woody <djcl@contact.uucp> (02/12/90)
[as always, corrections and additions are welcome; this info is determined
by groups such as ITU and WARC, under international agreement]
Inmarsat Codes - Maritime Satellite Service (11 February 1990)
The International Maritime Satellite (Inmarsat) organisation provides
satellite-based communication to ships at sea and ports. Special
country codes have been established for use with overseas dialing
systems to allow calls to be placed to maritime phone facilities.
There may also be uses for portable or mobile services via satellite
as well, apart from maritime usage.
Country Codes used:
All country codes beginning with 87 are reserved for maritime usage
(that is, country codes 870 to 879).
871 - Atlantic Ocean
872 - Pacific Ocean
873 - Indian Ocean
878 and 879 are reserved for national purposes (ie. within a country)
and are left unused in the general overseas dialing system.
Telephone numbers
Each phone in the system will have a unique number, and that same
number may be carried around to various coverage areas (ie. the
various oceans). The same number will be used, even though the
country code will change.
The system uses nine-digit address numbers which are used in the
system. For overseas calling purposes, though, seven of the nine are
presently used in the dialing, with the last two digits of the address
number set to zero by the Inmarsat equipment.
(2) Inmarsat Codes
Address Number formats are:
* for a standard ship/port number:
MMMXXXXZZ - where MMM is a country prefix
XXXX is the number of the ship within the country
ZZ is reserved for expansion of digits; currently
these would be set to zeroes by the equipment
calling the Inmarsat service address, and is
not visible to the calling party
The following address numbers are not necessarily for use through the
public dialing network. These are generally numbers transmitted
internally within the Inmarsat network to allow for special features
such as group calling.
* for a national group call:
0MMM00000 - where 0 represents the first digit
MMM is a country prefix
00000 is the final part of the 9-digit address
* for a fleet group call:
0MMMFFFFF - where 0 represents the first digit
MMM is a country prefix
FFFFF is the fleet code for selected ships
* for a coast station:
00MMMXXXX - where 00 represents the first two digits of the number
MMM is a country prefix
XXXX is the number within the country
* for a selected group call:
000SSSSSS - where 000 represents the first three digits of the number
SSSSSS is a group number
* for an area call:
0000AAAAA - where 0000 represents the first four digits of the number
AAAAA is an area designation code
(3) Inmarsat Codes
Maritime Identifiers (Prefixes)
The first three digits of a typical Inmarsat number will represent the
country to which that ship or facility belongs. These first three
digits, and the countries represented are as follows:
2XX - EUROPE
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201 - Albania 230 - Finland 255 - Madeira
202 - Andorra 231 - Faroe Islands 256 - Malta
203 - Austria 232 - United Kingdom 257 - Norway
204 - Azores 236 - Gibraltar 261 - Poland
205 - Belgium 237 - Greece 263 - Portugal
206 - Bielorussian SSR 242 - Morocco 264 - Romania
207 - Bulgaria 243 - Hungary 265 - Sweden
208 - Vatican City 244 - Netherlands 268 - San Marino
209 - Cyprus 247 - Italy 269 - Switzerland
211 - West Germany (FR) 250 - Ireland 270 - Czechoslovakia
218 - East Germany (DR) 251 - Iceland 271 - Turkey
219 - Denmark 252 - Liechtenstein 272 - Ukraine SSR
224 - Spain 253 - Luxembourg 273 - USSR
