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900 99 09 72
New Zealand
900 99 00 64
UK for BT
900 99 00 44
USA for AT&T
900 99 00 11, for Sprint and various others
900 99 00 13
MOBILE PHONES
Spain uses GSM 900/1800, which is compatible with the rest of Europe and Aus-
tralia but not with the North American GSM 1900 or the system used in Japan.
From those countries, you will need to travel with a tri-band or quadric-band phone.
On 1 July 2010, the EU's new Roaming Regulation came into force. It reduced
roaming charges and set in place measures designed to prevent travellers from
running up massive bills. Check with your mobile provider for more information.
PHONE CODES
Mobile (cell) phone numbers start with 6. Numbers starting with 900 are national
toll-free numbers, while those starting 901 to 905 come with varying costs. A com-
mon one is 902, which is a national standard rate number, but which can only be di-
alled from within Spain. In a similar category are numbers starting with 800, 803,
806 and 807.
International access code :
00
Spain country code :
34
Local area codes : None (these are incorporated into listed numbers).
PHONECARDS
Cut-rate prepaid phonecards can be good value for international calls. They can be
bought from estancos (tobacconists), small grocery stores, locutorios (private call
centres) and news-stands in the main cities and tourist resorts. If possible, try to
compare rates because some are better than others. Many of the private operators
offer better deals than those offered by Telefónica. Locutorios that specialise in cut-
rate overseas calls have popped up all over the place in bigger cities. Again, com-
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