This section deals with various kinds of communications – from public telephones to WI-FI hotspots in Budapest.
Find here where you can check your e-mail while in Budapest, how to place international and local calls, how to recharge your account with a mobile operator and which internet provider to use.
Dialing rules
International Calls:
Dial the international access code (00), the country code, the area code and the subscriber's number. See international country calling codes
Local Calls:
Budapest numbers have seven digits.
To call from a landline phone to a mobile phone dial:
- 06 30 (T-Mobile),
- 06 20 (Pannon GSM),
- 06 70 (Vodafone) and the 7-digit subscriber's number.
To call from a mobile phone to landline phone dial 06 1 and the phone number.
Domestic (long distance) Calls:
Inside Hungary dial the national access code (06), the area code, and the subscriber's number.
Public phones
Public phones in cafes are operated by 20-, 50- and 100-forint coins or T-Com (telecommunications company) phone cards.
Most public phones operate with phone cards available at newsstands, tobacco shops, post offices, supermarkets and hotels.
All card-operated public phones in Budapest are callable. You'll find the number in the phone booth.