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Italy has no area codes as such. The regional 'code' is an integral part of the telephone number and is used both within and from outside the area.
To phone Italy from abroad, use your local international access code + the country code (39) + area code + number.
| Dial Code: | 39 | Dialling Out: | 00 |
Most Italian phone jacks are now the standard RJ-11 socket. Some older jacks are sill around - you need to pick up a special adaptor from an electronics store if you need one to plug into the old-fashioned three-prong socket; such an adaptor will have the three prongs to go into the wall and the RJ-11 socket on the other side for you to insert a cable.
Italy has one of the highest levels of mobile phone penetration in Europe, and there are four main companies through which you can get a temporary or prepaid account if you already own a GSM, dual- or tri-band cellular phone. You will usually need your passport to open an account. Always check with your mobile service provider in your home country to ascertain whether your handset allows use of another SIM card (usually they do not). If yours does, it can cost as little as EUR 10.00 to activate a local prepaid SIM card (sometimes with EUR 10.00 worth of calls on the card!).
Of the four main mobile phone companies TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) and Vodafone-Omnitel have the densest networks of outlets across the country.
| Mobile network: | GSM 900/1800 |
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