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 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 Belarus and Russia
 - 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
 - 001
- Guyana
 - Hong Kong (also 002 – circuit switched connection for fax/data transmission)
 - Mongolia
 
 - 0011
- Australia
 
 - 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]
- Belarus
 - Kazakhstan
 - Kyrgyzstan
 - Russia
 - 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
 - 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
 - Turkmenistan, alongside the standard prefix 8~10 for the default carrier
- 008
 - 009
 - 010
 
 
 - Israel, alongside the standard prefix 00 for the default carrier
 - 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
 
 
 - Russia, alongside the standard prefix 8~10 for the default carrier
 - 99x, where x is the international carrier selection code consisting of one or more digits:
 
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)
 - 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 2 3 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
- ↑ "International carrier access codes". Traficom. 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.
 
 
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