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This is a list of telephone dialling codes in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, which adopts an open telephone numbering plan for its public switched telephone network. The national telephone numbering plan is maintained by Ofcom , an independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries.
Except for short codes and emergency numbers, all telephone numbers in Sri Lanka have ten digits (initial 0 + nine numbers). Landline phone numbers begin with the area code, then one digit for the operator code, then six digits for the primary telephone number. Format: (XXX Y ZZZZZZ) where: "xxx" denotes the area code.
is Sri Lanka's country code. xx: represents the area code. (i.e. omitting the leading 0 used when calling inside Sri Lanka). y: represents the operator code. zzzzzz: represents the main telephone number of six digits.
Worldwide distribution of country calling codes. Regions are coloured by first digit. Telephone country codes, originally termed International Codes by the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (C.C.I.T.T.) in 1960, [1] but also sometimes referred to as "country dial-in codes", or historically "international subscriber dialing" (ISD) codes in the U.K., are telephone ...
The 0800 range can have NSN length as 10, 9, or 7 digits. The 0845 range can have NSN length as 10 or 7 digits. The 0500 range had NSN length as 9 digits only, and was withdrawn from use on 3 June 2017. All other UK numbers have NSN length of 10 digits. There are no telephone numbers in the UK with an NSN length of 8 digits.
The change was in response to a lack of free numbers in these areas. By requiring the area code for all local calls, Ofcom are able to allocate numbers starting with 1 or 0. This increases the number of telephone numbers available without requiring a number change. [131]
Country name Region Country Code International Call Prefix Dialing plan ... Telephone numbers in Singapore Sri Lanka: 9 +94: 00: Open: Telephone numbers in Sri Lanka
Users can switch carriers while keeping number and prefix (so prefixes are not tightly coupled to a specific carrier). If there is only 32.. followed by any other, shorter number, like 32 51 724859, this is the number of a normal phone, not a mobile. 46x: Join (discontinued mobile phone service provider) [3] 47x: Proximus (or other) 48x