Telephone numbers in the Republic of China (Taiwan) use a system of area codes, beginning 02 to 08. The leading digit(s) following the area code denote the network operator (Chunghwa Telecom and its competitors). Mobile numbers begin 09. The international code for calls into Taiwan is 886.
The emergency numbers in Taiwan are 110 (police) and 119 (fire and ambulance services).
When making an inter-area long-distance call from within Taiwan, a long-distance prefix "0" is required. If calls are made from within the same area code, then the area code does not need to be included. Inter-area calls are defined as long-distance phone calls even when the two numbers have the same prefix.
If calls are made from outside Taiwan, the "0" of the area code prefix is omitted.
The following table of area codes includes this "0" prefix.
Numbers that start with 2,3 and 8 are assigned to Chunghwa Telecom (ILEC-the main operator), Number ranges that start with 4, 5, 6 and 7 are competitive fixed network operators, such as Taiwan Fixed Network (TFN), New Century InfoComm LTD (NCIC), and Asia Pacific Telecom (APT), as Chunghwa Telecom no longer holds a monopoly in this market area.
Numbers start with ranges 21, 22, 28 are assigned to (CHT), Numbers start with 25 (APT), 26 (TFN), and 27 (NCIC) belong to competitive local operators.
All numbers starting with 3 belong to Chunghwa Telecom, as CHT holds a monopoly in Taoyuan District.
Numbers that start with 4 are assigned to Chunghwa Telecom except ranges 405 (APT), 406 (TFN), and 449 (NCIC).
starts with 22-24 & 270 (urban area), 25 (Fengyuan, including Zhuolan, Miaoli), 26 (Dajia and Shalu), 3 (minor)- Note according to Chinese Wikipedia these numbers have been merged with several prefixes resulting in numbers assigned to be from one city code.
All numbers are with Chunghwa Telecom except the following ranges: (Competitive Local Operators)
NUmbers belonging to Chunghwa Telecom except starting with:
61X TFN
71X NCIC
96X APT
Mobile phonesedit
Taiwan mobile phone numbers always begin with 09 followed by 8 digits (e.g. 0918909875). The 0 is omitted when calling a Taiwan mobile phone number from outside Taiwan (e.g. +88 01771292198). If calling a landline within Taiwan from a local Taiwan mobile phone, the 0 of area code prefix must be included (e.g. 0 + area code + 8 digit landline number).
Prefixes: (09)XXXX-XXXX
896-786
Mobile Phones (090 range is mostly used for wireless data services, M2M).
Toll-free and premium rateedit
Toll-free numbers begin with the prefix 0800 and 0809.[3]
Numbers in the 020x prefix are used for value-added services:[4]
Prefix
Purpose
0201
Voting services
0203
Bulk announcements
0204
Premium rate numbers
International diallingedit
International dialling from Taiwan follows the following pattern:
The international dialling code for making calls to Taiwan, and the other islands is 886.
International dialling codes were assigned by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), an agency of the United Nations, to its member states and their dependencies in the 1960s. Despite the Republic of China on Taiwan still being a member of the UN, and hence the ITU, other member states declared that "the only representatives of the people of China are the delegates to the ITU and its permanent organs appointed by the Central Government of the People's Republic of China".[5] This led to the People's Republic of China being assigned the country code 86.[6] Consequently, in the early 1970s, Taiwan had to be unofficially assigned a separate code, 886, although there was pressure from China to change this to 866.[7] This had to be listed as "reserved",[8] but in 2006, the code was formally allocated to "Taiwan, China".[9][10]
Referencesedit
^"The assignment of number prefixes by Fixed-Line telephone operators.(In Chinese language only)" (PDF). National Communications Commission of Taiwan.
