Telephone numbers in Chile

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Telephone numbers in Chile
Location
Country Chile
Continent South America
RegulatorSUBTEL
TypeClosed
NSN length9
Access codes
Country code +56
International call prefix 1xx0
Trunk prefix none

The following telephone numbers in Chile are geographic area codes for all national and international calls terminating in Chile.

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Geographic area codes

No geographic area codes exist in Chile; all calls within Chile are considered local calls. All numbers contain 9 digits and there is no difference among land-line, mobile and VoIP

Transition to area code deprecation

In 2012 and 2013, land lines were renumbered, with an additional digit 2 prepended. [1] The change was rolled out gradually by area code; first in Santiago (Region Metropolitana) and Arica in late 2012, then throughout all remaining regions between March and July 2013.

During that transitional period, when calling a landline, area code and an extra 2 were added at the beginning of the number, or between the area code and number. E.g. a formerly seven digit Santiago number (02) XXX XXXX became 22X XXX XXX, and a formerly six digit Punta Arenas number (061) YYY YYY became 612 YYY YYY.

The process was completed in September 2016.

Total number portability

Total number portability exists in Chile, [2] so users can freely move from one service provider to another without losing their number, regardless of connection technology, whether land-line, mobile or VoIP. Therefore, a number beginning with "8" or "9" no longer denotes that it is a mobile phone number.

Special services

There is a group of special numbers for public services, and they are in the format 1XY. The most important ones are:

Long-distance carriers

In Chile it is necessary to choose the carrier for international long-distance calls every time and therefore to obtain the best rate for any destination. Long-distance carriers have a prefix that must be dialed when calling long distance: XXX + 0 + country code + area + phone

The current carrier codes are: [4]

Mobile phone numbers

Mobile phone numbers do not have a specific starting digit. [5]

See also

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Country Code: +56
International Call Prefix: 1xx0
Trunk prefix: 0

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References

  1. "Región Metropolitana se prepara para Cambio de Numeración en Telefonía Fija". Subsecretario de Telecomunicaciones.
  2. "Qué es la Portabilidad Numérica". Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones.
  3. "135 - FONO DROGAS". Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
  4. "Lista de carriers en Chile" . Retrieved 2010-03-29.
  5. "Chile" (PDF). www.itu.int. International Telecommunication Union. 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2023.