Telephone numbers in Andorra
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Telephone numbers in Andorra are six digits, with fixed line numbers beginning with the digits 8 and 7 and mobile telephone numbers with the digits 3 and 6. Toll-free numbers are eight digits, beginning with 1800 (if they are accessible only within Andorra) or 1802 (if they also can be reached internationally). Three-digit numbers starting with 1 are reserved and six-digit numbers starting with 9 are reserved for special services, and nine-digit number starting with 690 are assigned to special mobile services such as machine to machine communications.{{cite web |title=Andorra Telephone Numbering Plan |url=https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/oth/02/02/T02020000050002PDFE.pdf |website=International Telecommunication Union |access-date=11 December 2022}}
Until 1994, Andorra formed part of the French numbering plan, with the prefix 628 being used for calls from France[https://books.google.com/books?id=N_GzAAAAIAAJ&q=%22628%22 Fodor's Europe], Eugene Fodor, D. McKay., 1993, page 52 (or 16 628 from Paris) while +33 628 was used from the rest of the world.[https://books.google.com/books?id=2FIcAQAAMAAJ&q=%20628+21333%20 The Merrill Lynch Euromoney Directory], Euromoney Publications PLC, 1988, page 1 Access was also possible via the Spanish numbering plan using the area code 9738, or the international prefix +34 738.[https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHBF_enGB842GB842&biw=1366&bih=625&tbm=bks&ei=uqjOXuWREPSW1fAPhOuT4AI&q=%22you+have+two+choices%3A+through+Spain+by+dialling%22&oq=%22you+have+two+choices%3A+through+Spain+by+dialling%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3...26940.26940.0.27934.1.1.0.0.0.0.96.96.1.1.0....0...1c.2.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.hCIl7YiGRhw Mediterranean Europe], Lonely Planet, 1995, page 104 On 17 December 1994, Andorra adopted its own country code, +376.[https://books.google.com/books?id=imSTAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Andorra+country+code+changes+to+376%22 Japan Directory], Issue 1, Japan Press, 1995, page 44 This meant that all international calls to the Principality, including those from France and Spain, required the use of the +376 country code.[https://books.google.com/books?id=jPWzAAAAIAAJ&q=%2207+376%22 Fodor's Europe], Eugene Fodor, D. McKay, 1996, page 35
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External links
- [http://www.wtng.info/wtng-376-ad.html World Telephone Numbering Guide]
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