IDD 0060 Budget Home Connect Service

With IDD 0060 Budget Home Connect Service, you can make calls from overseas back to Hong Kong or other overseas destinations at competitive IDD rates without worrying about expensive mobile roaming charges.

You just need to pre-set the Budget Home Connect number to an overseas mobile or fixed-line number. While abroad, you can make calls back to Hong Kong or other overseas destinations through the service connection system, and stay in constant contact with friends, family and business partners.

The service is easy to use and, together with the IDD 0060 International Call Forwarding Service, you can receive calls from Hong Kong while abroad and enjoy superior voice quality at economical IDD rates.
  • Save expensive mobile roaming charges.
  • One consolidated statement for an at-a-glance summary of all your international calls.
  • If you call 2808 8038 from the registered fixed-line or mobile phone number to change your settings, there is no need to enter your Budget Home Connect number.
  • The PIN can be disabled by changing "PIN and related setting", so that you can directly access the menu when you call 2808 8038 from the fixed-line or mobile phone that you have registered.
  • Please remember to connect your Budget Home Connect number to an overseas telephone number before leaving Hong Kong.
  • You can call long distance to +852 2808 8038 from abroad to set or change the overseas telephone number to which the service is to be connected.
HKT Consumer Service Hotline: 1000

The above service is provided by Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT) Limited, the use of which is subject to the General Conditions of Services and any applicable Special Conditions of Services of Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT) Limited and any other terms and conditions set out herein. Copies of such conditions are available upon request
Initial Setup/Connect to Overseas Phone Number

  1. Call 2808 8038 from the registered fixed-line or mobile phone.
  2. Select language.
  3. Input a four- to six-digit PIN of your choice.
  4. Press [1] to register an overseas mobile or fixed-line telephone number (country/territory code + area code + local telephone number + [#]) to which you wish to connect the Budget Home Connect number.
  5. Press [#][#] to activate Budget Home Connect Service.
  6. Press [3] to end call.
Using the Service
To call from overseas back to Hong Kong or other destinations is simple and convenient.

  1. Make an IDD call to connect to the Budget Home Connect number
    (No charge for this call).
    Eg., make the call from China
    Press [00] + [852] + Budget Home Connect number 8xxx xxxx
  2. Hang up after connecting the call.
  3. Later, answer the call being connected by the system.
  4. Calling from Hong Kong: Key in eight-digit Hong Kong phone number.
    Calling from other destinations: Key in 0060 + country/territory code + area code + local telephone number, then press [#].
    (Only successful calls will be charged)
Other Functions
You can also use other functions by calling 2808 8038 and following the voice prompt.

  1. Press [#] [#] to activate/deactivate Budget Home Connect Service.
  2. Press [*] [*] to change other settings.
    • Press [1] to change overseas number to be connected
    • Press [2] to change PIN and related settings
    • Press [3] to change selected language
    • Press [5] to change the currently registered fixed-line or mobile phone number (must call from your currently registered phone number)
    • Press [7] to preset short-code for overseas telephone numbers
Note: Pre-set up to 10 short-codes for overseas numbers [*][0] to [*][9] and avoid re-entering frequently used overseas numbers.