^Daily Report: People's Republic of China, Issues 91-97, United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service National Technical Information Service, 1994, page 54
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Telephone numbers in the Republic of China Taiwan use a system of area codes beginning 02 to 08 The leading digit s following the area code denote the network operator Chunghwa Telecom and its competitors Mobile numbers begin 09 The international code for calls into Taiwan is 886 Telephone numbers in Republic of China Taiwan Territories controlled by the Republic of China in greenLocationCountryRepublic of China Taiwan ContinentAsiaRegulatorNCCTypeopenAccess codesCountry code 886International access002 005 006 007 009 019 9002 9005 9006 9007 9009Long distance0Telephone area codes in Taiwan Contents 1 Area codes 2 Mobile phones 3 Toll free and premium rate 4 International dialling 5 Country calling code 6 References 7 External linksArea codes editSource 1 The emergency numbers in Taiwan are 110 police and 119 fire and ambulance services When making an inter area long distance call from within Taiwan a long distance prefix 0 is required If calls are made from within the same area code then the area code does not need to be included Inter area calls are defined as long distance phone calls even when the two numbers have the same prefix If calls are made from outside Taiwan the 0 of the area code prefix is omitted The following table of area codes includes this 0 prefix Prefix Area 2 Divisions Digits Notes02 Taipei Taipei City New Taipei City Keelung City 8 Numbers that start with 2 3 and 8 are assigned to Chunghwa Telecom ILEC the main operator Number ranges that start with 4 5 6 and 7 are competitive fixed network operators such as Taiwan Fixed Network TFN New Century InfoComm LTD NCIC and Asia Pacific Telecom APT as Chunghwa Telecom no longer holds a monopoly in this market area 03 Taoyuan Taoyuan City 7 starts with 2 minor 3 Taoyuan District 4 Zhongli Numbers start with ranges 21 22 28 are assigned to CHT Numbers start with 25 APT 26 TFN and 27 NCIC belong to competitive local operators All numbers starting with 3 belong to Chunghwa Telecom as CHT holds a monopoly in Taoyuan District Numbers that start with 4 are assigned to Chunghwa Telecom except ranges 405 APT 406 TFN and 449 NCIC 03 Hsinchu Hsinchu City Hsinchu County 7 starts with 5 major 6 minor Numbers start with 6 are assigned to CHT except 60 APT 61 TFN 62 NCIC 03 Hualien Hualien County 7 starts with 8 Number ranges that start with 800 805 and 890 belong to APT TFN and NCIC respectively All other numbers that start with 8 are assigned to the dominant fixed line operator Chunghwa Telecom 03 Yilan Yilan County 7 starts with 9 All number ranges are assigned to Chunghwa Telecom except numbers starting with 900 APT 905 906 TFN 910 NCIC 037 Miaoli Miaoli County 6 All numbers belong to Chunghwa Telecom except these numbers starting with 24 TFN28 APT77 NCIC04 Taichung Taichung City 8 starts with 22 24 amp 270 urban area 25 Fengyuan including Zhuolan Miaoli 26 Dajia and Shalu 3 minor Note according to Chinese Wikipedia these numbers have been merged with several prefixes resulting in numbers assigned to be from one city code All numbers are with Chunghwa Telecom except the following ranges Competitive Local Operators 3500 3509 APT 3600 3611 TFN 3700 3707 NCIC 3900 3903 3920 3922 VeeTime Corp04 Changhua Changhua County 7 starts with 7 Changhua City 8 Yuanlin CHT Landlines Except the following listed below 700 704 TFN705 709 NCIC800 804 APT049 Nantou Nantou County 7 starts with 2 CHT landlines including Fenyuan Changhua 5 7 Competitive Local Operators 500 APT600 TFN700 NCIC05 Chiayi Chiayi City Chiayi County 7 starts with 2 Chiayi City and Minxiong 3 Dongshi Except ranges listed below Competitive Local Operators 300 APT310 TFN320 NCIC05 Yunlin Yunlin County 7 starts with 5 Douliu 6 Huwei 7 Beigang Except those ranges listed below According to Chinese Wikipedia these prefixes could have been merged Competitive Local Operators 700 TFN750 APT770 NCIC06 Tainan Tainan City 7 starts with 2 amp 3 urban area 5 Xinhua and Shanhua 6 Xinying 7 Jiali All numbers belong to Chunghwa Telecom Range exceptions Competitive Local Operators 510 513 APT600 602 TFN700 703 NCIC06 Penghu Penghu