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Telephone numbers in Vatican City

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Telephone numbers in Vatican City
Location
CountryVatican City
ContinentEurope
RegulatorVatican Telephone Service
Typeopen
Format06 698xxxxx
Access codes
Country code39 (Italy)
379 (not in use)
International access00
Long-distanceNone

Telephone numbers in Vatican City are integrated into the Italian telephone numbering plan. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has assigned country code 379 to Vatican City,[1] but it is not in use.

Vatican telephone numbers are in the form 06 698xxxxx, where 06 the area code for Rome, which surrounds Vatican City. For dialing calls within Vatican City or to Italian destinations the area code must be dialed.

The telecommunications provider of Vatican City is the Vatican Telephone Service (part of the Governorate's Department of Telecommunications since 2002).[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "List of ITU-T recommendation E.164 - assigned country codes" (PDF). International Telecommunication Union. p. 5. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Vatican Telephone Service". Vatican City. Retrieved 7 May 2017.