Title: What You Need to Know About International Phone Calls
Headings: Making International Phone Calls: Tips for Travelers
Making International Phone Calls: Tips for Travelers
Anatomy of a European Phone Number - Breaking the Telephone Code
Making the International Phone Call
Dialing North America from Europe
Calling from Country to Country in Europe
Problem Solving Calling Abroad
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Content: If you were within Italy using a phone with an Italian SIM card, you'd simply dial the number: 055 294883. Dialing North America from Europe
Simple. To call home, just dial 001, then the American number (area code, then a local number). The 00 is the direct dialing prefix, and the 1 is the country code for North America (Canada and the US). Calling from Country to Country in Europe
For making calls in Europe from country to country you can use your U.S. mobile phone with roaming, which is often expensive so check with your carrier. You can buy a cheap cell phone in Europe with a local SIM, or, if you have an unlocked cell phone and are planning multiple country vacations, you can get a sim card in most countries from a store or kiosk. If you just make local calls and receive email, a SIM card with 20 or 30 euro credit will probably do. In some countries, you can drop the area code if dialing landline to landline within the same area code. In other countries, you have to dial the full number.