Telecommunications
Telephone communications are reasonably efficient
and, within the kingdom, extremely cheap.
To call abroad direct from a private phone dial 001
for the international line. Note that as in many countries in Asia the
international line is 001, not 00. For operator assisted calls dial 13, or 100
for English language assistance. Collect calls can be made at any of the
government post offices around Bangkok.
Many companies and other organisations have more
than one line, and it seems that the system has not yet mastered the art of
having multiple lines with one number. You will therefore frequently encounter
the annoying habit of listing several telephone numbers for a single
subscriber, or showing the range of numbers with a hyphen (-). If you see a
number such as 123-4567-9, it means that you can call 123-4567 or
123-4568 or 123-4569.
All Bangkok numbers begin 02. Mobile numbers begin
01 or 09.
Useful Numbers
- Police 191
- Fire 199
- Ambulance 255 1333-6
- Tourist service 1155
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