Calling from my O2 sim in UK to Bahamas, to an international Lebara sim bought in UK

[Anonymous]

I am in UK. My friend has an international Lebara sim bough in UK. If he is in the Bahamas, and I reach him on that sim, will the charges be as for an international call or a voice call/domestic UK call? (because it is a UK number) According to him, his Lebara sim is a UK number so therefore I am charged as for a internal UK call...

In my bill when I call that sim, either UK to UK, or UK to Bahamas, it shows up in domestic/voice calls in both cases... Is that correct, or this means he is actually in UK when he says he is in Bahamas?

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

It is the receivers account that incurs roaming charges, not the senders, so he may be in UK, Bahamas or Outer Mongolia, it will be the same for you. You hear a different type of dialling tone (usually) when you call a phone in a foreign country...

[Anonymous]

Thanks, MI5

And if he called me in UK from that sim , from Bahamas, he would still pay the roamng charges? Or I would as the receiver?

[MI5]

He would as you are not roaming....

[Anonymous]

Last question,

Do I need to dial the country code to reach him on that phone abroad? Because I was able to reach him just dialing like a standard uk domestic call... That I found confusing.

Thanks again

[MI5]

No, if it's a UK number you just dial as if you were in the UK.....