Telephone numbers in Asia

The Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions have their own separate country codes and telephone numbering plans.

Country Code: 86
International Call Prefix: 00

Country Code: 852
International Call Prefix: varies, depending on IDD provider

Country Code: 81

Country Code: 853 International Call Prefix: 00

Main article: Communications in South Korea, Korean telephone numbering plan

Country Code: 82

Country Code: 886 (unofficial; listed as "reserved" by ITU)
International Call Prefix: 00

02x: Taipei
09x: Mobile 

Country Code: 670

Until September 1999, East Timor formed part of the Indonesian numbering plan, using the Country Code +62, followed by area codes for the two largest cities, Dili (390) and Baucau (399). Following the violence in the wake of Indonesia's departure from the territory, most of the telecommunications infrastructure was destroyed, and Telkom Indonesia withdrew its services from East Timor.

A new country code +670 was allocated to East Timor, but international access often remains severely limited. A complicating factor is the fact that 670 was previously used by the Northern Marianas, with many carriers not aware that the code is now used by East Timor. (The Northern Marianas, now part of the North American Numbering Plan, use the code 1 and the area code 670.)

East Timor now has a closed numbering plan; all subscribers' numbers are seven digits.

Telephone numbering in East Timor is as follows:

Mobile: 72X-YYYY 
Service Numbers: 721-XXXX
Fixed: 32X-YYYY (numbering range in Dili)  
Government Departments: 333-YYYY 
Ambulance Service: 110
Fire Dept: 115
Emergency: 112
International access code: 00

Country Code: 62

To make a phone call to Indonesia you should use the following format:

<IDD access number> 62 <area code> <phone number>

For mobile wireless phone (GSM):

<IDD access number> 62 <prefix> <phone number>

International call operators: 101. Domestic call operators: 100. International phone number information: 102. Local phone number information: 108. Phone number information in other area: 106 or <Area code> 108.

• PT Indosat: 001 and 008.
• PT Telkom: 007

To make an International phone call from Indonesia you should use the following format:

<IDD prefix> <country code> <area code> <phone number>

Amlapura (0363), Ampah (0522), Amuntai (0527), Amurang (0430), Atambua (0389), Bajawa (0384), Balikpapan (0542), Banda Aceh (0651), Bandar Lampung (0721), Bandung (022), Bagan Siapi-Api (0767), Bangkinan (0762), Bangli (0366), Banjarmasin (0511), Banjarnegara (0286), Bantaeng (0413), Banyuwangi (0333), Batam (0778), Baturiti (0368), Bima (0374), Bireun (0644), Bitung (0438), Blangpidie (0659), Blitar (0342), Blora (0296), Bogor (0251), Bojonegoro (0353), Bondowoso (0332), Bontang (0548), Bumiayu (0289), Cianjur (0263), Cilacap (0282), Cirebon (0231), Deli (0261), Denpasar (0361), Dumai (0765), Ende (0381), Garut (0262), Gorontalo (0435), Indramayu (0234), Jakarta (021), Janeponto (0419), Jayapura (0967), Jember (0331), Jogyakarta (0274), Jombang (0321), Kalabahi (0386), Karawang (0267), Kasongan (0536), Kediri (0354), Kendal (0294), Kendari (0401), Ketapang (0534), Klaten (0272), Kotamubagu (0434), Kuala Kurun (0537), Kudus (0291), Kuningan (0232), Kupang (0380), Lamongan (0322), Langsa (0641), Larantuka (0383), Lhokseumawe (0645), Longnawang (0555), Lumajang (0334), Luwuk (0461), Madiun (0351), Magelang (0293), Majalengka (0233), Makale (0423), Malang (0341), Malino (0417), Manado (0431), Mataram (0370), Maumere (0382), Medan (061), Meulaboh (0655), Muntok (0716), Nangapinoh (0568), Negara (0365), Ngabang (0563), Nganjuk (0358), Nunukan (0556), Pacitan (0357), Padang (0751), Padangsidempuan (0634), Painan (0756), Palangkaraya (0536), Palembang (0711), Palu (0451), Pekanbaru (0761), Pematang Siantar (0622), Pamekasan (0324), Pandeglang (0253), Pangkalan Bun (0532), Pangkep (0410), Pasuruan (0343), Pemalang (0284), Ponorogo (0352), Pontianak (0561), Prabumulih (0713), Probolinggo (0335), Prapat (0625), Puncak (0255), Purwakarta (0264), Purwodadi (0292), Purwokerto (0281), Purworejo (0275), Putussibau (0567), Rangkasbitung (0252), Rantau Prapat (0624), Rengat (0769), Rembang (0295), Ruteng (0385), Sabang (0652), Salatiga (0298), Samarinda (0541), Sampang (0323), Sampit (0531), Sangata (0549), Sanggau (0564), Semarang (024), Serang (0254), Sibolga (0631), Singaraja (0362), Singkawang (0562), Sinjai (0482), Sintang (0565), Situbondo (0338), Sekayu (0714), Selat Panjang (0763), Selayar (0414), Soe (0388), Solo (0271), Subah (0285), Subang (0260), Sukabumi (0266), Sumedang (0261), Sumenep (0328), Surabaya (031), Tahuna (0432), Takalar (0418), Tanah Grogot (0543), Tanggul (0336), Tanjung Balai (0263), Tanjung Batu (0779), Tanjung Balai Karimun (0777), Tanjung Pinang (0771), Tanjung Redep (0554), Tanjung Selor (0552), Tapaktuan (0656), Tarakan (0551), Tasikmalaya (0265), Tebingtinggi (0621), Tegal (0283), Tembilahan (0768), Tuban (0356), Tulungagung (0355), Ujungpandang (0411), Una-Una (0408), Waingapu (0387), Watampone (0481), Wonogiri (0273)

