"the state capitals had two-digit area codes. By 1989, the system had been standardised to three digit codes across the board, with two digit codes in the major cities. Only Kangaroo Island retained its four-digit code. The digit following the leading zero was chosen to represent a rough geographic area, with the following numbers: ""*"" Until 1994, these territories were not part of the Australian numbering plan, and instead used the code 672, for the Australian External Territories of Norfolk Island and the Australian Antarctic Territory. Numbers in use before 1994 are now in the number ranges of 08 9162"
"Africa, subscribers would dial 0501. Calls to Botswana, Swaziland and Zimbabwe could similarly be made using the regional codes 0192, 0194 and 0191, respectively, instead of the international codes +267, +268 and +263. 00: International access code effective from 16 October 2006 and mandatory from 16 January 2007. 01: The old Transvaal province, currently comprising Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and part of the North West: 02: Western and Northern Cape: 03: KwaZulu-Natal: 04: Eastern Cape and eastern parts of the Western Cape: 05: Free State and Northern Cape 06: Cellular 07: Cellular 08: Cellular 08: Special services ""Note that since 10"
"7 everywhere else. South Africa uses 10 digit dialling which became required since 16 January 2007. The 10 digits used for local calls (AAA XXX XXXX or 0AA XXX XXXX) consists of a 3 digit area/type code (the first digit in the area/type code is a trunk prefix) and 7 digits. All area codes including mobile start with a ""0"" (trunk prefix) for domestic calls. When dialing from another country the international calling code for South Africa is ""+27"" with the rest of the digits excluding the trunk prefix (+27 AA XXX XXXX). The International Telecommunication Union sector ITU-T issued"
"Telephone numbers in South Africa South Africa has switched to a closed numbering system. Within South Africa, from 16 January 2007 it became mandatory to dial the full 10 digit telephone number including the zero in the three-digit area code even for local calls (for example: 011 must be dialled from within Johannesburg). Area codes within the system are generally organized geographically. All telephone numbers are 9 digits long (but always prefixed by 0 for calls within South Africa), except for certain Telkom special services. When dialed from another country, the '0' is omitted and replaced with the appropriate international"
"code 00 followed by the country code and the number required, for example, to call a number in Johannesburg, South Africa, 00 27 11 xxx xxxx. Until 1996, the international access code was 110. Telephone numbers in Zimbabwe To make a call from one town or city to another within Zimbabwe, a subscriber would dial 0, the trunk code, followed by the area code and the number required. Until 1996, the trunk code was 1. To dial a number in Zimbabwe from another country, the international call prefix depends on the country from where the call is being made, e.g."
"access code and the country code 27. Numbers were allocated when South Africa had four provinces, meaning that ranges are now split across the current nine provinces. South-West Africa (including Walvis Bay) was integrated into the South African numbering plan. Following its independence as Namibia, direct dialing from South Africa was discontinued and replaced by international dialling with the +264 country code. For example, for a call from South Africa to Windhoek, before and after 1992: Calls to Lesotho could be made using the access code 050 instead of the international code +266; for example, to call Maseru from South"
"Telephone numbers in Europe Telephone numbers in Europe are managed by the national telecommunications authorities of each country. The country calling codes start primarily with ""3"" and ""4"", however, some countries that by the Copenhagen criteria are considered part of Europe have country codes from the Asia range, starting with ""9"". The international access code (trunk prefix) has been standardized as ""00,"" as recommended by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). † = Disputed state, may not be recognized as an independent state by some or all European Union members. <nowiki>*</nowiki>A variable dialing plan has different dialing procedures for local and"
"0 The NSN length is nine digits. Geographic codes are in the range 20 to 29: VoIP services begin with 41: Mobile numbers start with 6 or 7: Non-geographic numbering begins 8 or 9: Telephone numbers in Tanzania Until 1999, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda shared a telephone numbering plan, in which subscribers were only required to dial the trunk code, area code and number. In that year, Tanzania adopted a new numbering plan. Calls to Kenya and Uganda require a regional prefix rather than having to use full international dialling. To call Kenya from Tanzania, subscribers dial 005 instead of"
