Telephone numbers in Monaco are eight digits in length, with
fixed line
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numbers beginning with the digit 9 and mobile phone numbers with the digit 6.
Overview
Until 21 June 1996,
Monaco
Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...
formed part of the
French numbering plan, with fixed line numbers beginning with 93. On that date the Principality adopted its own
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 ...
+377. Consequently, all calls between France and Monaco had to be dialled in international format, including those to and from surrounding areas in France.
:From Monaco to France
:00 33 x xx xx xx xx
:From France to Monaco
:00 377 xx xx xx xx
Mobile phone operators in at least two other jurisdictions, specifically
Lonestar Cell in Liberia and
Vala
Vala or VALA may refer to:
Religion and mythology
* Vala (Vedic), a demon or a stone cavern in the Hindu scriptures
* Völva, also spelled Vala, a priestess in Norse mythology and Norse paganism
Fiction
* Vala (Middle-earth), an angelic being in ...
in
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
, have also used the +377 dialing code. Vala's use of +377 ceased on 3 February 2017, when Kosovo implemented the
+383 code.
See also
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Telecommunications in Monaco
Monaco Telecom is the main telecommunications provider in the Principality of Monaco.
The following are some data about telecommunications in Monaco.
*Telephones - main lines in use: 20 831 (2015)
*Telephones - mobile cellular: 35 506 (2015)
*Tel ...
References
External links
Monaco – World Telephone Numbering GuideITU number plan for +377
Monaco
Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...
Communications in Monaco
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