Telephone

• Country Code: +370
• To make an international call: 00 then your country code
• To dial a national number (within Lithuania) prefix the number with a single 8 followed by the City Code and then the Local Number. This is not necessary for a local area call (e.g. within Vilnius) but is necessary from all mobile phones. Mobile numbers should also be prefixed with a single 8. Some of the main city codes are listed below. For a full list click here
  
  • Vilnus 8 5
  • Kaunas 8 37
  • Klaipėda 8 46
  • Šiauliai 8 41
  • Panevėžys 8 45

• Mobile Phone Sim Cards can be obtained from most street Press Kiosks and also at the till in the Super Markets. The mobile phone shops also sell these. Swapping your sim card is the cheapest way to communicate while in Lithuania as the Roaming tariffs are generally expensive. Sim cards cost approximately 50cents The 3 main mobile phone vendors are:
  • BITE
  • TELE2 (recommended)
  • OMNITEL

• Telephone Boxes (Taksofonas). Yes despite Lithuania's love of the mobile phone you can still find public telephones in the streets and in some supermarket lobbies but gererally only in the town centres. It can be difficult to find these even in the big shopping centres so be prepared! To use the phone boxes, you will require a telephone card loaded with 50(9.00lt), 75(14.00lt), 100(16.00lt) or 200(30.00lt) units. These can be bought from most street Press Kiosks. For further information and tariffs please visit TEO.lt
• The lithuanian telephone network is fully digital and completely reliable

Internet (Data/Email)

**** Until the end of September 2009, in the centre of Vilnius – free ZEBRA Wireless Internet  on the following streets in Vilnius: Arsenalo, Aušros vartų, Bazilijonų, Bernardinų, Bokšto, Didžioji, Gedimino pr., Gėlių, Jogailos, Labdarių, Maironio, Odminių, Pamėnkalnio, Pilies, Pylimo, B. Radvilaitės, Raugyklos, Savičiaus, Sodų, Subačiaus, Šv. Ignoto, Šv. Mykolo, Tilto, Totorių, Trakų, Universiteto, Užupio, Vilniaus, Vokiečių ir Žydų *****

Lithuania has very good/high speed national and international internet networks so you need have no fear about connecting to the outside world during your stay.

• Wireless Hotpoints - These are mostly operated by ZEBRA and are distributed generously (about 600points exist in vilnius alone). Most town centres andshopping centres have points aswell as many of the Pertol Filling Stations(Degaline), Hotels, Cafes, Restaurants etc. Skype and VOIP services can be used over these networks. To connect:
  
  • Send ZEBRA5 to 1629 from Omnitel, Bite or Tele2 SIM cards to receive a code for 60 minutes access from first use(code valid for 24hrs) and be charged 5lt.
  • Purchase a 50lt code from a pay point (Filling Stations, Post Offices etc.) which will give you 1 month unlimited access
  • Via your existing hotpoint provider if they are partnered with ZEBRA
    

• Internet Cafes - Again these can be found in most town centres and shopping centres. Most of these will allow you to upload your media and to print at a small but extra price.

• GPRS - GRPS Network connections are widely available. Please Check with your service provider as to the roaming costs for data transmission as the cost of this is generally expensive. VOIP data is generally blocked on the GPRS networks.

Post

The main postal service in Lithuania (Lietuvos Paštas) is generally fairly reliable but some common sense rules should be followed when posting to and from Lithuania e.g. don't post cash, send important documents by registered post and allow plenty of time for your mail to arrive. Most of the major courier services also operate in Lithuania.