How to Call EE from Abroad
EE's 150 shortcode only works from an EE phone in the UK — not from abroad. Here are the +44 lines EE publishes for customers calling from outside the UK — verified from ee.co.uk — and what each costs to dial from your browser.
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150 UK shortcode — doesn't work from abroad
150 UK shortcode — doesn't work from abroad
Catalogue rate for a United Kingdom landline: $0.04/min · no subscription.
The 150 shortcode doesn't work from abroad
150 reaches EE customer service from an EE phone inside the UK. From outside the country ee.co.uk lists +44 7953 966 250 for EE customers and +44 7953 966 150 for legacy Orange and T-Mobile accounts — dial the +44 number that matches your account from your browser.
Per-minute, only for connected time
Calling a United Kingdom landline is $0.04 a minute on Parlacall. You pay for connected minutes only, credit doesn't expire, and the exact rate shows before you dial — so a long hold stays cheap.
What to have ready
Parlacall can't receive an EE verification text for you. If EE sends a code to confirm your identity, it goes to a phone on your account, not to this call — and if your SIM is the problem, sort account access in the MyEE app over wifi first.
The situation this solves
You're abroad and your EE SIM has no signal — or roaming was never switched on — and you need EE itself to fix it, but 150 goes nowhere from a foreign network or a laptop. EE publishes +44 7953 966 250 for its customers calling from outside the UK, a plain +44 line you can dial straight from your browser with no SIM at all.
Calling EE from abroad — questions
Which EE number do I call from abroad — 966 250 or 966 150?
- Call +44 7953 966 250 if your account is with EE, or +44 7953 966 150 if it's a legacy Orange or T-Mobile account. Both are published on ee.co.uk's contacting-us-from-abroad pages. The 250 line is free while roaming in the EU; outside the EU you pay the roaming rate for where you are — dialling it from your browser costs Parlacall's per-minute UK rate instead.
Why can't I just call 150 from another country?
- 150 is a UK-network shortcode that only routes from an EE phone inside the UK. From abroad — or from any device without an EE SIM — it goes nowhere, which is exactly why ee.co.uk publishes the full +44 numbers above.
My EE SIM has no signal abroad. Can I still reach EE?
- Yes. The +44 lines are ordinary UK numbers, so you can dial them from your browser with no SIM at all — useful precisely when roaming was never switched on or the SIM is dead. If the fix needs account changes, have the MyEE app over wifi ready too.
What does it cost to call EE from abroad?
- You pay Parlacall's per-minute rate for a UK landline, only for connected minutes, with no subscription and the rate shown before you dial.
Not affiliated with EE. Numbers verified on Oct 6, 2026 from ee.co.uk.