Moscow has a well developed network of communication offices. There is no problem with getting access to services of public telephones, post offices and Internet cafes. It is necessary to know that various offices of the city offer several types of postal services and understand the main differences between using of them. The peculiarities of the work of local postal system are also important to realize. Of course, there are also some rules, which are useful to know, when make a local or an international call.
TELEPHONE
You can make phone calls and send faxes from most telegraph offices throughout the city. Public telephones in Moscow accept plastic phonecards, which can be bought in newspaper kiosks and metro stations. When telephoning a foreign number you should first dial 8, wait for the tone, then 10 plus your country code and area code (omitting any initial zero). When telephoning a foreign number you should first dial 8, wait for the tone, then 10 plus your country code and area code (omitting any initial zero).
When telephoning within Russia you should dial 8 followed by the city code (including any zero). To call within a city, just dial the local number without any code.
For emergency assistance you should dial the following numbers: fire — 01, police — 02, ambulance — 03. Using a mobile phone in Moscow note that the services of international roaming is expensive ehough, so the best decision will be to buy a prepaid SIM-card that includes a Russian number.
POST
There are a lot of post offices in Moscow and postal services are quite cheap. Note that the Russian postal system is rather slow. There are also a lot of firms, which offer mail services provided by such internationally known companies as DHL Worldwide Express, Federal Express, Pony Express, TNT Express Worldwide and United Parcel.
INTERNET
There are no problems with finding the places in Moscow, where you can get Internet access. It is usually available in telegraph offices, business centers and Internet cafes. A lot of hotels are also ready to provide their guests with Internet facilities.