• PT Bakrie Telecommunication: Ratelindo/Wifone: 9XXX-XXXX.
• PT Telkom: TelkomFlexi

• PT Indosat: Mentari/Matrix, prefix: 0815, 0816, 0855, and 0856.
• PT Telkomsel: Halo, prefix: 0811, 0812, 0813 and 0852.
• PT Excelcomindo: XL, prefix: 0817, 0818 and 0819.

• PT Indosat: Immarsat.
• PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara: Byru, prefix: 08681.

Country Code: 60
International Call Prefix: 00

Area codes in Malaysia have variable length: one digit in Peninsular Malaysia and two digits in East Malaysia. Subscriber numbers are seven digits in Peninsular Malaysia (except Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Selangor) and six digits in East Malaysia. Prior to 1999, subscriber numbers were seven digits in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Selangor. From 1999 to 2001, subscriber numbers in these areas were expanded to eight digits in phases to meet new demands.

Calls to Singapore does not require international dialing; calls are made using the "02" access code. Similarly, calls to Brunei are made using the "080" access code but is limited to East Malaysia only. Calls to Brunei from Peninsular Malaysia requires international dialing.

00  : International call prefix
010 : Celcom Art900 (wireless)
011 : Telekom Malaysia (TM) ATUR 450 (wireless)
012 : Maxis (3G/GSM900/GSM1800 mobile)
013 : Celcom (formerly TMTouch, GSM900/GSM1800 mobile)
014 : reserved (for IMT satellite mobile)
0146: Digi (GSM900/GSM1800 mobile, prepaid plan only)
0148: Celcom (3G/GSM900/GSM1800 mobile, prepaid plan only)
015 : Data/IP wireless
016 : Digi (GSM900/GSM1800 mobile)
017 : Maxis (formerly TimeCel, GSM900/GSM1800 mobile)
018 : Telekom Malaysia (TM) (formerly Mobikom, CDMA wireless)
019 : Celcom (3G/GSM900/GSM1800 mobile)
02  : Domestic access code to Singapore
03  : Selangor & Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur & Putrajaya
04  : Kedah, Penang & Perlis
05  : Perak & Cameron Highlands (Pahang)
06  : Melaka, Negeri Sembilan & Muar (Johor)
07  : Johor (except Muar)
080 : Domestic access code to Brunei (from East Malaysia only)
081 : reserved (for domestic access/area code)
082 : Kuching (Sarawak)
083 : Sri Aman (Sarawak)
084 : Sarikei, Sibu (Sarawak)
085 : Lawas, Limbang, Miri (Sarawak)
086 : Bintulu
087 : Inner District (Sabah) & Federal Territory of Labuan
088 : Kota Kinabalu, Kudat (Sabah)
089 : Lahad Datu, Sandakan, Tawau (Sabah)
09  : Kelantan, Pahang & Terengganu (except Cameron Highlands)
1xx : Message & service
112 : Mobile network emergency message & service
1300: Local toll message & service
1400: reserved (for special message & service)
15xx: Internet access service
1600: reserved (for special message & service)
1700: Personal numbering service
1800: Toll-free message & service
1900: reserved (for special message & service)
600 : Premium toll message & service
991 : Civil defense
994 : Fire
999 : Police & medical emergency

