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From telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Wed Mar 28 21:45:30 1990 Received: from delta.eecs.nwu.edu by gaak.LCS.MIT.EDU via TCP with SMTP id AA08946; Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:45:24 EST Resent-Message-Id: <9003290245.AA08946@gaak.LCS.MIT.EDU> Received: from uunet.UU.NET by delta.eecs.nwu.edu id aa11006; 28 Mar 90 12:39 CST Received: from mnetor.UUCP by uunet.uu.net (5.61/1.14) with UUCP id AA26760; Wed, 28 Mar 90 13:37:31 -0500 Received: by mnetor.UUCP (smail2.3) id AA20781; 28 Mar 90 10:47:39 EST (Wed) Received: by becker.UUCP (smail2.5/bdb) id AA15952; Wed, 28 Mar 90 10:09:53 EST (-0500) Received: by contact.UUCP (smail2.5) id AA00145; 28 Mar 90 09:33:03 EST (Wed) Subject: Revised list of dialing codes guide (codes.doc) To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Date: Wed, 28 Mar 90 9:33:02 EST From: woody <contact!djcl@uunet.uu.net> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2 PL13] Message-Id: <9003280933.AA00145@contact.UUCP> Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Mar 90 20:44:30 CST Resent-From: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Resent-To: ptownson@gaak.LCS.MIT.EDU Status: RO DIALING CODES (Telepress, 23 March 1990) General contents of this file: 1. Area Codes, North America - a description of the numbering plan 2. Reserved exchanges within each area code 3. Other Information - refers to GUIDECOD.DOC file 4. Area Codes for North America 5. Country Codes for International Dialing ----------- 1. Area Codes, North America Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) is the organisation responsible for the maintenance of the area codes and the dialing setup for North America since the breakup of AT&T several years back. This group sets standards for dialing, telephone number format, etc. Area codes (or Numbering Plan Areas (NPA)) in North America are presently of the form NZX where N represents a number from 2 to 8, Z is 0 or 1 and X is any number. This distinguishes area codes from central office (exchange) codes which are usually of the form NNX (ie. the difference between an exchange and an area code is usually in the second digit, whether or not it is a 0 or 1). Area codes ending in -11 are not used, as they are normally used for special services. The special purposes generally reserved are: 411 directory assistance 611 repair 811 business office 911 emergency The other N11 codes are sometimes used within specific localities for special purposes (711 is used for mobile service in British Columbia, in the form 0+711)). In some cases, services are accessed through the long distance network (ie. 1+411 or 1+611). Area codes ending in -10 have been TWX numbers (teletype service). TWX area codes include 510, 610, 710, 810 and 910. Normal telephone numbers do not (yet) use area codes ending in -10, though these codes will be reassigned to regular telephone service as TWX is eliminated. Upcoming examples of this are the area code splits of 213 (Los Angeles adds area code 310) and 415 (San Francisco adds area code 510). Area codes ending in -00 are usually reserved for special services like 700, 800 or 900. In fact, these codes are not considered to be area codes as such, but Service Access Codes (SACs). (2) Dialing Codes... Theoretical capacity of the telephone system: The original design of telephone numbers was: (NZX) NNX XXXX In theory, this gives: N Z X N N X X X X X 8 * 2 * 10 * 8 * 8 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 = 1.024 billion numbers However, as some area codes and exchanges are reserved for special purposes (such as 411, 555 exchange, etc), the total possible number of telephone numbers will be somewhat less. As the exchange codes in some area codes were used up, some central offices started using the NXX format, where the middle digit can then be a 0 or 1; examples of these may be found in New York City or Los Angeles. The March 1990 conversion of the (416) area code around Toronto is another example, as is a similar change to North Carolina's dialing around the same time. The dialing is changed so that dialing 1+ a number always requires an area code, and in the