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hkr
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Table of international numbering

Post by hkr » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:32 am

Hello All,

I would like to set-up a dial plan that ensures that a call is as cheap as possible. Now, for my own country I know which numbers are mobile, which are landline, which are free, which are shared cost, which are... but I do not know the same about the rest of the world. Last time my parents told me they wanted to make regular calls to another country, and it took me quite some time to find out which numbers in that country were landlines and which were mobiles...

It would be fun to collect number prefixes and their specifics in one place, and perhaps come up with a maintainable list/database that can be used to achieve least-cost-routing.

Now, looking at fees of various providers, it is obvious that things are far more complicated than just marking a certain prefix mobile or landline, so I wonder if anyone has a good idea on the structure of this database/list?

Besides, I am sure, that as a start, until we find a common database platform, many of us would be interested to read such information from as many countries as possible, even in a free-text format.

hkr
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Hungary

Post by hkr » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:27 am

Below are main number prefixes in Hungary (+36). Please note that it is by no means a full list, and that I am not liable for any possible damages. There can be other special services and access codes.

International dial code: 00

National long distance code: 06

So when you see a Hungarian number starting in 06, your best bet is to drop the 06 and re-write it as +36.


+3680xxxxxx or 0680xxxxxx = freephone numbers.
+3640xxxxxx or 0640xxxxxx = shared cost numbers
+3651xxxxxx or 0651xxxxxx = used for Internal dial-up. Special pricing.
+3690xxxxxx or 0690xxxxxx = premium rate
+3681xxxxxx or 0681xxxxxx = premium rate
+3691xxxxxx or 0691xxxxxx = premium rate

+36xxxxxxxx or 06xxxxxxxx = (with the exceptions above!!!) usually geographic landlines. Numbers are portable among providers within the same geographic code.

+361xxxxxxx or 061xxxxxxx = landlines (Budapest)


+3620xxxxxxx or 0620xxxxxxx = Mobile (orig: Pannon*)
+3630xxxxxxx or 0630xxxxxxx = Mobile (orig: T-Mobile*)
+3670xxxxxxx or 0670xxxxxxx = Mobile (orig: Vodafone*)
+3650xxxxxxx or 0650xxxxxxx = Mobile (not yet assigned or used)


*Mobile numbers are portable, therefore prefix does not reveal provider any longer, but as percentage of ported numbers is low, original provider assignment can be a good approximation.

+3621xxxxxxx or 0621xxxxxxx = VoIP numbers**

** VoIP numbers are not routed in all networks and are portable among VoIP providers. Fees of calling these number vary, usually they are charged as landlines, but beware: some providers charge these calls extremely high...





There are 3, 4 and 5 digit long special numbers, but these are likely to be of national interest only. Access to these numbers from VoIP is not always possible.

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Post by gbonnet » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:04 am

Interesting one.
I doubt we'll have enough data to have something relevant, but let's try.

Here I the ones I use often :

FRANCE :
+33[1-5] : Landlines
+336 : mobiles
+33[8-9] : VoIP landlines

Locally, we need a 0 instead of the 0033
so :
0[1-5] : Landlines
06 : mobiles
0[8-9] : VoIP landlines

ITALIY :
+390[1-9] : Landlines
+393[1-9] : mobiles

When dialing locally :
0[1-9] : Landlines
3[1-9] : mobiles

These are only the most common prefixes, there are a bunch of specific ones but for specific uses.
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Post by hkr » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:43 am

Thank you Guilleme.


I have found a nice list, which lists mobile prefixes of the world:

http://www.lingosupport.com/mobile_rates.html

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Post by elwebmaster » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:07 pm

hkr wrote:Thank you Guilleme.


I have found a nice list, which lists mobile prefixes of the world:

http://www.lingosupport.com/mobile_rates.html
For some countries it's out of date.

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Post by hkr » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:11 pm

elwebmaster wrote: For some countries it's out of date.
Do you know for which?

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Post by teddy_b » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:58 pm

Here's another huge list of landline and mobile prefixes:
http://www.ymaxcorp.com/clec_rates.html

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