List of international call prefixes
The following is a list of different international call prefixes that need to be dialled when placing an international telephone call from different countries.
Countries by international prefix
The following is a list of countries classified by the international call prefix that needs to be dialled when calling abroad from those countries.
- 0
- Samoa
- 00 – the recommended ITU prefix
- Africa: all countries except Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda
- Asia: most countries, with exceptions in Central Asia, South-East Asia and East Asia
- Europe: all countries except Belarus and Russia
- Middle East: all countries
- North America: all countries except Cuba and those using 011
- South America: most countries
- New Zealand
- 000
- 001
- Guyana
- Hong Kong (also 002 – circuit switched connection for fax/data transmission)
- Mongolia
- 0011
- Australia
- 009
- Nigeria
- 00x, where x is a mandatory carrier selection code consisting of one or more digits
- Brazil – see Carrier selection codes in Brazil
- Cambodia:
- 001 – Telecom Cambodia
- 007 – Royal Telecom International
- Colombia:
- 005
- 007
- 009
- Indonesia:
- 001
- 007
- 008
- South Korea:
- 001 – KT
- 002 – LG Telecom
- 003xx – Various VoIP based carriers
- 005 – SK Broadband
- 006 – SK Telink
- 007xx – Various VoIP based carriers
- 008 – Sejong(Onse) Telecom
- Taiwan:
- 002 – Chunghua Telecom
- 005 – Asia Pacific Telecom
- 006 – Taiwan Mobile Telecom
- 007 – Far East Tone
- 009 – Chunghua Telecom
- Thailand:[1]
- 001 – CAT Telecom
- 003 – Advanced Wireless Network
- 004 – Total Access Communication
- 005 – AIN GlobalComm
- 006 – True Move
- 009 – CAT Telecom (low cost, using VoIP)
- 010
- Japan
- 011 – all countries in the North American Numbering Plan:
- American Samoa
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Guam
- Jamaica
- Micronesia
- Montserrat
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sint Maarten
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States of America
- United States Virgin Islands
- 119
- Cuba
- 1xx0, where xx is a mandatory carrier selection code
- Chile – see Carrier selection codes in Chile
- 8~10[notes 2]
- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Russia
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
Countries using optional carrier selection code
The following is a non-exhaustive list of countries that optionally allow for carrier selection in addition to using the standard prefix listed in the preceding section.
- 00xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code:
- Australia, in parallel to the standard prefix 0011 for the default carrier
- Hong Kong, in parallel to the standard prefixes 001 (voice) and 002 (fax/data) for the default carrier
- 0030 – Hong Kong Broadband Network
- 0050 – ComNet Telecom (HK) Limited
- 0059 – HKC Network Ltd
- 0060 – PCCW
- 0070 – Wharf T&T
- 0080 – Hutchison Telecom
- 0090 – New World Telecommunications
- 0xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code:
- Israel, in parallel to the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier
- 012 – 012 Smile
- 013 – 013 NetVision
- 014 – Bezeq International
- 015 – Hallo 015
- 016 – Golan Telecom
- 017 – Hot Mobile
- 018 – Xfone
- 019 – Telzar
- Kazakhstan, in parallel to the standard prefix 8~10 for the default carrier
- 008
- 009
- 010
- Singapore, in parallel to the standard prefix 000 for the default carrier
- Israel, in parallel to the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier
- 10xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code:
- Georgia, in parallel to the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier
- 1000 – default carrier
- 1007 – Caucasus Online
- 1010 – MagtiCom
- 1011 – SystemNet
- 1012 – SystemNet
- 1013 – MacroCom
- 1015 – SakTelComPlus
- 1016 – Silknet
- 1017 – SystemNet
- 1018 – Global Erty
- 1019 – Akhtel
- 1027 – CallCenter
- 1040 – IntelPhone
- 1041 – V-TEL Georgia
- 1050 – MagtiCom
- 1051 – Caucasus Online
- 1052 – Alex Development Georgia
- 1053 – Sky Service
- 1054 – Lagi
- 1057 – NewCom
- 1060 – GeoNet
- 1061 – Silknet
- 1062 – Geocell
- 1063 – Black Sea Telecom
- 1064 – Central Communication Company of Georgia
- 1065 – New Net
- 1067 – GeoTel
- 1069 – Service
- 1072 – TelMax
- 1075 – Wi-MAX Georgia
- 1076 – Silknet
- 1094 – Warid Telecom Georgia
- Georgia, in parallel to the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier
- 8~xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code:
- Russia, in parallel with the standard prefix 8~10 for the default carrier
- 8~26 – Arctel
- 8~27 – Synterra
- 8~28 – Comstar
- 8~56 – GoldenTelecom
- 8~57 – Transtelecom
- 8~58 – MTT
- 8~59 – Orange Business Services
- Russia, in parallel with the standard prefix 8~10 for the default carrier
- 99x, where x is the international carrier selection code consisting of one or more digits:
Historic international prefixes
The following is a list of international call prefixes that were used in various countries sometime in the past but are no longer used.
- 0
- Bahrain (now 00)
- El Salvador (now 00)
- Falkland Islands (now 00)
- Malta (now 00)
- Myanmar (now 00)
- 00
- Cambodia (now 001)
- Mongolia (now 001)
- Sint Maarten (now 011)
- Tanzania (now 000)
- 000
- Rwanda (now 00)
- 001
- Japan (now 010)
- 002
- Paraguay (now 00)
- 0030
- Hong Kong (CTI, which now uses 1666)
- 005
- Singapore (now 001)
- 007
- Malaysia (now 00)
- 009
- Denmark, including Faeroe Islands and Greenland (now 00)
- Sweden (now 00)
- 010
- United Kingdom (now 00)
- 05
- Fiji (now 00)
- Papua New Guinea (now 00)
- 06
- East Germany (now Germany 00)
- 07~
- Spain (now 00)
- 09
- Namibia (now 00)
- Netherlands (now 00)
- South Africa (now 00)
- 095
- Norway (now 00)
- 099
- Guinea-Bissau (now 00)
- 101
- Malawi (now 00)
- 110
- Zimbabwe (now 00)
- 15
- Chad (now 00)
- 16
- Republic of Ireland (now 00)
- Somalia (now 00)
- 19
- Central African Republic (now 00)
- France (now 00)
- 800
- Estonia (now 00)
- 8~10 – former Soviet Union
- Armenia (now 00)
- Azerbaijan (now 00)
- Estonia (now 00)
- Georgia (now 00)
- Kyrgyzstan (now 00)
- Latvia (now 00)
- Lithuania (now 00)
- Moldova (now 00)
- Ukraine (now 00)
- 90
- Burundi (now 00)
- Iceland (now 00)
- 95 for NANP and 98 for the rest of the world
- Mexico (now 00)
- 99
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (now 00)
- Croatia (now 00)
- India (now 00)
- Montenegro (now 00)
- North Macedonia (now 00)
- Serbia (now 00)
- Slovenia (now 00)
See also
- List of country calling codes
- List of mobile telephone prefixes by country
- List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
- Public switched telephone network
Notes
- Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda each can be called from the other two using special short codes: 005 to call Kenya, 006 to call Uganda and 007 to call Tanzania. The shortcode is followed directly by a local number.
- "~" means "wait for the next dial tone". Reference: Jan Goyvaerts, Steven Levithan (2009). Regular Expressions Cookbook. O'Reilly. p. 224. ISBN 9780596520687.
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