Internet Cafes

Tudo e facil Rua Xavier da Silveira 19 loga B - Copacabana: Tel: 522 - 3970Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 10 am to Midnight,  Sunday 3 pm to 10 pm.

@rroba Cafe Av. das Américas, 4.666 - Barra da Tijuca Tel.: 431 - 9727 Opening hours: Daily, from noon until the last client leaves

Comprio Rua da Assembleia, 10 basement 114 - Centre Tel.: 533 - 4372 Opening hours: From Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 6,30 pm

Internethouse Av.Nossa Senhora de Copacabana 195 lj106 - Copacabana Tel.: 542 - 3348 Opening hours: From Monday to Friday, from 9,30 am to 10 pm; Saturday, from 9:30 am to 8 pm

 

Post Offices

Centre Av. Presidente Vargas, 3077 - Tel.: 503 - 8222

Rua Primeiro de Marco, 64 - Tel.: 503 - 8331      

Botafogo Praia de Botafogo, 324 - Tel.: 503 - 8496

Copacabana/Leme Av. Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, 540-A -Tel.: 503 - 8398      

Ipanema Rua Visconde de Piraja, 452 - Tel.: 503 - 8568      

Leblon Av Ataulfo de Paiva, 822 - Tel.: 503 - 8388      

Barra da Tijuca Av. Olegario Maciel, 30 - Tel.: 503 - 8105      

Rio de Janeiro International Airport, 3rd floor

 

Messenger Services

Speed Boy Tel.: 252 - 5331 / 3881 - 5939

Boy Service Tel.: 543 - 4545

Boy Time Tel.: 224 - 5055 / 507 -. 6008  www.boytime.com.br

Rapidex (all over Brazil) Tel.: 240 - 5297

Deex Delivery (all over Brazil) Tel.: 241 - 0004 deex@deexrj.com.br

Vaspex (all over Brazil) Tel.: 0800 - 14 - 7222

FedEx Tel.: 0800 - 90 - 3333 / 262. - 3794

TNT Express Worldwide Tel.: 284 - 9075  www.tntew.com tntrio@amcham.com.br

 

Telephone Services

      Codes for international and interurban calls From abroad to Brazil.

The Brazil code is: 55 / Rio¹s code is 21

Codes for interstate, national and international calls Interurban and International calls from Rio de Janeiro are known according to DDD (Discagem Direta à Distância) and DDI (Discagem Direta Internacional) codes.

To make a call, you must use the telephone operating company¹s number before the country or city code desired.

The following examples help to illustrate this:

Interurban calls(DDD): 0 + operating company number + two numbers of the city you wish to call + telephone number

International calls (DDI): 00 + operating company number + country code + city code+ telephone number

 

Emergency Codes

Police 190

City Police Force 399 - 3217

Federal Police (loss of passport) 291 - 21

Civil Defence 199      

Firemen/Ambulance 193      

Anjos do Asfalto (road traffic accidents) 590 - 2121     

Lost and found 159      

Special Tourist Service Police Branch 511 - 5112 / 5767      

Women¹s Police Service 399 - 3690

PROCON (Consumer Protection Service) 1512 Opening hours: from Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm

LIG-LIGHT (Electricity Company) 120

 

Useful Telephone Numbers

  International Calls via telephone operator 000111      

Discagem Direta a Distancia Information (DDI) 000333      

Interurban calls via the telephone operator 101      

Reverse charge (collect) interurban calls 107

Telephone telegrams 135      

International Telephone telegrams 000222

Operator assistance 102      

Telemar assistance 105

Interurban reverse charge (collect) calls 9 (+ city code)

The time 130

Wake up call 134

Rio de Janeiro Teleporto Tel.: 502.2102

The Teleporto enables companies and free-lance professionals or universities to transmit and receive information in record time via voice, image and data transmission. Av.Presidente Vargas, 3.131 Centre

 

Telephone operating companies in Rio de Janeiro

Embratel - code number - 21 (national - works from any city in the country or abroad)

Intelige - code number - 23 (national - works from any city in the country or abroad)

Telemar - code number - 31 (local - only works from Rio de Janeiro to other places)

Vesper - code number - 85 (local - only works from Rio de Janeiro to other places)

NB: When calling from a mobile phone you do not need to use the operating company codes

 

Telephone Companies

Anatel (Government agency that controls telephone companies) Tel.: 0800-332001

Embratel - Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicações Av. Presidente Vargas, 1.012 - Centre Tel.: 519-9821 (interurban calls)      

Telemar- Rio de Janeiro¹s telephone line company Tel: 9029500      

Telefonica (mobile) Tel.: 1404 ATL (mobile) Tel.: 0800-206020

 

Emergency Credit Card Numbers

American Express 0800 - 78 - 5050

Master Card 0800.784411

Visa 505 - 5050 www.visa.com.br

Ourocard 0800-990001 Sollo 0800-785088

Diners Club 0800-784444