Baja California has one of the most modern and efficient telephone systems in the country; the Company that offers the service of telephone communications is TELNOR. All over the State there are public Phones, from where you can make International and National long distances calls with automatic charge or by operator. These Phones accept Mexican coins, as well as U.S. twenty-five cent coins. Prepaid long distance calling cards are available, and can be purchased at the airport and at many commercial establishments. To call from the United States to Baja California, one must dial 011-52, the city area code, followed by the seven-digit local Phone number. Calls from Baja California to any part of the world can be made from any telephone that can access "lada" or the country phone code.

To dial follow these steps:
• To dial within Mexico: 01+ area code + number
• To dial to the U.S.A and Canada: 001+area code+ number
• For International Long Distance dial: 00 + country code + city code + number
Operator Assisted Long Distance phone calls: Within Mexico dial 020, International dial 090
• For collect calls to the U.S.A dial: 091 +city code + number (020 or 090 for operator assistance)
For local information (bilingual operator) dial: 040

For example:
• U.S.A.: 001 + area code + 6 or 7 digit number
• Mexico: 01 + area code + 7 digit number
• Rest of the world: 001 + country code + number

To make a call, verify the country, city and number that you wish to call.

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