"followed by the carrier selection code (same as in domestic long-distance calls) and the international telephone number. So, to call the international telephone number ""+cc-aa-nnnn-nnnn"" (where ""cc"" is the country code and ""aa"" the area code), one would dial ""00-xx-cc-aa-nnnn-nnnn"", where ""xx"" is the carrier selection code. Since international telephone numbers can have up to 15 digits, the maximum number of digits to be dialed is 19. For example, to call the number ""555-0123"" in Washington, D.C. (area code ""202""), United States (country code ""1""), using TIM as the chosen carrier (selection code ""41""), one would dial 00 41 1"
"already been allocated its own country code by the International Telecommunication Union, +264. The international access code is now 00 but was previously 09. Telephone numbers in Namibia Namibia's telephone numbering plan was originally devised when the country, then known as South West Africa, was under South African administration, and integrated into the South African telephone numbering plan. Area codes beginning with 06 were allocated to Namibia, including Walvis Bay, a South African exclave, which was not transferred to Namibian sovereignty until 1994. Following Namibia's independence in 1990, direct dialing between Namibia and South Africa was discontinued, and calls were"
"has adopted its own standardized number of 112, while countries in Asia and the rest of the world use a variety of other two- or three-digit emergency telephone number combinations. The 112 code is gaining prevalence because of its preprogrammed presence in mobile telephones that conform to the European GSM standard. The European Union and many other countries have chosen the International Telecommunication Union's 00 as their international access number instead of 011. The toll-free prefix 800 has been widely adopted elsewhere, including as the international toll-free country code. It is often preceded by a 0 rather than a 1"
"international number. The minimum number length after the international prefix is three digits. Most numbers, other than service numbers have at least eight digits. The maximum number length after the international prefix is nine digits, except numbers starting with ""210"" (ten digits). New Zealand follows an open numbering plan. The country code is ""64"". The long distance dialing prefix is ""0"". The international prefix is ""00"". New Zealand landline phone numbers have a total of eight digits excluding the leading 0: a one-digit area code, and a seven-digit phone number (e.g. 09 700 1234), beginning with a digit between 2"
"code 0900 followed by five digits. Neither of these are accessible internationally. The International dialing prefix is '00', though other prefixes are available (i.e. 0161, for discounted rates, or 0168, for access to USA 1800 numbers). To dial into New Zealand from overseas, the leading 0 should be dropped from all area codes. (For example, an 021 xxx xxxx number would be reached by dialing +64 21 xxx xxxx). Country Code: +682 International Call Prefix: 00 Trunk Prefix: Country Code: +683 International Call Prefix: 00 Trunk Prefix: Country Code: +690 International Call Prefix: 00 Trunk Prefix: Country Code: +680 International"
"are occasionally referred to colloquially as ""0055 numbers"" (pronounced double-oh, double-five). The first digit of 1900 numbers is mainly 9; such numbers were converted from the 0055 prefix (for example, 0055 55 123 would become 1900 955 123. In New Zealand, premium-rate telephone numbers begin with 0900. The service is used by phone sex companies, phone support services and for donations to charitable organizations. In Egypt, premium rate numbers begin with the prefix 0900, and for mobile services it uses short numbers to call or to send SMS to(4 digits only). In South Africa, premium rate SMS short codes are"
"from North America, followed by the country code 254. The international access code for calls from Kenya is 000. Telephone numbers in Kenya The following telephone numbers in Kenya are destination codes for international calls terminating in Kenya as well as the procedures for dialling internationally from within Kenya. Until 1999, Kenya shared its telephone numbering plan with Tanzania and Uganda, meaning that to make calls between the three countries, subscribers needed only dial the area code and number, a legacy of the East African Post and Telecommunications Corporation (EAPTC) which was dissolved in 1977. As a result of the"
"1. For international telephone calls, the national trunk prefix is not dialed; instead, an international trunk prefix is typically required. Many countries use the sequence 00, but in the NANP it is 011. Assume that a call is to be made to a customer in the Australian Area/State of Queensland with the local number of 3333 3333 and the area code 7. A caller from outside Australia must dial the international call prefix of the originating country, plus the country calling code (61 in the case of Australia), plus the area code (7 in this case), and then the local"
