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Telephones

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International calls are no longer very expensive from Brazil. And now that more private phone companies are appearing, there's more competition and prices are becoming lower. However, this has also meant that making a phone call has become more complicated. If you call from abroad, you still normally dial +55 followed by the area code (ex. 21 for Rio or 11 for Sao Paulo) and then the number. Should the phone be busy, you won't hear the usual engaged tone. A recorded message tells you that the caller can not be reached and gives the friendly advice that you should try later. For those who do not understand Portuguese, this may be confusing. It is often confused with a strange answering machine or / and your fax machine doesn't know what to do with it. Calling within Brazil also has its complications: Different telephone companies are now offering their services and in each city you must choose the most appropriate one of them so you have to specify first through whom you will place the call. To make things easier, we suggest to use always the operating company code 21. It operates throughout Brazil whereas all the others options vary from each location.

Examples :
- You are in Rio and you want to phone to Sao Paulo on a mobile : You dial 0, then the company code , then you dial 11 (eleven stands for the area code São Paulo) followed by the number.
- You want to phone to France from your mobile : You dial 00 (the company code ) 33 followed by the number.

Ok, now it gets better : You are in Rio and want to call the neighbouring town of Petropolis , which is in the state of Rio and has the same area code 021. Now you dial 0 21 21 (first 21 for the operator, then you dial 21 for the area code) plus the number. It is amazing, even though you are calling from the same area with the same code, you still need to dial the area code. Only the locals seem to understand how it all works. If that is not confusing enough, with mobile phones none of the above rules apply as again there are different companies here again.

Examples :
You are in Rio and you want to phone to Sao Paulo on a mobile : You dial the company code , then you dial 011 (eleven stands for the area code São Paulo) followed by the number.
- You want to phone to France from your mobile : You dial 00 (the company code ) 33 followed by the number.

The important difference to some European countries is that the codes for mobiles are not the same all over the country. That is, if you call your friend who has his mobile in Rio too, you just dial the eight-digit number. If your friend bought his mobile in another city, in Salvador for instance, you dial 071, the code for Salvador, and then the eight digit number.

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Collect Calls

You can make a collect call (local or international) just by dialing 9090 in front of the number. You always have to dial the area code, even when it is a local call.

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Public Phone

You can make international and national phone calls from Telephone Offices, which are found in every town. The phones found in the street, nicknamed "big ears", work with phone cards, which are widely available.

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Other Services

The bigger post offices have fax services, and telegrams can be sent from and received in every office.

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Calling though the operators

If all this just sounds too much and you are unable to seek local advice, you may decide to pay the extra to make a call through the operator. For international operating information dial 000333. For the international operator dial 000111. We suggest going through the international operator in your own country for collect calls. This can be done by dialing 00080 then the country code; for example, to call England collect dial 00080 44 and you will be connected to the international operator in England. For Italy dial 00080 39.

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OperatorAssisted Access Codes

ARGENTINA (UON) (UON) (UOS) (UOS) (UOS)	000 8054 000 800 5411 000 800 5421 000 800 5422 000 800 5423
AUSTRALIA	000 800 61 12 000 800 61 13
BELGIUM	000 800 3211 000 800 3212 000 800 3213
BOLIVIA	000 8059 111
CANADA	000 8014
CHILE (ENTEL) (CTC MUNDO)	000 8056 000 8037
CHINA	000 8086
COLOMBIA	000 800 2233 8376 (UIFN) 000 8057
COSTA RICA	000 8050 611 000 800 225 25114(UIFN)
DENMARK	000 8045
FINLAND	000 803 5811
FRANCE	000 8033
GERMANY	000 800 0049 0049 (UIFN) 000 8049
GREECE	000 800 30 11
HONG KONG	000 8085 212 000 8085 211
HUNGARY	000 800 3611 000 800 3612
ISRAEL (GOLDEN LINES) (GOLDEN LINES) (GOLDEN LINES) (BELZEQ)	000 80 972 21 000 80 972 22 000 80 972 23 000 80 972 11
ITALY	000 800 3911 000 800 3912 000 800 3913
JAPAN (KDD) (KDD) (TELECOM) (TELECOM) (IDC) (IDC)	000 800 8111 000 800 8112 000 800 8141 000 800 8143 000 800 8132 000 800 8131
LUXEMBOURG	000 803 5211 000 803 5212 000 803 5213
MEXICO	000 800 5211
MONACO	000 8033
NETHERLANDS	000 8031
NEW ZEALAND	000 800 6411
NICARAGUA	000 8019
NORWAY	000 800 4712 000 800 4713
PANAMA	000 805 0711
PARAGUAY	000 8018
PERU	000 800 4652 7378 (UIFN) 000 8051 000 800 5112
PHILIPPINES (I) (PLDT)	000 800 63 11
POLAND	000 800 4811
PORTUGAL (7)	000 8035 112 000 800 0351 0351(UIFN)
PUERTO RICO (TLD)	000 8078 721
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	000 800 0711 000 800 0713
SINGAPORE	000 800 6512 000 800 6513
SOUTH AFRICA	000 800 2711
SOUTH KOREA (KT) (KT) (KT) (DACOM) (DACOM) (DACOM)	000 800 8211 000 800 8212 000 800 8213 000 800 8221 000 800 8222 000 800 8223
SPAIN (2)	000 8034
SWITZERLAND	000 800 4112 000 800 4113
SWEDEN	000 800 4612
TAIWAN	000 8088
URUGUAY URUGUAY	000 8059 811 000 8059 813
UNITED KINGDOM (BT) (C&W)	000 8044 000 800 44 22
USA (3) (MCI) (WORLDCOM) (SPRINT) (ATT)	000 8012 000 8011 000 8016 000 8010
VENEZUELA	000 8058

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