[comp.dcom.telecom] International City Code Directory or Database?

tnixon@uunet.uu.net (Toby Nixon) (12/21/90)

Our manager of international sales asked me a question yesterday to
which I did not know the answer, and I hope y'all can help.

Is there a directory, paper or online or whatever, that lists ALL city
codes in ALL countries?  Sure, the local phone directory here lists
major city codes in several countries.  But to find other city codes,
it means going through an international operator to get a directory
assistance operator in the other country, just to get the city code --
and sometimes that takes quite a while, if all the operators are busy.
It would be so much easier to just have a book, or database, or online
service we could access to look up the codes.

Any ideas?


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[Moderator's Note: What you are seeking is published in the
"International Telecomunications Guide" by AT&T. This is publication
number 1-WB-952, and is available free of charge from AT&T's
International Rate and Dialing Information Service: 1-800-874-4000.
While it does not list *every* locality, it lists every country and
all major areas within each country. Included is a table to calculate
the time in each country, information on USA Direct and a lot of other
useful information about making international calls to and from the
USA. It is an 88 page book loaded with information. You can get a
similarly-detailed book listing US/Canada area codes from the AT&T
Information Center in Indianapolis, IN.  The domestic version costs
about two dollars, but the international guide is free. If they've got
their act together the day you call, they'll send you a copy. Please
note no smiley. The reason why no smiley discussed soon.  PAT]