Hi zizzy, thanks for the advice. I have tried calling using the '0844' website and that seems to work pretty well and costs 1p a minute to spanish landlines. I will have a look at the website you have recommended too. Just one thing, does anyone understand how these companies make their money??? Surely there must be a catch?!?

lauragravestock,

from the look of things, its like me and you are in the same problem about making international calls from mobile, i'll advise you to visit www.planettalkinstant.com. you will be able to make free international calls from your mobile or landline.
hope this will help you
cheers

I think the first place to start is with moneysupermarket's mobile comparison site. You say you are not sure if you have a 6310. If you go to Nokia.co.uk and look at "ARCHIVE PHONES" there is a picture of one there. I imagine you know it was and is a good phone but is getting on now.
If you want to get the best value deal you should CONSIDER CASHBACK. This doesn't suit everbody. If you put whatever search coordinates suit you into this site there should be a wealth of DEBATE about "MOBILES".
I posted the following note on the site recently and it may be of some value. All the best, Fedora.

1. Make sure you choose a reputable and financially sound company to do a cashback deal with. I have had satisfactory experiences with Dialaphone, e2save (a subsidiary of Carphone Warehouse) and Microline.
2. READ THE TERMS & CONDITIONS carefully before you enter into the contract and if you take out a contract follow them to the letter. For example keep to all the imposed deadlines and send your bills or copies by recorded delivery or special delivery or other method EXACTLY as the t&c instruct.
3. The Royal Mail track and trace reply you may get is COME BACK LATER. In my experience this never changes. E-mail RM and say you need delivery details and up to a fortnight later you should receive them. This leaves your schedule tight so do it after a day or so of estimated delivery. With Special Delivery I think you get up to £500 compensation. In my experience RM are good on delivery and bad on reports.
4. If you have a problem get in touch with the company straight away. They can be helpful! With e2save e mail Charles Dunstone, ceo of Carphone Warehouse – the offer should be in every monthly issue of CW’s magazine available in all CW shops. I would suggest that CW is the ‘blue chip’ in this sector of the market. Or go into a CW shop, tell them you’re WORRY and they may be able to reassure you.
5. NOTHING IS FOR NOTHING. My current contract with a Nokia 1100 is for 200 anytime minutes on 2 ½ g (I think that’s what they call the standard network now) and overall stands me in at nothing! So deadlines and dealing with RM are really a small price to pay for this sort of saving.
6. To all those who say that reputable and financially sound companies ‘run off with my money’. I respectfully suggest that you are ill informed. This is my informed understanding as to why CASHBACK is so attractive. A huge percentage of people (from memory more than 50%) simply do not send all their vouchers in. YOU NEED TO BE AN ORGANISED PERSON TO DO CASHBACK.
7. AND FINALLY. There is no such thing as a free phone. There is such a thing as a free* phone. If you want a cheap contract look for the cheapest phone first, like my Nokia 1100, and go from there. You may be interested to know that CW told me all the networks insist on CW/retailers including a phone with every contract they sell! Who needs a new phone with each contract? The er… networks I think. Environmentally friendly…
8. AND FINALLY2. Please remember that all the horror stories I have read on moneysuper have something missing. The OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY! Hello e2save here Fedora, Mr X has given us written permission to discuss his CASHBACK grievance. Before we start did you know that well after the deadline for payments he contacted us and demanded his CASHBACK. We eventually found out he left the country for a year, left his paperwork in the UK and did not contact us until he had been back for a month. We might have been able to make some sort of goodwill gesture but he’d lost all his paperwork. What do you say to that Mr X? I WANT MY MONEY.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I currently have a t-mobile mix it contract and i am looking to change it. My contract costs me £27 per month and is a fixed amount which i like as i always know what my bill will be, but also allows me to top up when I have used my monthly allowance which can be costly. I am finding this to be very expensive and i really don't feel that I'm getting value for money. A lot of the credit that is put on my phone is used calling my parents in spain which is very costly, so i am ideally looking for an option that gives me some sort of discount when calling and texting abroad.

My current contract consists of free minutes and texts, but this is never enough, so I also added a text bundle which i pay for every month. I then top up when this allowance runs out at the cost of approx £20.

Ideally I'm looking for a deal which gives me some sort of deal when calling or texting my parents abroad, and which also incorporates free texts and minutes and costs me less than £30 a month. I have had my current phone for approx 18 months (six months over the length of the contract) so i know that I am now due an upgrade, but I find t-mobile fairly useless and would rather go to another company. My current phone is a Nokia 6310 (I think?) and I would ideally like a new handset, i prefer nokia as they are easy to use, but am open to suggestions.

Hopefully someone can give me some advice on which company can offer me the best deal.