Telephone numbers in Colombia
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Country | Colombia |
| Continent | South America |
| Access codes | |
| Country code | +57 |
| International access | 00 followed by 1 or 3 digit carrier code |
| Long-distance | 0 followed by 1 or 3 digit carrier code |
Colombia has various telephone dial plans, depending on the type of service.
Landline service
Local
Local numbers follow the pattern:
- NXX-XXXX
Where N are numbers from 2 to 8. Numbers where N is 9 are reserved for pay phones.[1] And X is any number from 0 to 9.
Domestic long-distance
Domestic long-distance numbers follow the pattern:
- 0AB-NXX-XXXX
- 0AxyB-NXX-XXXX
Where A represents one of the four national long-distance carriers, but new long distance operators are using 0Axy format:
- 456 Claro Fijos
- 444 Claro Movil
- 414 Tigo
- 5 UNE
- 7 ETB
- 9 Movistar
And B represents the dialing zone where the number is located. Each department belongs to only one dialing zone:
- 1 Bogotá and Cundinamarca
- 2 Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño
- 4 Antioquia, Chocó and Córdoba
- 5 Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, La Guajira, Magdalena and Sucre
- 6 Caldas, Risaralda and Quindío
- 7 Norte de Santander, Santander and Arauca
- 8 Boyacá, Tolima, Huila, San Andrés, Meta, Caquetá and the Amazon and Orinoco departments (Casanare, Vichada, Guainía, Vaupés, Guaviare, Amazonas and Putumayo)
International dialing
To dial internationally from Colombia, subscribers dial using the pattern:
- 00A-XX...
Where A represents the long-distance carrier, as described above.
Mobile service
Calls to a mobile phone
Mobile phone numbers follow the pattern:
- MMM-XXX-XXXX when calling from any mobile phone
- 03-MMM-XXX-XXXX when calling from any landline phone
- 57-MMM-XXX-XXXX when calling from outside Colombia
Where MMM usually represents the access code for one of the country's mobile phone operators. Since Colombia adopted the mobile number portability, these codes may not be associated with the current operators.
Calls from a mobile phone
Calls from a mobile phone to a domestic landline phone follow the pattern:
- 03B-NXX-XXXX
Where B corresponds to the dialing zone of the receiving phone.
To dial internationally from a mobile phone, the procedure is identical to calling from a landline phone.
Toll-free service
Toll-free numbers follow the pattern:
- 01-800-XXX-XXXX
Before 2002, the format was 9800-XXXXXX. When the current format was adopted in that year, existing toll-free numbers were given the format 01-800-0XX-XXXX. These numbers were advertised with the grouping 01-8000-XX-XXX, leading many people to erroneously believe that the general prefix for toll-free numbers is 01-8000.
Other services
Toll-based service
- 01-900-XXX-XXXX
- 01-901-XXX-XXXX
Dial-up Internet service billed per minute
- 01-947-XXX-XXXX
- 01-948-XXX-XXXX
Emergency numbers
- 1-2-3, for all emergency services.
- 1-1-2, for only Police services.
- 1-1-9, for only Firefighting services.
- 1-3-2, for only Ambulance services.