List of international call prefixes
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Each country has both a country calling code used to dial into a country, and an international call prefix or international access code used to dial out of the country. The ITU approved 00 as the general standard some time ago, and this has been implemented by a large number of countries, but not all. This page lists the exceptions.
International phone numbers are usually written with a + before the phone number, and some phones allow this to be entered directly, often with two consecutive presses of the * key. This avoids having to know the international call prefix.
Many states also provide alternative dialing arrangements for calls to neighbouring countries.
Note: ‘~’ means to await a tone before continuing.
- 00
- All countries not listed below.
- 0~0
- Poland (also supports the ITU standard)
- 0x0
- 00xx ('xx' represents two-digit Brazilian Carrier Selection Code)
- 001
- Hong Kong (also 002 (fax), 0060, 007, 008, 0080, 009 and many others for service from different telecom carrier)
- Indonesia (also 008)
- Mongolia
- Singapore (also 002, 008, 012, 013, 018, 019)
- South Korea (also 002, 005, 006, 008, more than tens of 003xx or 007xx based IDD services that are mostly used on mobile phones as well as landlines.)
- Thailand
- 0010
- Bolivia (also 0011, 0012, 0013)
- 0011
- Australia (also 0014, 0015, 0018)
- 005
- Colombia (also 007, 009)
- 009
- 010
- 011
- North American Numbering Plan area:
- United States of America including Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa
- Canada
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Barbuda
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Jamaica
- Montserrat
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- North American Numbering Plan area:
- 07~
- (Old) Spain (Now 00)
- 09
- 119
- 15
- 8~10
- Was a standard for the Soviet Union and so remains one for several post-Soviet countries:
- 90
- 99
- 99...
- Finland, where to encourage competition between international telephone carriers, a system of prefixes beginning with 99 was introduced in addition to the 00 prefix. For example, if the subscriber dials 990-1-234-567-7890, the call will be routed to North America via TeliaSonera.
- 990 TeliaSonera
- 991 Jippii
- 994 Song
- 99500 Cubio
- 99588 Globetel
- 996 Finnet
- 999 Elisa Oyj
- Finland, where to encourage competition between international telephone carriers, a system of prefixes beginning with 99 was introduced in addition to the 00 prefix. For example, if the subscriber dials 990-1-234-567-7890, the call will be routed to North America via TeliaSonera.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c Calls to Kenya from Tanzania and Uganda require the code 005, followed by the area code and number. Calls to Uganda from Tanzania and Kenya require the code 006, followed by the area code and number. Calls to Tanzania from Uganda and Kenya require the code 007, followed by the area code and number.
- ^ Although in Chile all the carriers use the 1 prefix, the number of the carrier in advertising and common usage includes the 1 prefix as a part of the number.
- ^ The domestic call prefix 8 and international call prefix 8~10 are to be replaced by the ITU-recommended dialling prefixes of 0 and 00. The first step will be to replace area codes beginning with the digit '0' with ones beginning with '4', hence Moscow 095 becomes 495. See also Telephone numbering plan for Russia and Kazakhstan.
