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Location | |
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Country | New Caledonia |
Continent | Oceania |
NSN length | 6 |
Access codes | |
Country calling code | +687 |
International call prefix | 00 |
National Significant Numbers (NSN): six digits
LIST OF INITIAL DIGITS [1] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Initial digits | Min | Max | Notes |
0 | Vacant | ||
15, 16, 17, 18 | 2 | 2 | Emergency services – local use only |
1000, 1006, 1010, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1020, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1035, 1042, 1050, 1055, 1058, 1077 | 4 | 4 | OPT services – local use only |
20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 | 6 | 6 | PSTN fixed network |
30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 | 6 | 6 | PSTN fixed network |
36 | 6 | 6 | Audiotel; Internet; voice services |
41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 | 6 | 6 | PSTN fixed network |
55 | 8 | 8 | Local use only |
56, 57, 58 | 3 | 3 | Local use only |
66 | 6 | 6 | Marine VHF |
70 | 6 | 6 | GSM LIBERTE de MOBILIS (prepaid) |
73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 | 6 | 6 | GSM MOBILIS (post-paid) |
80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 | 6 | 6 | GSM LIBERTE de MOBILIS (prepaid) |
88 | 6 | 6 | Public payphones |
89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 | 6 | 6 | GSM LIBERTE de MOBILIS (prepaid) |
C11 | 1 | 1 | Operator |
C12 | 1 | 1 | Operator |
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Pierre Frogier is a French politician, who was President of the Government of New Caledonia from 2001 to 2004. He has been French senator for New Caledonia since 2011, and was member of the National Assembly of France from 1996 to 2011. He served as President of the Congress of New Caledonia from 1995 to 1997.
The New Caledonia national football team is the national team of New Caledonia and is controlled by the Fédération Calédonienne de Football. Although they were only admitted to FIFA in 2004, they have been participating in the OFC Nations Cup since its inception. They have been one of this relatively small region's strongest teams, finishing second in 2008 and 2012, and third in 1973 and 1980. They were the top ranked OFC nation at number 95 in September 2008, making them only the fourth country from the confederation to have reached the global top 100.
.nc is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for New Caledonia.
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