Country Code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes (geocodes) developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The term ...
: +502
International Call Prefix
An international call prefix, international dial-out code or international direct dial code (IDD code) is a trunk prefix that indicates an international phone call. In the dialling sequence, the prefix precedes the country calling code (and, fur ...
: 00
In Guatemala, regular phone numbers are 8 digits. The first digit indicates the type of phone:
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Guatemala City
Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, ne ...
(Geographic Number)
3: Mobile (non geographic)
4: Mobile (non geographic)
5: Mobile (non geographic)
6:
Guatemala Department
Guatemala Department is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital is Guatemala City, which also serves as the national capital. The department consists of Guatemala City and several of its suburbs.
The department covers a surface are ...
(Geographic Number)
7: Rural Guatemala / Rest of country (Geographic Number)
Within each area, there are different service providers. The following 3 digits indicate the service provider. However, their assignment is on a first-come first-served basis. Additionally, the same service provider has different numbers in each of the 5 telephone types, and those numbers are not contiguous. The assignment tables can be found a
Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones
Each provider may charge an extra connection fee when making calls between different providers.
Additionally there are other special numbers:
3 digit numbers: emergency systems
120 and 110: police
122 and 123: firefighters
128 IGSS (social security ambulance)
These numbers are not billed
4 digit numbers:
These can be public information services or phone numbers leased to private companies. (usually big ones, such as banks and fast food restaurant delivery services.) They are billed at different rates.
6 digit numbers:
Telephone carriers numbers: for making operator, or collect calls, or getting service from some company. Billed at different rates.
1-800: Toll-free calls redirected to out of country offices
1-801: Local toll-free calls
See also
*
Telecommunications in Guatemala Telecommunications in Guatemala include radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet.
Radio and television
* Radio stations: 1 government-owned radio station and hundreds of privately owned radio stations (2007).
References
{{North America topic, Telephone numbers in
Guatemala
Communications in Guatemala
Guatemala communications-related lists