List of international call prefixes

Not to be confused with list of country calling codes.

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, the symbol + before the country code may be used irrespective of where the telephone is used at that moment; the network operator provides the access codes automatically.

Countries by international prefix

• 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)
• 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 )
  • Mongolia (001, 002, 003, 008, 009)
• 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
  • Russia
  • South Ossetia
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan

Countries using carrier selection codes

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
• 99x, where x is a carrier selection code:
  • Finland, alongside the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier, carrier selection code consisting of either a single digit (1–4, 6–9) or three digits (511–599) ^[1]
    • 99 0 – Telia Finland Oyj
    • 99 1 – Elisa Oyj
    • 99 511 – Nettia Oy
    • 99 533 – DNA Oyj
    • 99 555 – DNA Oyj
    • 99 559 – Elisa Oyj
    • 99 577 – DNA Oyj
    • 99 599 – Nettia Oy
    • 99 9 – Elisa Oyj

Historic international prefixes

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

• List of country calling codes (International telephone dialing codes)
• List of mobile telephone prefixes by country
• List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
• Public switched telephone network

Notes

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.

References

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

External links

• 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.