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Communications: Cell Phone Dialing Guide

Basic Calling Information

  • Mobile phone numbers in Italy contain ten digits. The first digit is always "3", and is part of a three-digit prefix that indicates the cellular carrier of the destination mobile phone number. 
  • When calling a mobile phone from within Italy, simply dial the mobile phone prefix ("3xx") + remaining seven digits of mobile phone number. There is no preceding access code.
  • When making an international call to a mobile phone in Italy, dial: Italy's country code [39] + mobile phone prefix ("3xx") + remaining seven digits of mobile phone number.
Calling Examples
Fixed line to Mobile Phone Mobile Phone to Fixed Line Mobile Phone to
Mobile Phone

Local Calls
Dial the mobile phone prefix* + mobile phone number

Example
A call from a fixed line in Rome to a Wind Telecomunicazioni mobile phone in Rome:
32X* + remaining seven digits of mobile phone number

Local Calls
Dial the local number

Example
A call from a mobile phone in Rome to a fixed line in Rome:
Dial the ten-digit local number

Local Calls
Dial the mobile phone prefix* + mobile phone number

Example
A call from a mobile phone in Rome to a Wind Telecommunicazioni mobile phone in Rome:
32X* + remaining seven digits of mobile phone number

Long Distance
Dial the mobile phone prefix* + remaining mobile phone number

Example
A call from a fixed line in Rome to a Wind Telecomunicazioni mobile phone in Milan:
32X* + remaining seven digits of mobile phone number

Long Distance
Dial local number

Example
A call from a mobile phone in Rome to a fixed line in Milan: 
Dial the ten-digit local number

Long Distance
Dial the mobile phone prefix* + mobile phone number

Example
A call from a mobile phone in Rome to a Wind Telecomunicazioni mobile phone in Milan:
32X* + remaining seven digits of local cell phone number

International Calls
Dial Italy's IAC + country code of country being dialed + area code or mobile phone prefix + mobile phone number**

Example
A call from a fixed line in Italy to a mobile phone in San Francisco, US:
00 + [1] + (415) + seven-digit mobile phone number**

International Calls
Dial Italy's IAC + country code of country being dialed + area code + local number**

Example
A call from a mobile phone in Italy to a fixed line in San Francisco, US:
00 + [1] + (415) + seven-digit local number**

International Calls
Dial Italy's IAC + country code of country being dialed + area code or mobile phone prefix + mobile phone number**

Example
A call from a mobile phone in Italy to a mobile phone in San Francisco, US:
00 + [1] + (415) + seven-digit mobile phone number

*The mobile phone prefix is a three-digit number and always starts with "3".

**Calling a mobile phone number or fixed line in some countries from outside those countries may require a different procedure from the one shown here. Refer to the Cell Phone Dialing Guide or Dialing Guide for the country you are calling.