Local information/Communications

[edit] Communications

Public phones

There are two types of public phones: coined operated and card operated. The card operated phones are much more common and are found almost at every street. They are operated by three major companies; Nile Telecome, Minatel, Ringo. These public phones require you to insert a special pre-paid card to dial.

Dialing codes

International calls

To place calls to numbers outside of Egypt, you must dial international call prefix first (+ or 00), the destination's country code, followed by area code and the local number.

Domestic calls

To make domestic calls to any where inside Alexandria, you do not need an area code. If you are calling some one outside Alexandria, you need the area code starts with 0.

Calling mobile phones

When calling a mobile phone you need to enter the companies code first; Vodafone 010 or 016, Mobinil 012 or 018 and Etislat 011. Landline to mobile phone call rate is more expensive than mobile to mobile phone call rate, which is more expensive than landline to landline phone call rate.

Internet

Ethernet

Some hotels may provide free internet connection service. There are many ISPs for the dial-up internet.

Wireless

Some restaurants, hotels and most cafés provide free wireless internet service.