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On March 19, 1983, the numbering plan area was divided: the immediate Houston area retained 713, while the northern, eastern and western portions became area code 409. On November 2, 1996, area code 713 was split, with most of Houston's suburbs switching to 281. The dividing line roughly followed Beltway 8. Generally, most of Houston itself and ...
Country codes are defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in ITU-T standards E.123 and E.164. The prefixes enable international direct dialing (IDD). Country codes constitute the international telephone numbering plan. They are used only when dialing a telephone number in a country or world region other than the caller's.
The phone number for a subscriber of such a service starts with +882/+883 followed by the carrier code. The cost to call such a number can be high; for example in the British Telecom price list rates for various 882 and 883 numbers ranged from £0.60 to £4.50 per minute.
When dialing a telephone number, the area code may have to be preceded by a trunk prefix or national access code for domestic calls, and for international calls by the international access code and country code. Area codes are often quoted by including the national access code. For example, a number in London may be listed as 020 7946 0321.
The following 5 pages use this file: List of country calling codes; Telephone numbers in Asia; Telephone numbers in the Americas; Talk:List of country calling codes; File talk:Country calling codes map.svg
Became WAC 262 Timor-Leste with new country code TL. 1 862 86201 Timor-Leste Australasia and Oceania Timor-Leste Independent State in the World Dili TL 2002-05-01 On 20 May 2002, Timor-Leste was internationally recognized as an independent state. East Timor (WAC 261) controlled by Indonesia became WAC 262 with new country code TL. 1 874 87401
Area codes are also assigned for non-geographic purposes. The rules for numbering NPAs do not permit the digits 0 and 1 in the leading position. [1] Area codes with two identical trailing digits are easily recognizable codes (ERC). NPAs with 9 in the second position are reserved for future format expansion.
Thuraya's country calling code is +882 16, which is part of the ITU-T International Networks numbering group. Thuraya is not part of the +881 country calling code numbering group, as this is allocated by ITU-T for networks in the Global Mobile Satellite System, of which Thuraya is not a part, being a regional rather than a global system.