Vatican Telephone Service

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The Vatican Telephone Service was first officially established in 1930. [1] In 2002, it became part of the Governorate's Department of Telecommunication and oversees all telecommunications needs of Vatican City. [2]

The assigned telephone code/country code for Vatican City is +379. But this code is not used. Instead, the Vatican city uses the country code +39 of Italy and assigns phone numbers starting with 698 within the regional code 06 for Rome.

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References

  1. "Vatican City". encyclopedia.com . Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. "Vatican Telephone Service". Vatican City State . Retrieved 30 September 2015.