Phone Use and Emergencies in Hungary

Country code: 36

Area codes:

Budapest area code: 1 + 7 digit phone number

The rest of the country: two-digit area code + 6 digit phone number (Ex. Zebra Taxi, Kecskemet: 76-444-444; 76 being the area code for Kecskemet, 444-444 the cab company’s phone number.)

Cell phones: two digit company code (the equivalent of an area code on the land-line) + 7 digit phone number.

There are three major cell phone providers in Hungary: Pannon GSM, T-Mobile and Vodafone. They have their individual default area codes: Pannon GSM – 20, T-Mobile – 30, and Vodafone – 70. Note, however, that they now offer free number portability, so someone with a 20 area code may well be a T-Mobile or Vodafone user now.

NOTE: There are a few special area codes:

40 – it counts as a local call (Blue Number)

80 – toll free (Green Number)

90 – very, very expensive!

International calls:

On a land-line: 00 + country code + area code + telephone number

On a cell phone: ’+’ (plus sign) + country code + area code + telephone number; OR, the same way as with the landlines, by dialing 00 (double zero) and then the numbers.

Long distance calls:

On landlines or when calling from a cell phone, dial 06 + area code + telephone number. (Ex. If you were to call the Kecskemet based Zebra Taxi from Budapest, you would dial 06-76-444-444.)

Local calls:

When you are making a local call on landlines, you don’t need to dial an area code, just simply the seven-digit number in Budapest, or the six digit phone numbers in the rest of the country.

USEFUL NUMBERS

Valid throughout Europe:

General emergency number 112

Directory enquiries 118

Emergencies Nationwide:

Emergency ambulance service 104

Fire emergency 105

Police response 107

Auto club 188

Non-emergency ambulance services in Budapest:

Trauma Hospital 299-7700

Fonix SOS Ambulance Service 200-0100

National Hematological Institute 466-6437

Quote from the Overseas Security Advisory Council’s (OSAC) "Hungary 2007 Crime & Safety Report”

Police Response

The Hungarian Economics Ministry and the Hungarian National Police have set up a hotline for tourists who are scammed at restaurants and clubs. The hotline number is 438-8080, with calls taken between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., with English and German language capability. A tourism information line operating 24 hours a day can be reached toll-free at 06-806-60-044 from within Hungary and at 605-50-044 from abroad.

Further Information

U.S. citizens are encouraged to report any situations where they are the victims of personal crime in Hungary to U.S. Embassy Budapest. The telephone numbers are 475-4400 (ask for American Citizen Services) during regular business hours, and 475-4703 after hours and on weekends. The Regional Security Office can be contacted at 475-4918.

For the full report and relevant articles, please visit the OSAC webpage here.

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NOTE: We try too keep our information updated, but for your safety, always double-check crucial data before leaving your country.

Roaming: lower texting costs abroad

Roaming: Commission acts to cut cost of texting and mobile data services abroad

Mobile phone users can expect the cost of sending text messages from abroad in the EU to be much cheaper next summer. The European Commission today proposed to reduce the price of roaming text messages by 60% as of 1 July 2009. EU citizens travelling in other EU countries should pay no more than €0.11 per SMS compared to the current EU average of €0.29. The Commission also wants to improve transparency for surfing the web and downloading data on a mobile phone while abroad: consumers used to cheaper data services at home should be better protected against roaming "bill shocks" that can run to thousands of euro. The proposals will now be submitted to the European Parliament and Council, who must agree before they become law.

Calling home becomes cheaper again

Roaming prices: Calling home becomes cheaper again – but not (yet) texting across borders

On 30 August, it will become cheaper to make or receive calls while travelling in the EU. The price ceiling for roaming calls (the Eurotariff) introduced by the EU in 2007 will fall from €0.49 to €0.46 per minute (excluding VAT) for making a call and from €0.24 to €0.22 per minute (excluding VAT) for receiving a call while in another EU country.

Figures published by national telecoms regulators this summer have shown that prices for roaming text messages and data services remain unjustifiably high (IP/08/1144).

Public Consultation on the EU Roaming Regulation

As of May 7, 2008, the European Commission invites feedback by industry, consumers and other interested stakeholders to review the functioning and effectiveness of the EU Roaming Regulation, which entered into force on 30 June 2007. According to the provisions of the Regulation, the Commission must report to the European Parliament and the Council in 2008 about the functioning of the new roaming rules and their effects.

The public consultation aims to gather responses from mobile operators, businesses, consumer associations and any interested party by 2 July 2008.

Roaming milestone on 30 September 2007
Eurotariff for all and full transparency

On Sunday 30 September 2007, the full benefit of the European Union's regulation on roaming will become evident to all. It marks the day when all mobile users should benefit from the new Eurotariff and be made aware of roaming charges anytime they cross an internal border of the EU.

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