Call of the code

Going abroad for good, for official visit or spending vacations have become very common and it is not unusual to come across a family which is spread over not less then in two continents. You will probably find examples in your own family. Hence being in touch with a relative or a friend on frequent basis has now become more important than ever.

Fortunately, there are now numerous options to keep in touch under confined budget, without having to sacrifice good old telephonic conversations. Calling cards is a great example, since you end up keeping a certain budget and yet are able to talk to your family and friends. the other, more techie way is to call via internet.

But whether you use internet telephony or ‘offline’ calling cards, one thing which is a must to know is the code of the country where you wish to call. This is a very busy life and people have hectic routine, and more-often-than-not at the time you have to make an overseas call, the memory goes blank and you end up in opening your telephone diary. But technology offers you a far easier opyion, and here comes the Country Calling Codes. This is the website which will definitely make things easy for you.

As the name suggests, this website is all about the calling codes of various countries. Once you log onto it, the website will simply ask which country you are calling from as well as the country you wish to call to. It then gives you the required calling code.

But those who are not searching for a particular country, and instead like to browse for the sake of getting to know countries and their calling codes, then this website will be a great asset. All you need to do is to access the appropriate option and the list of alphabets opens in front of you. Choose any letter; the website will display an entire list of names of the countries beginning with that particular alphabet along with their respective codes.

This will be particularly valuable to people who host their own website or maintain a blog. They can put this little handy tool on their blog or website so that their visitors can avail this service and find out the calling code for any country if they want to. Country Calling Codes has an entire section dedicated to webmasters. You can access the appropriate HTML code to insert in your template so that the calling code box shows up on your blog/website. There are different styles of boxes to choose from as well.

So basically even though this website is very simple, it is rather convenient, especially when it comes to calling up people in foreign countries.

To find out the country code for anywhere across the globe, log onto http://www.countrycallingcodes.com/