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List of international call prefixes

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This is a list of international dialing prefixes used in various countries for direct dialing of international telephone calls. These prefixes are typically required only when dialling from a landline, while in GSM-compliant mobile phone (cell phone) systems, only the symbol + before the country code may be used[citation needed] irrespective of where the telephone is used at that moment; the network operator provides the access codes automatically.

Countries by international prefix

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  • 0
    • Samoa
  • 00 – the recommended ITU prefix
    • Africa: all countries except Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda
    • Asia: all countries except certain countries in Central, East, and Southeast Asia
    • Europe: all countries except Abkhazia, Belarus, Russia and South Ossetia
    • Middle East: all countries
    • North America: all countries not using NANP (Mexico, Greenland, St Pierre and Miquelon)
    • South America: all countries except Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guyana and those using NANP
    • Oceania: all countries except Australia
  • 000
  • 001
    • Guyana
    • Hong Kong (also 002circuit switched connection for fax/data transmission)
    • Mongolia
  • 0011
    • Australia (including Australian External Territories)
  • 009
    • Nigeria
  • 00x, where x is a mandatory carrier selection code consisting of one or more digits
  • 010
    • Japan
  • 011 – all countries and territories 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
  • 1xx0, where xx is a mandatory carrier selection code
  • 8~10[notes 2]
    • Abkhazia
    • Belarus
    • Kazakhstan
    • Russia
    • South Ossetia
    • Tajikistan
    • Turkmenistan

Countries using carrier selection codes

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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:
  • 0xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code:
    • Israel, alongside the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier
    • Kazakhstan, alongside the standard prefix 8~10 for the default carrier
      • 008
      • 009
      • 010
    • Singapore, alongside the standard prefix 000 for the default carrier
    • Turkmenistan, alongside the standard prefix 8~10 for the default carrier
      • 008
      • 009
      • 010
  • 10xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code:
    • Georgia, alongside the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier
  • 8~xx, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code:
    • Russia, alongside 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
  • 99x, where x is a carrier selection code:

Historic international prefixes

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The following are 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)
  • 119
    • Cuba (now 00)
  • 15
    • Chad (now 00)
  • 16
    • 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)
    • Uzbekistan (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

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ "~" means "wait for the next dial tone". Reference: Jan Goyvaerts; Steven Levithan (2009). Regular Expressions Cookbook. O'Reilly. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-596-52068-7.

References

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  1. ^ "International carrier access codes". Traficom. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 2022-07-11.
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