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Phone Italy from a UK Landline
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- From just 1p per min
Call landlines in Italy
Access number 0844 759 7771
Call mobiles in Italy
Access number 0871 537 7771
Calls to landlines 1p per min
Calls to mobiles 6p per min
InstantTalk Connection Fee: 13.1p from a BT line.
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Ask bill payer's permission before using the service. Calls are billed per minute & apply from the moment of connection. The charge is incurred even if the destination number is engaged or the call is not answered. Service provider: Core Telecommunications International Limited.
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Phone Italy from a UK Landline or Mobile
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Call numbers in Italy
Access number 020 8497 8811
Calls to landlines 1p per min
Calls to mobiles 10p per min
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Ask bill payer's permission before using the service. Topup by SMS costs £5 or £10 + standard SMS fee. Calls charged per minute & apply from the moment of connection. Calls to 02 numbers cost UK standard rate and can be used as a part of inclusive minutes. For SMS customers, credit is automatically topped up by the same amount as your last credit purchase (£5 or £10) when the balance is low. To unsubscribe simply text STOP to 80077 or 67400 at any time. Service provider: Story Telecom Ltd. Tel: 020 8497 9210.
Major cities in Italy
Genova / Milan (Milano) / Naples (Napoli) / Palermo / Rome / Torino
How to call Italy
Once you have dialed the access number above, then dial: 00 39 followed by the destination number you're calling.
Fixed line operators in Italy include Telecom Italia, Infostrada, Tele2, FASTWEB and Tiscali. Mobile network operators include TIM, Vodafone Italy, WIND and 3.
More Information about Italy
Times to call
London is a mere one hour behind the Italian capital of Rome, so you shouldn't have any difficulties getting in touch with your loved ones. For example, if you call at 9:00am in the UK, you'll be reaching Italy at 10:00am.
National Holidays
Although here in the UK we only get 9, Italy is lucky enough to have 12 public holidays throughout 2011. These include Assumption Day on August 15th, All Saints Day on November 1st, and St Stephen's Day on December 26th.
Interesting Italy Phone Facts
A report from December 2009 shows that Italy had 90.61 million mobile phone subscribers, totalling in at a massive 151.35 percent pentration rate.
There are four main mobile networks throughout Italy, including TIM (30.4 million subscribers), Vodafone (29.99), Wind (17.9) and 3 (8.93). Other, not so popular networks include CoopVoice, PosteMobile and Fastweb Mobile.
A comScore report from May 2011 shows that on average, 8.5% of mobile phone users in Italy accessed bank accounts via their smartphone. In addition, 5.1% accessed credit cards, and 5.2% accessed electronic payments.
Nokia is the most popular mobile phone vendor in Italy, and Italy is also amongst the top 5 countries downloading the Finns' free Ovi Maps GPS application.
Italian Embassy in the UK
14, Three Kings Yard
Davies Street
London W1Y 2EH
Tel: 020 7312 2200
Languages spoken
Although not declared an "official language", the main language of Italy is Italian. However, there are a number of foreign languages spoken throughout the country including: English, French and German.
Local area codes for destinations in Italy
- Ancona - 71
- Bari - 80
- Bergamo - 35
- Biella - 15
- Bologna - 51
- Brescia - 30
- Cagliari - 70
- Catania - 95
- Como - 31
- Firenze - 55
- Genova - 10
- Messina - 90
- Milano - 2
- Modena - 59
- Monza - 39
- Napoli - 81
- Padova - 49
- Palermo - 91
- Perugia - 75
- Pescara - 85
- Pisa - 50
- Roma - 6
- Salerno - 89
- Sassari - 79
- Savona - 19
- Taranto - 99
- Torino - 11
- Trieste - 40
- Venezia (Mestre) - 41
- Verona - 45