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title: "Using Wi-Fi calling overseas"
description: "How to use Wi-Fi calling to make calls and send texts while you're overseas, how to turn it on, and how those calls are charged."
url: "https://dev.www.lightningip.com.au/help/mobile/wifi-calling-overseas"
canonical: "https://dev.www.lightningip.com.au/help/mobile/wifi-calling-overseas"
updated: "2026-10-04"
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# Using Wi-Fi calling overseas

How to use Wi-Fi calling to make calls and send texts while you're overseas, how to turn it on, and how those calls are charged.

Wi-Fi calling lets you make and receive calls and texts over an internet connection instead of the mobile network. Overseas, it's a handy way to stay in touch with people back home wherever you have Wi-Fi - with or without a travel pack.

## Setting it up

Turn on Wi-Fi calling in your phone's settings before you travel - it usually needs to be switched on while you're still in Australia the first time. Once it's on, your phone uses it automatically whenever you're connected to a suitable Wi-Fi network. There's no app to download.

If you want to be sure a call goes over Wi-Fi rather than an overseas mobile network, turn on flight mode and then turn Wi-Fi back on.

## Things to know

- **No travel pack needed** - Wi-Fi calling works overseas whether or not you've activated a travel pack.
- **Calls to Australia only** - over Wi-Fi calling, you can call Australian numbers, charged as standard national calls as if you were in Australia. Calls to overseas numbers can't be made over Wi-Fi calling.
- **Wi-Fi costs are separate** - if the Wi-Fi network charges for access, that's between you and the Wi-Fi provider.
- **Call quality** depends on the strength and speed of the Wi-Fi connection. Busy public hotspots may not be good enough for calls.
- **Call forwarding** - you can't change your call forwarding settings while you're on Wi-Fi calling. Make any changes before you leave.
- **Emergency calls** - overseas, dial 112 over the mobile network to reach local emergency services. Emergency calls over Wi-Fi calling may not work in every country.

Wi-Fi calling is a useful way to stay reachable overseas, particularly in places where travel packs aren't available or mobile coverage is patchy.