case of (416), will mean that 1+416+ will be needed for long distance calls within (416). In New York City, however, all calls within an area code are dialed with seven digits only (without dialing 1 first, let alone the area code). Now, telephone numbers look like this: (NZX) NXX XXXX This gives a potential of: N Z X N X X X X X X 8 * 2 * 10 * 8 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 = 1.28 billion numbers However, codes like 411 and 611 would not be assigned because they will still be needed for services such as directory assistance and repair. Nevertheless, some unused N11 codes like 211 may be found in some area codes as active exchanges. It's also not a good idea to assign the home area code (could cause confusion). Going from NNX exchange codes to NXX only represents a 25% increase in the total theoretical amount of telephone numbers, and not all area code regions are expected to run out of exchanges. Also, area codes do not generally go outside a state or provincial boundary (the only exceptions are in Canada, where 902 serves both Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, area 819 which covers the eastern Northwest Territories as well as part of Quebec, and area 403 which covers Alberta, Yukon and the western Northwest Territories). The ultimate goal is not only to use area codes for exchanges codes, but to use exchanges codes for area codes also. This means that telephone numbers will ultimately look like this: (NXX) NXX XXXX This gives a potential of: N X X N X X X X X X 8 * 10 * 10 * 8 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 * 10 = 6.4 billion numbers With a five-fold increase in the number of possible area codes, there should be plenty of room to grow for some time. (3) Dialing Codes... Basically, all calls within an area code will ultimately be dialed in one of the following ways 1) dial seven digits, 2) dial 1 + home area code + number, or 3) dial 1 + seven digit number within area code, then wait for a few seconds to time out. One alternative not mentioned in official documents (for touch tone phones) is to use 1 + seven digit number in home area code + '#' with the # key terminating the dialing. The initial set of new area codes will take the form NN0, or those numbers ending in '0'. This means that areas codes that do not have exchanges ending in '0' (or only a few NN0 exchanges that could be renumbered) can still be able to tell the difference between an exchange and an area code by looking at the first three digits. The new NN0-type area codes will be assigned starting with these first few codes (in order): 260, 480, 520, 590, 650, 220, 250, 490, 660, 680, 720, 730, 850, 940 ... 970 will be reserved for phone testing purposes, and is not slated to become an area code. All telephone systems are expected to change their systems over to allow for the new style of area codes by 1 July 1995, or perhaps earlier. This could mean that other area codes will be required to dial the area code for long distance calls within area, even though the area code is not running out of exchanges itself (eg. areas 519, 705). Dialing Scheme * 1 + will generally be used for direct-dialed long distance calls within North America, especially calls outside the local area code. * 0 + is used to dial operator-assisted or automated credit card calls within North America. After 0 + (area code) + number are dialed, a prompt tone (same tones as a dial tone, but for a very short duration) will be issued, then one of the following actions will be taken: 1) wait for a few seconds, then an operator will come on line 2) dial '0' to get the operator immediately (for a collect, person to person call, etc) 3) dial the telephone company credit card number for billing It is unclear what will happen in the cases of automated collect calls, as to what kinds of dialing would be standard in that case. (4) Dialing Codes... Dialing 0 and waiting will get the local area operator. * 00 is used in the U.S. to get the operator for a default long distance carrier. This is used as most long distance companies have their own operators. A single 0 digit will call up the local operator (with the local telephone company as opposed to the long distance company). It's important to note that the U.S. is broken up into LATAs (Local Access Transport Areas), and long distance calls are treated differently whether they are made within a LATA, or if a call is placed to another LATA. Thus, there could be an operator for within the LATA (intra-LATA calling) and an operator for inter-LATA calling (from a long distance carrier). * 01 is used for overseas calls. 