Do Your e-call

Iran is among the first five countries which have had a growth rate of over 20 percent and the highest level of development in telecommunication. Little wonder she bagged the UNESCO Special Certificate for providing telecommunication services to rural areas. Iran has a population of 75 million of which 57% are under the age of 25. To meet up with this teeming population, there were more than 52,000 rural offices, providing telecom services to the villages across the country as at 2008. This advancement in Iranian telecommunication saw the number of fixed telephone lines soaring above 24 million. All these reflect that there are so many phone users in Iran, therefore, to necessitate easy communication at reduced prices for this teeming population of phone users, an adequate supply of prepaid calling cards is essential.

There are so many Iran prepaid calling cards online that can be used to make calls within and outside Iran. Now here is a general guide on how to purchase it online.
1. Log on to a reputable calling card provider’s website
2. If it is your first time, you will be prompted to create an account with the company. After creating the account, you can now log in using your username and password.
3. A page will be displayed containing a list of the various international phone cards connected to your country and the call cost. Remember to take out time to check out the card’s expiration date. It should range from 60 days to 180 days.
4. Click on the “Buy Now” button to complete your transaction.
5. Dial the Toll Free Number (1-800) or the local access number provided by the calling card company.
6. Now enter the PIN number of your phone card.
7. Enter the destination number which must include the country code, area code and telephone number of the person you intend calling.

In Step 7 above, inclusion of the country code, area code and telephone number of the person you intend calling is very important. This is because for the number you are dialing to be recognized internationally by the telecom facilities, it must be in this format.
The country code is usually 1 to 3 digits. It allows you to call one country from another country. For Iran, the country code is 98. On the other hand, the area code is usually 2 to 3 digits and it represents the telephone code for the city you are calling. Check on the internet for a list of all Iranian area codes. Finally, the phone number is which is usually 7 to 8 digits, represents the exclusive phone number of the person you are calling. For instance if you come across an international number like this one, 009-447-xxxxxxxx, you now know what each part represents. 009 represent the country code, 447 represents the area code and xxxxxxxx represents the phone number of the person.
Note: xxxxxxxx was used in this context instead of numbers to avoid publishing on the internet a phone number that may belong to someone somewhere. Also note that when dialing, it is not necessary to separate the country code, area code and phone number by the dash sign i.e. (-).

Summarily, with the complete Iran dialing code, you can make your internationals call to Iran from anywhere in the world.

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