Macau telephone numbering plan

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The Macau telephone numbering plan remains separate from that of mainland China, as Macau, like Hong Kong, is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

In the past, telephone numbers vary in length: fixed line numbers are mostly six digits long, while mobile (cellular) phone numbers are seven digits. Fixed line numbers start with any digit except 0,1 or 6, while mobile (cellular) phone numbers with 6. By the time of March 2007, 28 will be added before any fixed line phone number and 6 will be added before mobile (cellular) phone. That's mean any phone numbers are eight digits long now. To make international calls from Macau (including those to mainland China) one would dial the international access code 00, followed by the country code, area code, and called party's number. However, calls to Hong Kong require only the code 01.

[edit] Emergency services and other special numbers

Same as Hong Kong, the telephone number for emergency services --- Police, Fire Service and Ambulance --- is 999.

Some special numbers are 3-digit or 4-digit.

[edit] See also

• China telephone numbering plan
• Hong Kong telephone numbering plan