Hide Caller ID In Spain

Block Caller ID

It seems that many people have inquired about how to hide their number when making telephone calls within Spain. It’s very easy to do.

For mobiles, there is normally a  permanent option normally via a menu section to hide the caller ID (“Ocultar Número” or “Envío ident. llamante” if your phone is in Spanish). If you just want to hide the number before a particular call, then dial #31# before the number you want to dial on your mobile.

For landlines, simply dial 067 before the number you want to call and your number will be hidden. Simple!

I hope this helps. I have tried this with a mobile phone on the Orange network and it works just as well.

Landlines In The Campo

The Vodafone shop in the “La Trocha” shopping centre in Coín can help you set it up and they have English speaking staff, which is a bonus if you don’t speak much Spanish. Maybe now it’s time to start saying “Adiós Telefónica”!

And for those of you that DO have a regular landline and Internet, you should consider the possibility of using VOIP to make cheaper telephone calls. The Federal Communications Commission defines VoIP as “a technology that allows you to make voice calls using a broadband Internet connection instead of a regular phone line.” Certain VoIP providers may limit you to calling only people using the same service, but others open it up to anyone with a phone number – local, long distance, international and mobiles. Some services now include VoIP adapters for use on regular phones too.

As a final mention, something worthy of note is the Blog by Javier Prenafeta. He states regarding this service: ‘the quality of this service compared to a land line is not the same, there can be problems with coverage, outgoing calls will display the mobile number (not the associated land line number), and the price of calls to non-geographical numbers is a lot higher than normally expected with a land line.’