Country code: +244
For the city-codes please look under: "Information about Angola" -> "Overviews"
Telephone: International calls you can make with the most normal phones as well as in Hotels or Communication Centers/Internet Cafe's
Mobile telephone:
You have two standards/companies:
CDMA-Standard
Movicel 912 + number (since 16th of January 2005)
GSM-Standard
Unitel 923 + number (since 16th of January 2005)
(for an overview look in "Information about Angola" -> "Overviews")
Even prepaid-cards, if available, are expensive (around 90 USD).
Internet/E-mail:
Internet cafes can be found throughout Luanda. In other cities it's much harder to find and even more expensive than in Luanda.
Internet is quite expensive in Angola. At home you can choose between Dial-up and a wireless connection.
For Dial-up you pay 12 USD monthly fee (Nexus) plus telephone-costs: 8 US-Cent per minute = 4,80 USD per hour.
Wirless connections cost you from 99 USD per month upward. The price for the equipment and installation starts with around 600 USD (AngolaTelecom) and goes up to 2.200 USD (Nexus).
In Internetcafe's you pay arround 2,50 USD per hour. The speed is acceptable and much higher then a Dial-up connection.
Telegram:
Services are fairly reliable, but are occasionally subject to delay.
Fax:
Services are available at most major hotels and in the Communication centers/Internet Cafe's. Prices up to 5 USD are not seldom for an international fax.
Post:
Airmail between Europe and Angola takes five to ten days. Surface mail between Europe and Angola takes at least two months. Internal service is very reliable.
It's quite difficult to find postal cards. "Lello's" (local stationery shop) sells them for around 60 US-Cents, "Espelho da Moda" for 3 USD. Further you can by cards in the "Espaço Bahia" or in "Le Presidente Meridien". (All in our business directory as well as the Main Post Office.)
Last Change: 03.09.2005