01 + indicates an operator-assisted or automatic credit card call, while 011 + indicates a direct-dialed overseas call. 010 is reserved for some unspecified future use. * 10XXX + is used in the U.S. to indicate which long distance carrier to use in a situation known as "equal access". This allows a telephone subscriber to select a long distance company for a particular call. For instance, 10288+ gets AT&T while 10222+ gets MCI and 10333+ US Sprint. After this code, a 1 or 0 is dialed (to indicate direct dial or operator-assisted call) then the number to be called. The codes 10000 is not available for assignment 10001 - 10099 are reserved for restricted purposes 10100 - 10199 are reserved for international carriers (note that because of possible dialing mistakes that may confuse some codes with 01- overseas dialing codes, 10100-10119 are to be assigned after all 10120-10199 codes are assigned.) 10200 - 10999 are assigned to standard long distance carriers A list of the U.S. long distance carriers and their 10XXX+ codes is listed in a separate document. Canada doesn't have to worry about this code quite yet, depending on the results of the CNCP/Rogers intention to provide alternate long distance service. * 11- is reserved for special calling services like call waiting functions, etc. For instance, 1170 is used to disable the call waiting, like *70 can be used on touch tone phones. The current special calling codes on many local telephone systems are: *57 or 1157 - call tracing request (some systems use this for call back) *60 or 1160 - call blocking activated *61 or 1161 - priority ring activated *63 or 1163 - select call forwarding activated *66 or 1166 - repeat dialing activated *67 or 1167 - call number ID blocking (done for each call) *69 or 1169 - call return activated *70 or 1170 - disable call waiting *71 or 1171 - 3 way calling according to usage *72 or 1172 - enable call forwarding *73 or 1173 - disable call forwarding *74 or 1174 - modify speed calling directory entry (for 8 number service) *75 or 1175 - modify speed calling directory entry (for 30 number service) *76 or 1176 - call pickup *79 or 1179 - ring again *80 or 1180 - call blocking disabled *81 or 1181 - priority ring disabled *83 or 1183 - select call forwarding activated *86 or 1186 - repeat dialing disabled *89 or 1189 - call return disabled (5) Dialing Codes... 2. Reserved exchanges Each area code will have certain exchanges set aside for special purposes. These exchanges are: 555 - directory assistance 950 - used to access other long distance services (U.S.) 958, 959 - reserved for phone tests 976 - special recordings, private services 844 and 936 have been reserved for time and weather services, but this is not widely adhered to. In area code 416, these exchanges are for Oakville and Tottenham respectively. These services will likely be incorporated into 976 service, or into other exchanges. [Other information on 700, 800 service is available through another file, TELECOM Digest Guide to North American Area Codes, available via TELECOM Digest archives. It is also available in the Tel Codes packags starting with edition #7] (6) Dialing Codes... 4. Area Codes / North America 200 - [-- in some areas, for testing --] 201 - New Jersey (Newark, Jersey City) 202 - Washington DC 203 - Connecticut 204 - Manitoba 205 - Alabama 206 - Washington (Seattle) 207 - Maine 208 - Idaho 209 - California (Fresno) 210 - [** not used yet **] 212 - New York City (Manhattan, Bronx) 213 - Los Angeles 214 - Texas (Dallas) 215 - Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) 216 - Ohio (Cleveland, Akron) 217 - Illinois (Springfield) 218 - Minnesota (Duluth) 219 - Indiana (Fort Wayne, South Bend) 300 - [** not used yet **] 301 - Maryland 302 - Delaware 303 - Colorado (Boulder, Denver) 304 - West Virginia 305 - Florida (Ft Lauderdale) 306 - Saskatchewan 307 - Wyoming 308 - Nebraska (western) 309 - Illinois (Moline, Peoria) 310 - [California, eff. 1 Feb '92] 312 - Illinois (Chicago) 313 - Michigan (Detroit) 314 - Missouri (St Louis) 315 - New York (Oswego, Syracuse) 316 - Kansas (Wichita) 317 - Indiana (Indianapolis) 318 - Louisiana (Shreveport) 319 - Iowa (Dubuque) 400 - ** not used ** 401 - Rhode Island 402 - Nebraska (Omaha) 403 - Alberta, NWT, Yukon 404 - Georgia (Atlanta) 405 - Oklahoma (Oklahoma City) 406 - Montana 407 - Florida (Orlando) 408 - California (San Jose) 409 - Texas (around Houston) 410 - [-- TWX: Northeast US --] 412 - Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) 413 - Massachusetts (Springfield) 414 - Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 415 - California (San Francisco) 416 - Ontario (Toronto) 417 - Missouri (southwest) 418 - Quebec (Quebec City) 419 - Ohio (Toledo) 500 - [** not used yet **] 501 - Arkansas 502 - Kentucky (Louisville) 503 - Oregon 504 - Louisiana (New Orleans) 505 - New Mexico 506 - New Brunswick 507 - Minnesota (Rochester) 508 - Massachusetts, surrounding Boston 509 - Washington (Spokane) 510 - [San Fran. CA, eff. 7 Oct '91] 512 - Texas (Austin, San Antonio) 513 - Ohio (Cincinnati) 514 - Quebec (Montreal) 515 - Iowa (Des Moines) 516 - New York (Long Island) 517 - Michigan (Lansing, Saginaw) 518 - New York (Albany) 519 - Ontario (London) (7) Dialing Codes... 4. Area Codes / North America (continued...) 600 - [** not used yet** ] 601 - Mississippi 602 - Arizona 603 - New Hampshire 604 - British Columbia 605 - South Dakota 606 - Kentucky (Covington) 607 - New York (Binghamton) 608 - Wisconsin (Madison) 609 - New Jersey (Atlantic City) 610 - [-- TWX code for Canada --] 612 - Minnesota (Minneapolis) 613 - Ontario (Ottawa) 614 - Ohio (Columbus) 615 - Tennessee (Nashville) 616 - Michigan (Grand Rapids) 617 - Massachusetts (Boston) 618 - Illinois (Centralia) 619 - California (San DIego) 700 - Special features within U.S. 701 - North Dakota 702 - Nevada 703 - Virginia (Arlington) 704 - North Carolina (Charlotte) 705 - Ontario (North Bay) 706 - [ ** formerly NW Mexico ** ] 707 - California (Santa Rosa) 708 - Illinois (*new* as of 11 Nov 89) 709 - Newfoundland 710 - [-- TWX: Southern US --] 712 - Iowa (Council Bluffs) 713 - Texas (Houston) 714 - California (southwest) 715 - Wisconsin (Eau Claire) 716 - New York (Buffalo) 717 - Pennsylvania (Pottsville) 718 - New York City (Brooklyn, Queens, 719 - Colorado (Pueblo) Staten Island) 800 - Toll-free '800' service 801 - Utah 802 - Vermont 803 - South Carolina 804 - Virginia (Richmond) 805 - California (Bakersfield) 806 - Texas (Amarillo) 807 - Ontario (Thunder Bay) 808 - Hawaii 809 - Bahamas, Bermuda, Caribbean 810 - [-- TWX: Mexico --] 812 - Indiana (Bloomington) 813 - Florida (St Petersburg, Tampa) 814 - Pennsylvania (Altoona) 815 - Illinois (Freeport, Rockford) 816 - Missouri (Kansas City) 817 - Texas (Forth Worth) 818 - California (Pasadena) 819 - Quebec (Hull) 900 - Message/Mass Call/Premium service 901 - Tennessee (Memphis) 902 - Nova Scotia, P.E.I 903 - [Texas (from 214) eff. fall '90] 904 - Florida (Daytona Bch, Jacksonvl) 905 - [ ** formerly Mexico City ** ] 906 - Michigan (Sault Ste Marie) 907 - Alaska 908 - [New Jersey, eff. 1991] 909 - [ ** not used yet ** ] 910 - [-- TWX: Western US --] 912 - Georgia (Savannah) 913 - Kansas (Topeka) 914 - New York (New Rochelle) 915 - Texas (El Paso) 916 - California (Sacramento) 917 - [ ** not used yet ** ] 918 - Oklahoma (eastern) 919 - North Carolina (eastern) (8) Dialing Codes... Special Area Codes 700 - Special Long Distance services (usually US only) Often, a special (700) area number will identify the customer's primary long distance carrier in the U.S.: dial 700 555 4141 to get the name of the long distance carrier (in some areas of the U.S.) 700 may be used for other value-added services, according to the region and long distance carriers involved. 