U5434122@uunet.uu.net (08/30/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0316m01@vector.dallas.tx.us>, dolf@idca.tds.philips.nl (Dolf Grunbauer) writes: > 4. How come some countries have a single digit country code, some have > a two digits sequence (like PR China, which is probably big enough to > have a 1 digit number), and some countries have a 3 digits prefix. I think it is based on region splitting. Codes beginning with 6 are in Australasia. 60 - Malaysia 61 - Australia 62 - Indonesia 63 - Philippines 64 - New Zealand 65 - Singapore 66 - Thailand 670 - Mariana Is 671 - Guam 672 - Christmas Is, Cocos Is, Norfolk Is 674 - Nauru 675 - Papua New Guinea 676 - Tonga 677 - Solomon Is 680 - Palau 682 - Cook Is 684 - American Samoa 685 - Western Samoa 687 - New Caledonia etc, etc, etc Note that Christmas and Cocos Is, which are in the Indian Ocean, and Norfolk Is, which is in the Pacific, share a country code. They each have area codes 4,2,3 respectively. All three are Australian dependent teritories. > > [Moderator's Note: I think the longest country code has to the one for the > Vatican; it is six or eight digits, of which the final digits simply appear > to be appended to the code for Italy. PT] The Vatican appears simply to occupy 1 exchange in Rome. Entry for Vatican is 39-6-698+ 4 digits Italy is CC 39, Rome is area code 6. Note the Carribean Islands: Jamaica +1-809 +local number Virgin Is (US) +1-809 + local number Virgin Is (Br) +1-80949 + local number Montserrat +1-809491 + local number St Kitts +1-809465 + local number Nevis +1-809469 + local number The Falkland Is must have the smallest full international telephone numbers: +500 + local number. I don't know how many digits they have, but it can't be many. Daniel O'Callaghan University of Melbourne ACSnet U5434122@ucsvc.dn.mu.oz.au