"of Table Mountain statement on press freedom in Africa (the first head of state to sign the statement), the country continues its efforts to improve press freedom. The Declaration of Table Mountain calls for the repeal of criminal defamation and ""insult"" laws and for moving press freedom higher on the African agenda. Calling code: +227 International call prefix: 00 Main lines: Mobile cellular: Telephone system: inadequate; small system of wire, radio telephone communications, and microwave radio relay links concentrated in the southwestern area of Niger; domestic satellite system with 3 earth stations and 1 planned; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity"
"phone numbers that did not start with the number ""9"". It is common to write phone numbers as (0xx) yyyyyyy, where xx is the area code. The 0 prefix is for trunk (long-distance) dialling from within the country. International callers should dial +92xxyyyyyyy All mobile phone codes are four digits long and start with 03. All mobile numbers are seven digits long, and denote the mobile provider on a nationwide basis and not geographic location. Thus all Telenor numbers (for example) nationwide carry mobile code 0345 etc. NWD (area) codes for common cities are: Premium Rate services: Toll free numbers"
"callers should dial ""+92 xx yyyyyyyy"". All mobile phone codes are four digits long and start with ""03xx"". All mobile numbers are seven digits long, and denote the mobile provider on a nationwide basis and not geographic location. Thus all Telenor numbers (for example) nationwide carry mobile code 0345 etc. Universal access number Emergency Service Numbers Premium Rate services: Toll free numbers (For callers within Pakistan): Telephone numbers in India are 10 digits long (excluding an initial zero which is required at times) and fall in at least four distinct categories: All telephone numbers in Iran are 11 digits long"
"for mobile numbers: ""04AA/BB BB BB"", ""04AA/BB.BB.BB"" or ""04AA/BBB.BBB"". The international country code prefix for Belgium is ""+32"". When dialing a number with the prefix, the 0 can be dropped, e.g.: ""+32 4AA BB BB BB"". Danish telephone numbers are eight digits long and are normally written Danish emergency and service numbers are three digits long and are written AAA. Danish short numbers used for text messaging services are four digits long and are written AAAA. French telephone numbers are 10 digits long written in groups of two separated by spaces, in the format 0A BB BB BB BB where"
"Amateur radio call signs in Africa Amateur radio call signs in Africa are codes used to identify all radio communications, broadcasts and transmissions. The International Telecommunication Union assigns Africa as ITU region #1. It has assigned call signs prefix blocks to countries including 77 DXCC entities in and off-shore of Africa. Western Sahara is not a DXCC entity but uses SØ as a prefix. Amateur radio or ham radio is practised by operators holding nationally allocated call signs in African countries or foreign administered territories and other nations or DXCC entities. Call sign allocation from the International Telegraph Union is"
"automatically may include the full number with area and access codes. Country codes are necessary only when dialing telephone numbers in other countries than the originating telephone. These are dialed before the national telephone number. By convention, international telephone numbers are indicated by prefixing the country code with a plus sign (+), which is meant to indicate that the subscriber must dial the international dialing prefix in the country from which the call is placed. For example, the international dialing prefix or ""access code"" in all NANP countries is ""011"", while it is ""00"" in most European countries. On GSM"
"telephone numbers is standardized by ITU-T recommendation E.164. This code specifies that the entire number should be 15 digits or shorter, and begin with a country prefix. For most countries, this is followed by an area code or city code and the subscriber number, which might consist of the code for a particular telephone exchange. ITU-T recommendation E.123 describes how to represent an international telephone number in writing or print, starting with a plus sign (""+"") and the country code. When calling an international number from a landline phone, the + must be replaced with the international call prefix chosen"
"be removed and the address gets TON=1 (international number), NPI=1. The number itself must always start with a country code and must be formatted exactly according to the E.164 standard. In contrast, for numbers written without `+' sign the address gets TON=0 (unknown), NPI=1. In this case the number must adhere to the mobile operator's dial plan, which means that international numbers must have the international prefix (00 in most countries, but 011 in the USA) before the country code and numbers for long-distance calls must start with the trunk prefix (0 in most countries, 1 in the USA) followed"
"four or five digits long, starting with either '3' or '4'. Premium rate telephone services are regulated by The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) In Iran, premium rate numbers start with the prefix 909 followed by 7 digits. (909 xxx xxxx) Numbers starting with 1-900, 1-901, 1-919, 1-956 and 1-957 are premium rate numbers. The prefix 1-900 belongs to services with cost addition of 0.5 NIS for minute. Usually, used in radio stations and dates services. the next two digits tells the company: 2X for Bezeq, 50 for Pelephone, 52 for Cellcom (052-999XXXX in the origin), 54 for"