800 - Toll Free calling (INWATS) 900 - special services (recordings, special promotions, vote tallying, usually with toll charge applied) former TWX (teletypewriter) area code assignments: 410 - Northeastern USA 510 - Eastern USA (510 will become a San Francisco CA code soon) 610 - Canada 710 - Southern USA 810 - Mexico 910 - Western USA Area code 708 was in service November 1989 in the Chicago area. Basically, area 312 was split up so that the city of Chicago proper retains 312, while the area surrounding Chicago will get area code 708. Area 903 was once used for northwest Mexico. It will be reassigned to Texas, to split up the Dallas 214 area as of fall 1990. Area code 908 has been slated for New Jersey, to split up the existing 201 area. This should take place by 1991. California will get two area code splits over the next few years. Area 310 will split the Los Angeles 213 area again (it was split not too many years back as 213/818, with Pasadena taking the 818 side). The split should be complete 7th October 1991. The San Francisco area will get its 415 area split into 415 and 510 which should be completed by 1st February 1992. The only other standard area codes (i.e. those with 0 or 1 in the middle digit) are 210, 410, 710, 810, 909, 910, 917 (assuming that the obsolete TWX teletype service using some of the N10-type codes is taken out of service from the standard phone system). 706 and 905 were formerly patches to the system to allow access to northwestern Mexico and Mexico City respectively; these could be reassigned at some point, also, as calls to Mexico now generally use overseas dialing (country code 52). It is possible that there could be assignments of area codes of the form N11 (like 211, 311, or generally anything that avoids the standard service codes 411, 611, 911 and perhaps 811) and of the form N00 (intended for special services like 800 or 900 calls). (9) Dialing Codes... Thanks to Carl Moore on the Usenet service for extra information regarding area code splits and when they occurred/will occur: 305/904 Florida, July 1965 703/804 Virginia, June 1973 714/619 California, November 1982 713/409 Texas, March 1983 213/818 California, January 1984 212/718 New York, September 1984 303/719 Colorado, 5 March 1988 305/407 Florida, 16 April 1988 617/508 Massachusetts, 16 July 1988 312/708 Illinois, November 1989 202 District of Columbia & vicinity, 1 October 1990 202 area code has been useable for DC proper AND all but the outermost points in Maryland and Virginia suburbs, in areas 301 and 703 respectively. 202 is being withdrawn from the suburbs and will then be useable only for DC proper. This change does not affect what you have for Maryland zipcodes starting with 206,207,208,209 or for Virginia zipcodes starting with 220,221, 222,223; I do not know how government offices using zipcodes starting with 200,202,203,204,205 and located outside DC proper and using Md. or Va. prefixes will be affected. The Pentagon is physically in Virginia, but its office phones are in area code 202 only and NOT in 703. 214/903 Texas, fall 1990 201/908 New Jersey, 1991 415/510 California, 7 October 1991 (full cutover 27 January 1992) 213/310 California, 1 February 1992 (full cutover 1 May 1992) -------- When all the area codes run out, it is proposed to use NNX codes for area codes (starting the mid- to late-90s). Codes ending in '0' would form a new source of area codes (like 220, 850, 990, etc). This would mean that all long distance calls beginning with 1+ will require area codes, unless NN0 exchange codes used are avoided within an area code (ie. a method is devised to distinguish the area codes from the exchanges). As long as no exchange in an area code ends in '0', the 1 + 7 digit number dialing within an area code could still be used. (10) Dialing Codes... 5. Country Codes for International Dialing International dialing uses country codes from 1 to 3 digits. These are grouped (usually) according to geographic location. Not all countries can dial direct to all other overseas codes, but these are the codes by which a country's telephone network is recognised. When listing a telephone number in international correspondence, one format often used lists the country code followed by the area code and local number digits required to complete the call. For instance, the number (400) 012.3456 in North America would be listed as "+ 1 400 012 3456". The overseas dialing code would be used then the digits after the "+". Codes marked