Telecommunications

Cyprus telecommunications are great! If you come from the UK you will not believe the cost for phoning a UK mobile from a Cypriot mobile – it is so cheap! Whatever you do, get a Cypriot mobile if you plan to be making many calls back home. They are quite inexpensive. According to the statistics, 250 countries and more than 95% of the world's telephones can be reached via the direct dialing network. Call charges are among the lowest in Europe.

Public telephones are available almost everywhere. Many of these only accept charge cards, which are available at shops, stores and post offices. There are two kinds of network, CYTA is the biggest. The country dialling code is +357. Internet access in Cyprus can be obtained through dialup service, cable modem, dedicated lines and DSL. Broadband is increasingly widely available in homes as well as in the workplace. For internet, the Cyprus country suffix is .cy