List of international call prefixes

This article is about the dialing codes to select an international telephone circuit when dialing an international call. For the telephone country codes, see list of telephone country codes.

International dialing prefixes are used when dialing international telephone calls by telephone users. These prefixes are typically required only when dialling from a landline, while in GSM-compliant mobile phone (cell phone) systems, the symbol + before the destination country code may be used irrespective of the location of the telephone when dialing. 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, 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
• 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
• 1xx0, where xx is a two-digit carrier selection code
  • Chile (see Carrier selection codes in Chile )
• 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 telephone country 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.