with '%' mean that this is a country not dialable from Canada as of November 1989. INTERNATIONAL DIALING CODES 1 - North America Canada, USA including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Bahamas, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Bequia, Mustique, Prune (Palm) Island, Union Island) (Trinidad and Tobago [1]) Notes: Mexico locations with Zone 1 style area codes (706, 903, 905) are generally out of service by now. This was only a rigged-up system to allow dialing to Mexico City and Northwest Mexico from U.S. or Canadian phones. These are not official (were in use within the U.S. and Canada *only*) and are now replaced with the overseas dialing system (country code 52). [1] Trinidad and Tobago has been assigned code 296. The date whem this country code will take effect is unknown. (11) Dialing Codes... Africa 20 - Egypt 231 - Liberia % 253 - Djibouti 210 - (reserved Morocco) 232 - Sierra Leone % 254 - Kenya 211 - (reserved Morocco) 233 - Ghana 255 - Tanzania [2] 212 - Morocco 234 - Nigeria 256 - Uganda 213 - Algeria 235 - Chad % 257 - Burundi 214 - (reserved Algeria) 236 - Central African Rep 258 - Mozambique 215 - (reserved Algeria) 237 - Cameroon 259 - Zanzibar [2] % 216 - Tunisia 238 - Cape Verde 260 - Zambia 217 - (reserved Tunisia) 239 - Sao Tome & Principe 261 - Madagascar 218 - Libya 240 - Equatorial Guinea % 262 - Reunion (France) 219 - (reserved Libya) 241 - Gabonese Republic 263 - Zimbabwe 220 - Gambia 242 - Congo % 264 - Namibia 221 - Senegal 243 - Zaire 265 - Malawi 222 - Mauritania % 244 - Angola 266 - Lesotho 223 - Mali 245 - Guinea-Bissau % 267 - Botswana 224 - Guinea % 246 - Diego-Garcia % 268 - Swaziland 225 - Cote d'Ivoire 247 - Ascension 269 - Comoros & Mayotte 226 - Burkina Faso 248 - Seychelles 27 - South Africa 227 - Niger 249 - Sudan 295 - San Marino [3] % 228 - Togolese Republic 250 - Rwandese Republic 296 - Trinidad/Tobago % [4] 229 - Benin 251 - Ethiopia 297 - Aruba [5] 230 - Mauritius 252 - Somalia % 298 - Faroe Islands [6] 299 - Greenland [7] Unknown or unassigned: 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289 290, 291, 292, 293, 294. Notes: [2] Zanzibar is routed via Tanzania as + 255 54, though the country code 259 is assigned for Zanzibar. [3] San Marino will be split from Italy's country code (was 39). [4] Trinidad and Tobago are new with country code 296, moving out of North American area code 809 (ie. + 1 809). The date when this country code takes effect is unknown. [5] Aruba got its own country code when it formally became independent of the Netherlands Antilles 1st January 1986. [6] was under Norway [7] Greenland (country code 299) is supposed to be in the part of the world where country codes begin with 3 or 4 (Europe). However, since all those codes are used up, 299 is as close to 3 or 4 as possible. (12) Dialing Codes... International Dialing Country Codes (continued) Europe 30 - Greece 355 - Albania % 41 - Switzerland, 31 - Netherlands 356 - Malta Liechtenstein [10] 32 - Belgium 357 - Cyprus 42 - Czechoslovakia 33 - Andorra, France, 358 - Finland 43 - Austria Monaco [8] 359 - Bulgaria 44 - United Kingdom 34 - Spain 36 - Hungary 45 - Denmark 350 - Gibraltar 37 - East Germany 46 - Sweden 351 - Portugal 38 - Yugoslavia 47 - Norway 352 - Luxembourg 39 - Italy, San Marino, 48 - Poland 353 - Eire (Irish Rep) Vatican City [9] 49 - West Germany 354 - Iceland 40 - Romania % All codes beginning with 3 or 4 have been assigned at this time. Notes: [8] Andorra: + 33 628, Monaco: + 33 93 [9] San Marino: + 39 541, but moving to country code 295 at some unknown date Vatican City: + 39 66982 [10] Liechtenstein: + 41 75 South & Central America 500 - Falkland Islands % 51 - Peru 592 - Guyana 501 - Belize 52 - Mexico 593 - Ecuador 502 - Guatemala 53 - Cuba [11] 594 - Guiana (French) 503 - El Salvador 54 - Argentina 595 - Paraguay 504 - Honduras 55 - Brazil 596 - Martinique [13] 505 - Nicaragua 56 - Chile 597 - Suriname 506 - Costa Rica 57 - Colombia 598 - Uruguay 507 - Panama 58 - Venezuela 599 - Netherlands Antilles 508 - St Pierre&Miquelon 590 - Guadeloupe [12] Antilles [14] 509 - Haiti 591 - Bolivia All codes beginning with 5 have been assigned at this time. Notes: [11] Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base: + 53 99, a special hack dialable from USA [12] includes French Antilles: St Barthelemy, St Martin, Guadeloupe [13] should now be onlyu Martinique; was all of French Antilles [14] includes Saint Maarten, Saba, Statia, Curacao, Bonaire (13) Dialing Codes... South Pacific 60 - Malaysia 673 - Brunei Darussalm 686 - Kiribati, Gilbert Is 61 - Australia 674 - Nauru % 687 - New Caldonia 62 - Indonesia 675 - Papua New Guinea 688 - Tuvalu, Ellice Is % 63 - Philippines 676 - Tonga (Saipan?) 