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2 Area codes by country, state ... consisting of three digits that are prefixed to each local telephone number having ... overlaid on area codes 500, 521, 522, 523 ...
An area code of three digits dialed after the country code determines the area served in the United States and its territories, Canada, and much of the Caribbean. Zone 2 uses two 2-digit codes (20, 27) and eight sets of 3-digit codes (21x–26x, 28x, 29x), mostly to serve Africa , but also Aruba , Faroe Islands , Greenland and British Indian ...
In 1993, the North American Numbering Plan designated area code 500 for personal communication services. An initial service concept was that customers could move a given seven-digit telephone number when relocating between numbering plan areas. The 500-code would thus be a non-geographic area code.
Country Code: +500 International Call Prefix: 00. National Significant Numbers (NSN): five digits. Format: +500 YYXXX ... Telephone numbers in the Falkland Islands.
Each three-digit area code has a capacity of 7,919,900 telephone numbers (7,918,900 in the United States). Despite widespread use as fictional telephone numbers in the form NXX 555-XXXX, only line numbers 0100 through 0199 are reserved for this purpose, while 1212 and 4334 are the only assigned uses for directory assistance and other functions ...
As a matter of fact, each area code has only a limited number of prefixes assigned, and these are locally limited within the area. For example, the (0342) area has numbers with a 456- prefix, mostly located in the centre of Santa Fe. It also has numbers with a 460- prefix, usually for phone lines in the north east of the city.
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.
The number format is 444 XX XX. To dial call center numbers from other countries, the number must be dialed as country code + call center number like 90 444 XX XX. If you dial a call center number with the area code an IVR says you must not use the area code. Dialing procedure: A call from another country would have the following dialing format: