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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.
As of 2023, ranges of numbers have been assigned to two GMSS carriers: Iridium Satellite LLC; Globalstar; In 1996, the ITU introduced country code +881 for direct international dialing of phones on GMSS providers. (Inmarsat had already been allocated country code +870.)
Globalstar users are assigned telephone numbers on the North American Numbering Plan in North America or the appropriate telephone numbering plan for the country that the overseas gateway is located in, except for Brazil, where the official Globalstar country code (+8818) is used. The use of gateway ground stations provides customers with ...
List of ISO country codes (ISO 3166) ITU country code (International Telecommunication Union) List of country calling codes E.164; Mobile country code E.212; Maritime identification digits; List of ITU letter codes (radiocommunication division) UIC country code (International Union of Railways) List of GS1 country codes; List of NATO country codes
Mobile phones use geographic area codes (two digits): after that, all numbers assigned to mobile service have nine digits, starting with 6, 7, 8 or 9 (example: 55 15 99999–9999). 90 is not possible, because collect calls start with this number.
Telephone calls to satellite terminals are often accomplished by dialing numbers assigned to the Global Mobile Satellite System, although most Globalstar users and some Iridium users are assigned country-based numbers. Thus, calls can be made to satellite phones from normal land-line and cellular terminals.
List of allocations [1] Number range NSN Service Operator 2X XXX XXX: 8: Fixed: LIBTELCO 220 XXX XXX: 9: Mobile: LIBTELCO 555 XXX XXX: 9: Mobile: Lonestar Cell MTN 880 XXX XXX: 9: Mobile: Lonestar Cell MTN 881 XXX XXX: 9: Mobile: Lonestar Cell MTN 886 XXX XXX: 9: Mobile: Lonestar Cell MTN 887 XXX XXX: 9: Mobile: Lonestar Cell MTN 888 XXX XXX: 9 ...
As in the other such shared country codes, carriers are allocated number space within this code space plus their identification code (two-digit number in 882 code space, three or four digit number in 883 code space). 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 ...