County 7 starts with 9 CHT Landlines Except ranges 950 APT 960 TFN 970 NCIC07 Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City 7 including Pratas Island and the Spratly Islands Note 070 prefix is used for VOIP phone services these numbers are 8 digits instead of 7 Except ranges listed as Competitive Local Operators 860 862 96X TFN95X APT97X NCICAll other ranges belong to Chunghwa Telecom 08 Pingtung Pingtung County 7 starts with 7 Pingtung City and Chaozhou 8 Donggang and Hengchun Competitive Local Operators 800 801 APT810 TFN820 821 NCIC082 Kinmen Kinmen County 6 mainly starts with 3 CHT Landlines Exceptions are local competitive operators that start with ranges50X APT70X NCIC80X TFN0826 Wuqiu Wuqiu Township 5 starts with 6 All numbers belong to Chunghwa Telecom in this area 0836 Matsu Lienchiang County 5 starts with 2 Nangan 5 Beigan 7 Dongyin 8 Juguang Chunghwa Telecom Landlines Numbers start with 6 and 9 are competitive local operators 6 APT 9 TFN089 Taitung Taitung County 6 NUmbers belonging to Chunghwa Telecom except starting with 61X TFN71X NCIC96X APTMobile phones editTaiwan mobile phone numbers always begin with 09 followed by 8 digits e g 0918909875 The 0 is omitted when calling a Taiwan mobile phone number from outside Taiwan e g 88 01771292198 If calling a landline within Taiwan from a local Taiwan mobile phone the 0 of area code prefix must be included e g 0 area code 8 digit landline number Prefixes 09 XXXX XXXX896 786Mobile Phones 090 range is mostly used for wireless data services M2M Toll free and premium rate editToll free numbers begin with the prefix 0800 and 0809 3 Numbers in the 020x prefix are used for value added services 4 Prefix Purpose0201 Voting services0203 Bulk announcements0204 Premium rate numbersInternational dialling editInternational dialling from Taiwan follows the following pattern Carrier selection code Country calling code Area code if required usually for landlines Subscriber number Carrier selection codes which direct the call via one of several providers are as follows 002 Chunghwa Telecom 005 Asia Pacific Telecom 006 Taiwan Mobile 007 Far EasTone 009 Chunghwa TelecomCountry calling code editThe international dialling code for making calls to Taiwan and the other islands is 886 International dialling codes were assigned by the International Telecommunication Union ITU an agency of the United Nations to its member states and their dependencies in the 1960s Despite the Republic of China on Taiwan still being a member of the UN and hence the ITU other member states declared that the only representatives of the people of China are the delegates to the ITU and its permanent organs appointed by the Central Government of the People s Republic of China 5 This led to the People s Republic of China being assigned the country code 86 6 Consequently in the early 1970s Taiwan had to be unofficially assigned a separate code 886 although there was pressure from China to change this to 866 7 This had to be listed as reserved 8 but in 2006 the code was formally allocated to Taiwan China 9 10 References edit The assignment of number prefixes by Fixed Line telephone operators In Chinese language only PDF National Communications Commission of Taiwan Chunghwa Telecom Chunghwa Telecom www cht com tw in Chinese Taiwan Archived from the original on 2018 01 24 Retrieved 2018 01 23 Chunghwa Telecom www cht com tw in Chinese Taiwan Archived from the original on 2018 05 31 Retrieved 2018 01 23 White Book Volume 1 International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee International Telecommunication Union 1969 page 100 White Book Volume 2 Part 1 International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee International Telecommunication Union 1969 page 10 Daily Report People s Republic of China Issues 91 97 United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service National Technical Information Service 1994 page 54 List of ITU T Recommendation E 164 Assigned Country Codes Position on 1 May 2002 List of ITU T Recommendation E 164 Assigned Country Codes Position on 1 May 2005 ITU Operational Bulletin No 870 4External links editITU allocations list Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Telephone numbers in Taiwan amp oldid 1210941243, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
