Follow the instructions below to make international phone calls to Muscat in Oman:

1. To call anyone in Muscat, Oman, first you must dial your country’s local "Exit Code" or "International Direct Dial Code" (IDD).
       - Exit code for the US, Canada and Caribbean countries is 011;     - Exit code for the UK and other european countries is 00;     - Exit code for Australia is 0011;     - Exit code for Tanzania and Uganda is 000; and     - Exit code for Russia and former Soviet republics in Asia is 8 Pause 10*
   
   
2. Dial the IDD followed by the country code for Oman. For Oman, the country access code number is 968.
   
   
3. Dial the city area code for Muscat which is 24.
   
   
4. Complete your call by dialing the local telephone number of the person or company in Muscat that you are trying to reach. If the first digit is "0" on the telephone number, omit this "0".
   
   

If you are calling a telephone number while your are in Muscat do not dial the exit code or the dialing code for Oman and dial the your telephone number and not forgetting the "0" at the front of the number.

Once you know how to make an international call to Muscat, it is vital to know how to save money on the international phone calls. Calling international phone numbers in Muscat can be very expensive, especially if you do not use the right telephone carrier. There are, however, several tools and ways to find the best and cheap international call rates for Muscat: International calling cards provide one of the cheapest rates to call Muscat in Oman; VOIP uses the internet to make telephone calls to Muscat. There are several VOIP providers who offer the best phone call rates to Muscat; and Skype is the popular internet based telephony system to calls to Muscat at very cheap rate or even free.