Payphones | Mobile Phones | International and National Calls | Internet
Finland is famous for its mobile phones and Internet connections: a mobile phone is as common as a wrist watch and over 75% of the population uses computer.
Payphones
In Finland it is almost impossible to find payphones nowadays when almost everyone has his/her own mobile phone.
Payphones take 50 cent, 1 EUR and 2 EUR coins or more often these days operate with telephone cards. The telephone card costs about 6-20 EUR. The cards can be bought for example in R-kiosks.
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Mobile Phones
Mobile phones (matkapuhelin or kännykkä) are very common in Finland, as you will come to notice. The phones and connections are sold separately and so it is easy to buy a mobile connection card to your phone.
The nationwide network operators offer prepaid cards that are very popular among young people (and recommended for exchange students). The cards can be bought in almost all places that sell mobile phones, but the easiest place to get one is the R-kiosk. Prepaid mobile phone card means that the calling time is already paid; you will not have telephone bills or any monthly or user payments.
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International and National Calls
You can dial most countries directly from Finland. For a list of these countries, codes and charges, you should check the phone book (or network operators´ websites). There are three long distance companies and their prices vary slightly.
To call to Finland, dial:
International exit code
Country code for Finland: 358
Area code without the general prefix 0
Subscriber’s number
To call from Finland, dial:
International exit code: 00 (general) or 999 (ElisaCom) or 990 (TeliaSonera Finland) or 996 (Finnet)
Country code
Area code (usually without the general prefix 0, however, it is needed when calling e.g. to Italy)
Subscriber’s number
Calling inside Finland from one city to another, dial:
Area code with the general prefix 0
(03 = Pirkanmaa area, 09 = Helsinki area and so on)
Subscriber’s number
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Internet
Computers with Internet connections are quite readily available, for example in public libraries, some bigger post offices, and there are also special Internet cafés in almost every city. PIRAMK University of Applied Sciences offers computer and Internet services to its students also in the evenings.
More information about the Internet points in Tampere: www.tampere.fi/english/tourism
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