How to call Sri Lanka?

How to call Sri Lanka phones? It can be done through land lines, Mobile phones, Smartphones and through other gadgets.
Calls made from Sri Lanka on Sundays and public Holidays are cheaper than the other days. Calls through WhatsApp like IM calls between friends are cheaper.
IM calls are made between Smartphones using the owners mobile Data plan and are cheaper than the other calls. Meanwhile calls made through VoIP system to and from Sri Lanka too are cheaper.

Sri Lanka International (IDD) Phone Code: 0094 or +94.

Mobile phones, Land lines and CDMA phones are widely used in Sri Lanka.
To use Satellite phones in Srilanka, you need have special permission from the Authorities.
Following these steps you can contact your family, friends and Business partners.
First of all you must understand which type of phone you are going to call.
It can be a land line, Mobile Phone or a CDMA line.
Land lines to land line phone calls are cheaper than land line to a cell phone call or to a CDMA phone.
If you are going to call a Sri Lanka mobile phone, then do it through a mobile phone it allows to call from any part of the world.
Now phone technology had grown rapidly.
So with a Smartphone, Mobile Data Plan, and a suitable calling App will give you free or cheap priced calls to Sri Lanka.
To make such phone calls both parties must be online and must have the same App and must be friends in it.
It can be a free call including video calls. Many people in Sri lanka use WhatsApp for calling friends in foreign countries.

First you must have that Srilanka person's correct phone number.
There are six kinds of phone services available in Sri Lanka.

1. Land Lines.
2. Mobile Phones. (Don't have area Codes in Sri Lanka)
3. CDMA Phones.
4. Satellite Phones.
5. Computer Phones (Softphones).

How to make IDD call to a phone number in Colombo?

First dial the country code 0094 or +94
Then dial the Colombo area code 11 followed by desired person's number 212***2
So this is the number you had dialed 009411212***2
If the person picks the phone you can talk with him.
If you want to call a land line number in Jaffna town from UK, then dial 009421 followed by the customer's phone number.
021 is Jaffna area code for land phones.

How to call a Sri Lanka Mobile phone from a foreign country?

Dial the Sri Lanka phone code 0094 or +94
Then dial the mobile phone number without the front 0 (which you used to dial in Sri Lanka while you are staying there.)
0094775****06 the phone will ring and the owner can talk with you.
Mobile phones and CDMA can send and receive SMS text messages.

How to call a Colombo number from Jaffna?

0112xxxxxx. Use 0 and 112 Colombo Code before the Colombo number.
You have collect call facility when you are calling a Sri Lanka landline from overseas.
If the phone owner accepts the call the tariff of the call will be included in his monthly bill.
Current Sri Lanka local time GMT +5.30

Popular Smartphone IM Apps in the world.
WhatsApp, Viber, Snapchat and there are more than 1,000 apps available in the App stores to download and install.
Whatever App you are using, your friends too must be members in those Apps to make free Video, Audio calls.
Also they can send and receive MMS and SMS text messages.

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