List of international call prefixes

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[edit]

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
- Kenya^{[notes 1]}
- Singapore
- Tanzania^{[notes 1]}
- Uganda^{[notes 1]}
001
- Guyana
- Hong Kong (also 002 – circuit 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
- Brazil (see Telephone numbers in Brazil#International calls)
- Cambodia (001 – Telecom Cambodia, 007 – Royal Telecom International)
- Colombia (005, 007, 009)
- Indonesia (001, 007, 008)
- South Korea (see Telephone numbers in South Korea#International call carrier codes)
- Taiwan (see Telephone numbers in Taiwan#International dialling)
- Thailand (see Telephone numbers in Thailand#International dialling)
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
- Chile – see Carrier selection codes in Chile
8~10^{[notes 2]}
- Abkhazia
- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Russia
- South Ossetia
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan

Countries using carrier selection codes[edit]

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, alongside the standard prefix 0011 for the default carrier
  - 0014 – Primus
  - 0018 – Telstra
  - 0019 – Optus
  - A large number of carriers in the 14xx range
- Hong Kong, alongside 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, alongside 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, alongside the standard prefix 8~10 for the default carrier
  - 008
  - 009
  - 010
- Singapore, alongside the standard prefix 000 for the default carrier
  - 001 – SingTel
  - 002 – M1
  - 008 – StarHub
  - 011
  - 013
  - 018
  - 019
  - 020
  - 021
- 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
- Finland, alongside the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier^[1]
  - 990 – Telia Finland Oyj
  - 991 – Elisa Oyj
  - 995 11 – Nettia Oy
  - 995 33 – DNA Oyj
  - 995 55 – DNA Oyj
  - 995 59 – Elisa Oyj
  - 995 77 – DNA Oyj
  - 995 99 – Nettia Oy
  - 999 – Elisa Oyj

Historic international prefixes[edit]

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)
- 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)

Notes[edit]

^ ^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.
^ "~" 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[edit]

^ "International carrier access codes". Traficom. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

External links[edit]

Standards and recommendations
- "E.164: The international public telecommunication numbering plan" (PDF). International Telecommunication Union. 2005-02-01.
- "OB 1114: List of ITU-T Recommendation E.164 assigned country codes" (PDF). Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin. International Telecommunication Union. 2016-12-15.
- "OB 994: Dialling Procedures" (PDF). Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin. International Telecommunication Union. 2011-12-15.

[africa-1] 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.

[3] "International carrier access codes". Traficom. Retrieved 2022-07-11.

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