64 - New Zealand 677 - Solomon Islands 689 - French Polynesia 65 - Singapore 678 - Vanuatu [16] 690 - Tokelan 66 - Thailand 679 - Fiji Islands 691 - F.S. of Micronesia 670 - Marianna Isl. [15] 680 - Palau % 692 - Marshall Islands 671 - Guam 681 - Wallis & Fortuna % 672 - Austr. Extrn. Ter.: 682 - Cook Islands Christmas Island, 683 - Niue Island % Cocos Islands, 684 - American Samoa Norfolk Island 685 - Western Samoa Unknown or unused: 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699 Notes: [15] that is, Northern Mariana Islands, or Saipan [16] or New Hebrides Soviet Union 7 - USSR Note: It may not be possible to dial that many places within the Soviet Union, even where direct dialing facilities are available (for instance, calling direct is perhaps restricted to Moscow and maybe a few other cities). (14) Dialing Codes... International Dialing Country Codes (continued) East Asia (plus Inmarsat/Marisat) 81 - Japan 855 - Cambodia 878 - (reserved, national 82 - South Korea 856 - Laos mobile purposes) 84 - Vietnam % 86 - China 879 - (reserved, national 850 - North Korea 871 - Inmarsat (Atlantic) mobile purposes) 852 - Hong Kong 872 - Inmarsat (Pacific) 880 - Bangladesh [17] 853 - Macao 873 - Inmarsat (Indian) 886 - Taiwan [17] Unknown or unused: 800, 801, 802, 803, 804, 805, 806, 807, 808, 809, 830, 831, 832, 833, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838, 839, 851, 854, 857, 858, 859, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 887, 888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899 Unknown or unused, but reserved for Maritime Mobile service: 870, 874, 875, 876, 877 Notes: [17] By CCITT policy, no more country codes of the 880-889 series are supposed to be assigned until all other country codes beginning with 8 have been taken. 886 for Taiwan is an unofficial code used for access to Taiwan. The "People's" Republic of China, on the other hand, has assigned Taiwan access via country code 866 (presumably + 86 6, through China). Middle East 90 - Turkey 962 - Jordan 971 - United Arab Emirates 91 - India 963 - Syria 972 - Israel 92 - Pakistan 964 - Iraq 973 - Bahrain 93 - Afghanistan % 965 - Kuwait 974 - Qatar 94 - Sri Lanka 966 - Saudi Arabia 976 - Mongolia % 95 - Burma 967 - Yemen Arab Rep 977 - Nepal 960 - Maldives 968 - Oman 98 - Iran 961 - Lebanon 969 - Yemen Dem Rep % Unused or Unknown: 970, 975, 978, 979, 990, 991, 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999 No country codes begin with '0'. (continued...) (15) Dialing Codes... There would be 195 assigned country codes, with 8 codes reserved (210, 211, 214, 215, 217, 219, 878, 879). 79 more standard country codes can be assigned (assuming that 2 digit codes aren't split up into 3 digit codes, etc), not including the 5 unassigned/unknown mobile/marisat codes in the 87x series. 24 country codes are not dialable from Canada as of March 1990, including any country codes yet to be placed into service. The most recent to be in service from Canada are 233 Ghana, 253 Djibouti, 258 Mozambique, 264 Namibia, and 95 Burma. There are signs that 296 Trinidad and Tobago may be placed into service soon from Canada. From a payphone, it would cost $16.30 for a 3-minute call to Burma from Canada. Ghana is a relative bargain at $7.95 for 3 minutes. Don't even think of trying to use coins for an Inmarsat call (likely $36 or more for the three minutes). Thanks go to those who recently discussed the country codes on Telecom Digest, a service avaialable through Usenet and other places. In particular, information from John Covert, Mike Grant, Dolf Grunbauer, John Levine, Chris Johnston and undoubtedly others of this newsgroup has been helpful in the updating of this list.