Making phone calls on Macbook Pro not working

Hello,
I have a Macbook Pro 15" late 2013 model which I have updated to Yosemite along with an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.1
I cannot seem to make phone calls off my Macbook Pro, it just says 'call failed' try again. The screen on my iPhone does not change to the calling screen, nothing happens on the iPhone.
However, I can receive incoming calls, both FaceTime audio, FaceTime video and normal cellular calls on the Macbook Pro. I just cannot make cellular calls off my mac.
All my settings are correct, same Wifi, bluetooth all turned on. Same apple ID, cellular setting under FaceTime turn on both mac and iPhone.
Obiviously it is correct because i can answer phone calls on the macbook, but for some odd reason, my macbook doesn't seem to be communicating with the iPhone when i try to make calls off the macbook.
Please help, thanks in advance.

It's possible that it's burned out.
I'd try a SMC reset following these instructions:
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