How Do You Make A Collect Call From A Telephone In Brazil?
Making a collect call from a telephone in Brazil isn’t hard, even though you will only get recorded instructions for local and long distance calls. Difficulty: AverageTime Required: 5 minutesHere’s How: • Before you call, check the number – all telephone numbers in Brazil have eight digits. To place a long distance call, you will need a two-digit area code and an operadora (telephone company) two-digit code. Some popular operadoras are Embratel (code 21) and Telefonica (code 15). • Pick up the receiver and make sure you get a long, continuous dial tone. • To make a local call, dial: 9090 + eight-digit telephone number • To make a long distance call, dial: 90 +operadora code + two-digit city code + eight-digit telephone number For example, to call Angra dos Reis (area code 24) collect via Telefonica (code 15), you would dial 90 – 15 – 24 + the eight-digit number in Angra. • After you dial a local or long distance collect call, you will hear an eight-note tune, twice. That means someone
