International mobile phone codes
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In many countries, mobile phones are assigned dedicated calling codes within the country's telephone numbering plan. One notable exception to this type of assignment is the countries within the North American Numbering Plan (the United States and its territories, Canada, and much of the Caribbean), in which mobile phones are assigned subscriber numbers within geographic area codes.
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[edit] Why are international mobile codes important?
Many people, especially in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), are not aware of the fact that calls to international mobile numbers are charged a much higher rate compared to calls to regular landline telephone numbers. For example: a popular international calling provider lists the following rates for calls from the US to the UK: 2.5 cents/min for calls to UK landlines, and 19.3 cents/min for calls to all UK mobile subscribers. As you can see the rates are highly differentiated, so it's a good idea to know what type of phone line you're calling before placing a call.
[edit] Why the higher rates for calls to mobile phones?
Basically there are 2 types of numbering plans in connection with this issue:
- plans that don't differentiate between fixed and mobile numbers, such as the NANP
- plans with different prefixes for mobile vs fixed numbers
The main difference between the two types of telephone plans is the "calling party pays" mobile network found in countries using the latter. In other words, if you live in Romania for example and own a cell phone you don't get charged for receiving calls. The person calling you pays a higher rate, usually much higher than what they would pay for calling you on a landline. The same thing happens when a call is placed from the United States to an international mobile phone.
[edit] List of international mobile codes
Mobile codes are generally assigned unique starting digits so identifying the first digit of a mobile code means identifying a mobile number.
- Afghanistan: 75
- Albania: 6x
- Antigua and Barbuda: 7
- Armenia: 9x
- Australia: 4
- Austria: 6xx
- Azerbaijan: 5x
- Bahamas: 35x, 45x, 55x
- Bahrain: 3
- Belarus: 29
- Belgium: 4xx
- Belize: 6
- Benin: 9x
- Bhutan: 17
- Bolivia: 7
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: 6x
- Botswana: 7
- Brazil: 7, 8, 9
- Brunei: 8
- Bulgaria: 87, 88, 89, 48
- Burkina Faso: 7
- Burundi: 7
- Cambodia: 9x
- Cape Verde: 9
- Chile: 98, 99
- China: 13x
- Colombia: 31x
- Comoros: 3
- Congo: 4, 5, 6
- Croatia: 9x
- Cuba: 5
- Cyprus: 99
- Czech Republic: 60, 72, 73, 77
- Denmark: 30, 40
- Djibouti: 8
- Dominica: 2
- East Timor: 7
- Ecuador: 9
- Egypt: 1x
- El Salvador: 7
- Equatorial Guinea: 2
- Eritrea: 7
- Estonia: 5x
- Ethiopia: 91
- Fiji: 9
- Finland: 4x, 50
- France: 6
- Gambia: 7x, 9x
- Georgia: 7x, 9x
- Germany: 15x, 16x, 17x
- Ghana: 28
- Greece: 69x
- Grenada: 41
- Guatemala: 5
- Guinea: 6
- Guinea-Bissau: 6, 7
- Guyana: 6
- Honduras: 3, 8, 9
- Hungary: 20, 30, 70
- India: 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99
- Indonesia: 8
- Iran: 9xx
- Ireland: 8x
- Israel: 5x
- Italy: 3xx
- Ivory Coast: 0x
- Japan: 90x
- Jordan: 7
- Kazakhstan: 3xx, 700
- Kenya: 7x
- Kosova: 377
- Kuwait: 6, 7, 9
- Kyrgyzstan: 5xx
- Laos: 20
- Lebanon: 3
- Lesotho: 58, 6x
- Libya: 91
- Liechtenstein: 7
- Lithuania: 6xx
- Luxembourg: 621, 628, 661, 668, 691, 698 (previously the numbers were 021, 028, 061, 068, 091, 098)
- Macedonia: 70
- Madagascar: 3x
- Malawi: 8, 9
- Malaysia: 1x
- Maldives: 7, 9
- Mali: 6, 9
- Malta: 79, 99
- Mauritania: 6
- Mauritius: 7, 8, 9
- Moldova: 69x, 79x
- Monaco: 4, 6
- Montenegro: 6x
- Mongolia: 9x
- Mozambique: 8x
- Myanmar: 9
- Nauru: 555
- Nepal: 98
- Netherlands: 6xx
- New Zealand: 21, 25, 27, 29
- Nicaragua: 8
- Nigeria: 80, 90
- Norway: 4, 9
- Oman: 9
- Pakistan: 3xx
- Palestine: 59
- Panama: 5, 6, 7, 4
- Papua New Guinea: 68, 69
- Paraguay: 9xx
- Peru: 9
- Philippines: 9xx
- Poland: 50x, 51x, 60x, 66x, 69x, 78x, 79x, 88x
- Portugal: 9
- Qatar: 5, 6
- Romania: 7xx
- Russian Federation: 50x, 51x, 90x, 91x, 92x
- Rwanda: 08
- Samoa: 77
- San Marino: 3
- Sao Tome and Principe: 90
- Saudi Arabia: 5
- Senegal: 5, 6
- Serbia: 6x
- Seychelles: 5, 7
- Sierra Leone: 23, 30, 33, 7x
- Singapore: 8, 9
- Slovakia: 9xx
- South Africa: 7x, 8x
- South Korea: 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19
- Spain: 6
- Sri Lanka: 7x
- Sudan: 9
- Suriname: 8
- Swaziland: 60
- Sweden: 7x
- Switzerland: 76, 77, 78, 79
- Syria: 9
- Tajikistan: 9
- Tanzania: 74x
- Thailand: 1, 9
- Togo: 9
- Tunisia: 2, 9
- Turkey: 5xx
- Uganda: 7x
- Ukraine: 39, 50, 63, 66, 67, 68, 97
- United Arab Emirates: 50, 8
- United Kingdom: 7xx
- Uruguay: 9
- Uzbekistan: 9x
- Vanuatu: 4, 5
- Venezuela: 41x
- Vietnam: 9x
- Yemen: 7xx
- Zambia: 9x
- Zimbabwe: 11, 23, 91