Country Code: 63

Main article: Philippine Telephone Area Codes

Country Code: 65
International Call Prefix: 00

Country Code: 91
International Call Prefix: 00

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Fixed line telephones are operated by the government-owned incumbent operator BSNL, although some new fixed-wireless operators are in the picture since 2001.

Subscriber Trunk Dialing (STD) codes are assigned to each city/town/village, with the larger cities having shorter area codes (STD codes), the smallest being 2 digits. An STD Prefix of 0 is used to dial such a number. For example,

11 - New Delhi, Delhi
22 - Mumbai, Maharastra
33 - Kolkata, West Bengal
44 - Chennai, Tamil Nadu
40 - Hyderabad/Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh
80 - Banglore, Karnataka
20 - Pune, Maharastra
79 - Ahmedabad, Gujarat

In addition, due to the availability of multiple operators offering fixed line services (either over wire or wireless), there is also an operator-code for each telephone number, namely:

2 - BSNL and MTNL
3 - Reliance
4 - Airtel (formerly Touchtel)
6 - Tata Indicom

Thus, a number formatted as 020-30303030 means a fixed-line Reliance number in Pune, while 011-20000198 is a MTNL fixed line in Delhi and 033-65229320 is a Tata Indicom number in Kolkata.

A full list of area codes in India is available with BSNL

Telecom Regulator TRAI has divided the country into various cellular zones such that within each zone, the call is treated as a local call, while across zones, it becomes a long-distance call. A cellular zone (or cellular circle) is normally the entire state, with a few exceptions like Mumbai (which is a different zone), Goa (the state, which is a part of the Maharashtra zone) or Uttar Pradesh (which is so big it was divided into multiple zones)

From 20th May 2005 onwards calls between Mumbai Metro & Maharashtra Telecom Circle, Chennai Metro & Tamilnadu Telecom Circle, Kolkata Metro & West Bengal Telecom Circle and UP (East) & UP (West) Telecom Circle Service Areas are merged in Inter service area connectivity. With the above arrangement, calls within a State in the above-mentioned four States would be treated as intra-service area call for the purposes of routing as well as Access Deficit Charges (ADC). The dialing procedure for calls within a State for these States would also be simplified i.e. dialing of mobile-to mobile subscribers and fixed-to-mobile subscribers would be without prefixing ‘0’. Ref : DoT Notice

All mobile numbers in India have the prefix 9 (This includes pager services, but the use of pagers is on the decline). Each zone is allowed to have multiple private operators (earlier it was 2 private + BSNL, subsequently it was changed to 3 private + BSNL in GSM 900/1800, now it also includes 2 private + BSNL in CDMA). All cellphone numbers are 10 digits long, (normally) split up as OO-AA-NNNNNN where OO is the operator code, AA is the zone code assigned to the operator, and NNNNNN is the subscriber number.

The numbering plan is as follows:

92-yy-yyyyyy - Tata Indicom mobile phones. The two digit code XX identifies the cellular zone.
93-xx-yyyyyy - Reliance India Mobile. The two digit code XX identifies the cellular zone.
94-xx-yyyyyy - BSNL. The two digit code XX identifies the cellular zone.
98-xx-yyyyyy - All private (non government-owned) GSM operators. The two digit code XX identifies 
the operator as well as the cellular zone.
97-xx-yyyyyy/99-xx-yyyyyy - Some new licensees have been given 97 and 99 series codes, as the 98 series stands saturated.

