Telephone numbers in Chile

Country Code: +56
International Call Prefix: 1xx0
Trunk prefix: 0

Contents

Geographic area codes

Northern Zone

Central Zone

Central-Southern Zone

Southern Zone

Ageographical Zones

Special Services

There are a number of special numbers for public services, and they are in the format 1XY. The most important ones are:

Long Distance Carriers

In Chile is possible to choose the carrier for long distance calls every time and therefore to obtain the best rate for any destination. Long distance carriers have a prefix that must be dialed when calling long distance. For:

The current carrier codes are[3]:

Mobile phone numbers

Mobile network: 8 digits, starting with digits 9, 8, 7 or 6.

Calls from a landline phone to mobile phones have to use the non-geographical prefix 09. e.g.: 09 9XXX-XXXX, 09 8XXX-XXXX, 09 7XXX-XXXX, 09 6XXX-XXXX.

Calls between mobile phones have to be dialed without the non-geographical prefix. e.g.: 9XXX-XXXX, 8XXX-XXXX, 7XXX-XXXX, 6XXX-XXXX.

Internet Telephony

Recently, the Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel) created the possibility of telephone service using Internet as a connection technology [4]. The dialing plan will be modified to have a zone and is expected to be during the first half of 2009. Several companies have asked permission to provide this service to the public.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Temas de Ayuda para Cliente". http://ayuda.entelpcs.cl/ayuda_cliente/portals/temasayuda.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=co_largadistancia. Retrieved 2009-05-03. 
  2. ^ "135 - FONO DROGAS". http://www.carabineros.cl/sitioweb/web/verSeccion.do?cod=56. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 
  3. ^ "Lista de carriers en Chile". http://www.turismochile.com/datos/carrier.php. Retrieved 2010-03-29. 
  4. ^ "SUBTEL PUBLICA ESPERADO REGLAMENTO DE VOZ SOBRE INTERNET". Subtel. 2008-06-16. http://www.subtel.cl/prontus_subtel/site/artic/20080616/pags/20080616120010.html. Retrieved 2009-05-02. 
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