227 - France 254 - Monaco 279 - Yugoslavia
3XX - NORTH/CENTRAL AMERICA
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301 - Anguilla 327 - Dominican Republic 348 - Montserrat
303 - Alaska 329 - Guadeloupe 350 - Nicaragua
304 - Antigua/Barbuda 330 - Grenada 352 - Panama
306 - Netherlands Antilles 331 - Greenland 358 - Puerto Rico
308 - Bahamas 332 - Guatemala 359 - El Salvador
310 - Bermuda 334 - Honduras 361 - St Pierre & Miquelon
312 - Belize 336 - Haiti 362 - Trinidad and Tobago
314 - Barbados 338 - Hawaii 364 - Turks and Caicos
316 - Canada 339 - Jamaica 366 - USA
319 - Cayman Islands 341 - St Kitts and Nevis 376 - St Vincent and
321 - Costa Rica 343 - St Lucia Grenadines
323 - Cuba 345 - Mexico 378 - British Virgin Isls
325 - Dominica 347 - Martinique 379 - US Virgin Islands
4XX - MIDDLE EAST/ASIA
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401 - Afghanistan 428 - Israel 459 - Nepal
403 - Saudi Arabia 431 - Japan 461 - Oman
405 - Bangladesh 438 - Jordan 463 - Pakistan
408 - Bahrain 440 - Korea 466 - Qatar
410 - Bhutan 445 - Korea (Dem) 468 - Syria
412 - China 447 - Kuwait 470 - United Arab Emirates
417 - Sri Lanka 450 - Lebanon 473 - Yemen (Arab Rep)
419 - India 453 - Macao 475 - Yemen (P Dem Rep)
422 - Iran 455 - Maldives 477 - Hong Kong
425 - Iraq 457 - Mongolia
(4) Inmarsat Codes
5XX - SOUTHEAST ASIA/OCEANIA
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501 - Adene Land 529 - Kiribati 555 - Pitcairn Island
503 - Australia 531 - Laos 557 - Solomon Island
506 - Burma 533 - Malaysia 559 - American Samoa
508 - Brunei Darussalm 536 - Marianna Island 561 - Western Samoa
510 - Caroline Islands 538 - Marshall Islands 563 - Singapore
512 - New Zealand 540 - New Caledonia & 567 - Thailand
514 - Kampuchea (Dem) dependencies 570 - Tonga
516 - Christmas Island 542 - Niue Island 572 - Tuvalu
518 - Cook Islands 544 - Nauru 574 - Vietname (Soc Rep)
520 - Fiji 546 - French Polynesia 576 - Vanuatu
523 - Cocos/Keeling Is 548 - Philippines 578 - Wallis and Fortuna
525 - Indonesia 553 - Papua New Guinea
6XX - AFRICA
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601 - South Africa 626 - Gabonese Republic 659 - Namibia
603 - Angola 627 - Ghana 660 - Reunion
605 - Algeria 629 - Gambia 661 - Rwanda
607 - St Paul and 630 - Guinea-Bissau 662 - Sudan
Amsterdam Isls 631 - Equitorial Guinea 663 - Senegal
608 - Ascension Island 632 - Guinea 664 - Seychelles
609 - Burundi 633 - Upper Volta 665 - St Helena
610 - Benin 634 - Kenya 666 - Somalia
611 - Botswana 635 - Kerguelen Islands 667 - Sierra Leone
612 - Central African 636 - Liberia 668 - Sao Tome & Principe
Republic 642 - Libya 669 - Swaziland
613 - Cameroon 644 - Lesotho 670 - Chad
615 - Congo 645 - Mauritius 671 - Togolese Republic
616 - Comoros 647 - Madagascar 672 - Tunisia
617 - Cape Verde 649 - Mali 674 - Tanzania
618 - Crozet Archipelago 650 - Mozambique 675 - Uganda
619 - Ivory Coast 654 - Mauritania 676 - Zaire
621 - Djibouti 655 - Malawi 677 - Zanzibar
622 - Egypt 656 - Niger 678 - Zambia
624 - Ethiopia 657 - Nigeria 679 - Zimbabwe
7XX - SOUTH AMERICA
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701 - Argentina 735 - Ecuador 760 - Peru
710 - Brazil 740 - Falkland Islands 765 - Suriname
720 - Bolivia 745 - French Guiana 770 - Uruguay
725 - Chile 750 - Guyana 775 - Venezuela
730 - Colombia 755 - Paraguay
Prefixes in the 8XX and 9XX series are reseved for future or special uses.
The following prefixes are not available for assignment at this time:
100-200, 280-300, 380-400, 480-500, 580-600, 680-700, 780-999
Other prefix numbers not mentioned here are assignable, but likely
vacant at this time.