For a full list of cellphone numbering plans in India, refer to India Cellphone Numbering

The international access code in India is 00. For example, to call 08-790-1000 in Sweden from India, a subscriber would dial:

00 46 8 7901000.

For calls to India from abroad, the appropriate international access code should be dialed, followed by 91 followed by the area code (without the 0) followed by the phone number. For example, to call 011-23456789 in India, from Europe, a subscriber would dial:

00 91 11 23456789

Country Code: 92

Area codes in Pakistan are from 2 to 5 digits long; the smaller the city, the longer the prefix. All the large cities have a 2-digit code. Older exchanges have a 4, 5 or 6 digit number. Newer exchanges, those in the cities, have 7-digit numbers.

It is common to write phone numbers as (0xx) yyy-yyyy, where xx is the area code. The 0 prefix is for long-distance dialing from within the country. International callers should dial +92 xx yyyyyyy.

All mobile phone codes are 3-digit long and start with 3xx. All mobile numbers are 7-digit long.

Area codes for the common cities are:

  021 xxx xxxx: Karachi
  051 xxx xxxx: Islamabad / Rawalpindi
  042 xxx xxxx: Lahore
  041 xxx xxxx: Faisalabad
  022 xxx xxxx: Hyderabad
  081 xxx xxxx: Quetta
  091 xxx xxxx: Peshawar
  052 xxx xxxx: Sialkot
  048 xxx xxxx: Sargodha

Premium Rate services:

  0900 xxx xx

Toll free numbers (For callers within Pakistan):

  0800 xxx xx

The cell phone numbers in Pakistan are of the following format 0XXX-YYYYYYY where XXX is the three letters code assigned to the cellular operator and YYYYYYY is the subscriber's actual phone number.

Cellular operators and their assigned codes are given below:

300 - Mobilink
301 - Mobilink
302 - Mobilink
303 - Paktel
304 - Paktel
306 - Mobilink
320 - Instaphone
321 - Warid Telecom
333 - Ufone
334 - Ufone
345 - Telenor
346 - Telenor

Country Code: 972

00  - General International Access Code (kod gisha)
012 - International Access Code (Kavei Zahav)
013 - International Access Code (Barak)
014 - International Access Code (Bezeq International)
015 - International Access Code (Internet Zahav, Smile)
017 - International Access Code (Netvision)
018 - International Access Code (Exphone)
02  - Jerusalem Area (ezor yerushalayim)
03  - Tel Aviv & Central Area (ezor ha'merkaz)
04  - Haifa & Northern Area (ezor heifa ve'ha'tzafon)
050 - Mobile (Pelephone)
052 - Mobile (Cellcom)
054 - Mobile (Orange)
057 - Mobile (Mirs)
077 - Cable Network (Hot) (kvalim)
08  - Lowland & Southern Area  (ezor ha'shfela ve'ha'darom)
09  - Sharon Area (ezor ha'sharon)
100 - Police (mishtara)
101 - Ambulance Service (magen david adom)
102 - Fire Fighters (mehabey esh)
103 - Electric Corporation (hevrat ha'hashmal)
106 - Municipal Call Center (moked ironi) <in most cities>
107 - Municipal Call Center (moked ironi) <in some cities>
108 - Municipal Call Center (moked ironi) <in some cities>
109 - Municipal Call Center (moked ironi) <in some cities>
118 - Personal Distress Call Center
1255-XXX - Hospital Information Center <only in times of emergencies>
142 - Collect Call (govayna)
144 - Telephone Listings Information (modi'in)
166 - Telephone Repairs (tikunim)
1-700 - Regular Toll Rate (siha regila)
1-800 - Toll Free (sihat hinam)

02 Abu Dhabi
03 Al Ain
04 Dubai
06 Sharjah and Northern Emirates
07 Ras Al Khaimah
09 Fujairah
050 Cell phones (Etisalat)