Telephone numbers in

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

are eight-digit numbers. Fixed land line numbers start with 28, while mobile (cellular) phone numbers start with 6. Calls from Macau to

mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

and

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

are treated as international calls. The telephone number for emergency services –

Police The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and t ...

, Fire Service and Ambulance – is

999 999 or triple nine most often refers to: * 999 (emergency telephone number), a telephone number for the emergency services in several countries * 999 (number), an integer * AD 999, a year * 999 BC, a year Books * ''999'' (anthology) or ''999: ...

for all telephone lines. In addition to 999, two more emergency hotline numbers 110 (mainly for tourists from mainland China) and 112 (mainly for tourists from overseas) can be dialed, however calls made to 110 and 112 are redirected to the 999 call centre.

Government regulator

Prior to 1999 telephone regulation was under the Direcção dos Serviços de Correios e Telecomunicações (CTT) or Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones under the

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Secretary for Transport and Public Works ( pt, Secretário-Adjunto dos Transportes e Obras Públicas) was a bureau secretary in Portuguese Macau. The Secretary headed the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works (''Secretaria dos Transportes e Obr ...

. Since 1999 telephone numbers are under the responsibility of the Direcção dos Serviços de Regulação de Telecomunicações (DSRT) or Bureau of Telecommunications Regulation under the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works.

Numbering scheme and format

* 28xx xxxx - Residential/Business/Government (fixed line) * 6xxx xxxx - Cellular/Mobile phones * 8xxx xxxx - Business/Government (fixed line)

Telecom operators

* (Fixed line and mobile) – Companhia Telecomunicações de Macau, S.A.R.L. (CTM) * (Mobile) – Hutchison Telephone (Macau) Co. Ltd * (Mobile) – SmarTone Mobile Communications (Macau) Co. Ltd * (Mobile) – China Telecom (Macau) Co. Ltd

References

Direcção dos Serviços de Regulação de Telecomunicações (DSRT)

ITU allocation data

Communications in Macau Macau-related lists {{Telephonenumber-stub

Government regulator

Numbering scheme and format

Telecom operators

See also

References