Examples
* Calling within
Vientiane
Vientiane ( , ; lo, ວຽງຈັນ, ''Viangchan'', ) is the capital and largest city of Laos. Vientiane is divided administratively into 9 cities with a total area of only approx. 3,920 square kilometres and is located on the banks of ...
with landline to number 021-123456 dial: 123456
* Calling to Vientiane to
Champasak number 041-123456 dial: 041-123456 (with extra fee for calling to other provinces)
* Calling to
Vientiane
Vientiane ( , ; lo, ວຽງຈັນ, ''Viangchan'', ) is the capital and largest city of Laos. Vientiane is divided administratively into 9 cities with a total area of only approx. 3,920 square kilometres and is located on the banks of ...
landline from mobile phone to number 021-123456 dial: 021-123456
* Calling to mobile phones by any types of phone to number 020-12345678 dial: 020-12345678
* Calling from any countries to number 021-123456 dial: +856-21-123456
* Calling from to number 1-222-333-4444 dial: 00-1-222-333-4444
Area code
Long-distance
Starting January 1, 2012, fixed lines will be allowed to dial directly to other provinces/countries, but still using
open dialing plan
Open or OPEN may refer to:
Music
* Open (band), Australian pop/rock band
* The Open (band), English indie rock band
* ''Open'' (Blues Image album), 1969
* ''Open'' (Gotthard album), 1999
* ''Open'' (Cowboy Junkies album), 2001
* ''Open'' ( ...
. To dial to other province, dial area code+phone number (0xx-xxxxxx), and to dial to other countries, dial 00+country code+phone number.
Before 2012, dialing to other provinces is 101, then wait for operator, the same thing as to other countries, but to other countries is 100. Before 2012, mobile phones are already allowed to dial to other provinces/countries directly.
See also
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Telecommunications in Laos
Mass media in Laos are based on a network of telephone lines and radiotelephone communications in remote areas, as well as mobile phone infrastructure. The system is not well-developed.
Infrastructure and statistics
In 1997 there were 25,000 tel ...
References
{{Telephone numbers in Asia
Laos
Communications in Laos