| Telecommunication services in Greece now give their | | | | carrier many customers who choose this option will |
| consumers modern services that allow people to talk | | | | get a monthly bill from each company. Examples of |
| and communicate through landlines, high speed internet | | | | companies that offer fixed line telecommunication are |
| and mobile phones. In the last 10 years Greece has | | | | OTE, ACN, NetOne and Tellas. |
| made a tremendous effort to upgrade its | | | | Mobile phone service in Greece is supplied by 4 major |
| telecommunication structure throughout the country. | | | | carriers in the country. These companies are |
| This has enabled services like DSL to be widely | | | | CosmOTE, Vodafone, Telestet and Q Telecom. All of |
| available to a large portion of the Greek population. | | | | the cell phone companies offer a selection of prepaid |
| If you do not have phone service and are applying for | | | | service and subscription service. People who use |
| the first time, you will probably need to apply to the | | | | prepaid options are those that do not use their mobile |
| Hellenic Telecommunications Organization for a landline. | | | | phones very much and do not want an extra monthly |
| This company is supplies the phone service for first | | | | expense. You can still get paid up service even if you |
| time applicants. To begin the process you will need to | | | | already own a cell phone. Subscription mobile service is |
| either call the OTE (Hellenic Telecommunications | | | | when the consumer buys a plan that has a set |
| Organization) or visit in person. To apply, you will need | | | | amount of phone minutes and pays for that plan every |
| to provide a tax I.D. number and an official photo I.D. | | | | month. Always check to see which mobile phone |
| There is usually a one- time charge for starting your | | | | company offers the service you need for the lowest |
| phone service. OTE monthly service includes such | | | | price. Some mobile prefixes are 694, 697 and 699. |
| things as call forwarding, call waiting and voice mail as | | | | When you are outside the country of Greece and |
| standard options. Once a consumer has the OTE | | | | wish to place a call into the country you will need to |
| service activated then they are allowed a choice of | | | | dial the International Phone Code for Greece which is |
| selecting a separate phone carrier. There are over 15 | | | | 30. The local Greek city area telephone code number |
| companies in the country that offer landline services. | | | | for the city you wish to reach will follow the 30 for |
| Because of the option of selecting a secondary phone | | | | connection. |