How do I call Germany from the USA?
According to the Federal Communications Commission, the number of international phone calls placed from within the United States has skyrocketed from about 200 million a year to more than 6 billion a year since 1990. Calling Germany from the U.S. isn’t difficult, but you might want to explore calling and payment options to save money on your calls.DialingCalling overseas requires dialing specific calling code. An exit code, a country code and an area code all come before the phone number itself. To call Germany, you must dial 011 for the exit code, then 49 for the country code, followed by a three-digit area code and the three- to nine-digit phone number. You can look up Germany’s area codes on the Internet.CostsCalling Germany can be expensive. According to the FCC, calls to a Western European country can be billed by your phone company at a basic rate between $1.77 and $2.77 per minute in 2010. To cut down on that cost, you have several options: Purchase an international-calling plan