Telecommunication and Postal services :

Postal services are easily available in India which are quite less efficient and bureaucratic too. Letters overseas must be marked "Air Mail" or "Par Avion". If you want to send letters UK and US from any of the metro cities, it will take 10 days time. You'll have to show them your passport for identification, if you got mail on your name. Parcel facility is also available now a days. Cyber Cafes are now a days emerging as a revolution in the Postal Industry. You can get them very easily and at very affordable rates. Few are very good and having all kinds of International Services where as few ones have only mail facility. Even the Government of India is now promoting Cyber Points in many villages in India. Calling Booths can also be accessed easily at every place. They have STD/PCO/ISD and FAX facility also. Many cybercafés also ve this facility. For details about Codes go to :

STD-ISD codes :

• http://www.bsnl.co.in/stdsearch.php

ISD codes :

• http://www.bsnl.co.in/isdsearch.php