[header] How to call the philippines from the united states [title] Dial 011. [step] Pick up your phone receiver and listen for the dial tone before you dial, or turn on your mobile phone and launch the phone app. You first dial 011 because this is the international call prefix or international access code for the united states. 
[substeps] Any time you want to call a number abroad from the u.s., you dial this number first to indicate that you're making an international call. Every country as its own international call prefix that must be dialled before such a call can be made.