"14 July 2011, and in so the United Nations suggested the code to become active by 16 July. The code went ""live"" on 1 October 2011, over two months behind schedule. Each telephone service provider has a two-digit identifier. The first digit is 1 for fixed services, including wireline and fixed wireless, or 9 for GSM mobile services. Calls taking place inside of South Sudan have a simple format of ""mm nnn nnnn"" (where ""mm"" represents the mobile code and ""nnn nnnn"" represents the local number). An ITU is not required for national calls. For example, a person in South"
"are three digits long and always start with the number 9, although recently new area codes have been issued with 8 as the starting digit, particularly for VOIP phone numbers. However, the area code indicates the ""service provider"" and not necessarily a geographic region. Unlike fixed-line telephones, the long-distance telephone dialling format is always observed when using a mobile phone. Therefore, mobile phone numbers always have the format ""+63 (9957867765) xxx-xxxx"" for international callers and ""0(9957867765) xxx-xxxx"" for domestic callers. Some of the first area codes to be assigned for mobile phones were 912 for Mobiline/Piltel, 915 for Islacom, 917"
"0. The following list includes this national trunk access digit when it must be dialled before the number. 066, 084 and 087 are often used by scammers, because they are easy and cheap to register and make identification very hard. Previously, 06-0, 06-1000 and 06-4 were used for toll-free numbers, 06-8 for ""shared cost"", 06-9 for premium rate, and other 06-numbers for mobile numbers. 0011 and later 06-11 was used for emergency services before this changed to 112. 09 was used as the international access code before this changed to 00. Since the reorganization of the telephone system in 1995,"
"to each operator. All mobile Area Codes starts with the digit 7. Please note: Since April 2011 Mobile number portability (MNP) is implemented in Kenya. The phone number can be ported by the customer to another operator. To call Kenya from Tanzania and Uganda, subscribers must dial 005, followed by the area code and number. To call Uganda from Kenya, subscribers must dial 006, followed by the area code and number, while calls to Tanzania require the prefix 007. To call Kenya from other countries, subscribers must dial their international access code e.g. 00 for most European countries, and 011"
"not require international dialling, only a special three-digit code. Land line phone numbers in Kenya follow the format Area Code + Phone Number. To dial a number within an Area and/or City, only the Phone Number needs to be dialled. When dialling from a different Area/City, the telephone number is dialled in the format 0 + Area Code + Phone Number. When dialling from overseas, the 0 is omitted. In Kenya there are0713029407 four mobile network operators (MNO): Safaricom, Airtel (former Zain / Celtel), Equitel (MVNO)and Telkom Kenya (Orange). The Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) has assigned several Area Codes"
"They start with a two to four digit area code. A three digit code starting with 07 indicates that the number is for a mobile phone. All national numbers start with one leading 0, and international calls are specified by 00 or +. The numbers are written with the area code followed by a hyphen, and then two to three groups of digits separated by spaces. In Turkey the format for telephone numbers is commonly seen as 0BBB AAA AA AA. While landline numbers having the prefix 02BB AAA AA AA, 03BB AAA AA AA, or 04BB AAA AA AA"
"Telephone numbers in Namibia Namibia's telephone numbering plan was originally devised when the country, then known as South West Africa, was under South African administration, and integrated into the South African telephone numbering plan. Area codes beginning with 06 were allocated to Namibia, including Walvis Bay, a South African exclave, which was not transferred to Namibian sovereignty until 1994. Following Namibia's independence in 1990, direct dialing between Namibia and South Africa was discontinued, and calls were classed as international. Consequently, subscribers were required to use the international access code and country calling code, omitting the trunk code 0. Namibia had"
"migrate to 080 85 numbers with the same final 6 digits. While the numbers are portable, 0500 has been closed to new allocations since 1997/98. Universal International Freephone Service is an international service, assigned the country code 800 by the International Telecommunication Union. The intention is that any customer in the world can dial the same number to reach a business subscribing to a number, and at no charge to the calling party. However, only a limited number of countries yet participate. In order to participate, countries must agree on the amount of revenue they will retain (to cover their"