamboree


Joined: 25/06/2011
Posts: 88

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 20:46

calls no problem with uk sim card south to north, north to south. but cheapest option is a new pay as you go so easy sim card cyta voda will work south to north, and north to south if close to the borders, it work well in many places in the north, and its very cheap to use. you will save money using it to make calls back to uk etc..i hope this helps..

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 22:11

Jamboree re 9



Both Cyta and MTM pay as you go sims work GREAT in the Bogaz(i) area of the east coast - if in range of their base stns.. and they are no where NEAR the green line - they work off the Protaris masts... I know as I enabled my phones to broadcast which transmitter I'm working off.



As you say they are VERY good value to make international calls and to use to call 'rump' RoC phones.



re msg 8



Hi ErolZ, yup I am talking about roaming .. that you can't use a Cyta / MTM sim in 'TRNC' or Turkey - as if you ain't in range of a home network - you are stuffed :(



I kept a UK PAYG mob sim for emergencies if I needed to txt someone in the 'North' when there..



I recommend using a PAYG UK phone to RECEIVE sms ( txt) messages and SEND using SKYPE credit from one's PC - if trying to chat to the UK / 'rump' RoC and then SKYPE for nought

zcacmxi


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 388

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 22:37

mmmmmm, msgs 7 & 10:



You mention 'rump' 4 times in your messages? Is this an acronym related to PIIGS, describing the now heavily indebted countries of the EU? Although rump is usually used to describe pieces of steak, and not pork...

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 23:05

Msg 11

'Rump' is the arse end of a steer/cow hence bottom end of Cyprus, North to South!



Richard

mmmmmm



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Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
26/09/2011 23:35

re msg 10/11



Or as *I* mean it - what is left [ remaining] of.... !!

zcacmxi


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 388

Message Posted:
27/09/2011 00:01

ah, thanks for explaining!

It seems that my friend visiting the heavily indebted & 'downgraded' areas, will be able to call me.. He can even charge his phone when it runs out courtesy of Kibtek..