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Madagascar | +261 |
Area Code: none (see note below) Subscriber Number: 7 digits (see note below) Trunk Prefix: (see below) International Prefix: 00A Carrier Selection code of 2 digits is dialled before 7-digit subscriber number for long distance or incoming international cases.
Source: OMERT announcement (21 February 2005, via ITU)
The following are the subscriber number changes. Some manual exchanges were also converted to automatic switching as indicated:
Place Old format New format ----- ---------- ---------- Ambatondrazaka +261 4 81xxx +261 5481xxx Antananarivo +261 2 xxxxx +261 22xxxxx Antsiranana +261 8 2xxxx +261 822xxxx Antsohihy +261 6 7xxxx +261 677xxxx Farafangana +261 7 91xxx +261 7391xxx Fianarantsoa +261 7 5xxxx +261 755xxxx Mahajanga +261 6 2xxxx +261 622xxxx Maintirano xx (manual) +261 69692xx Manakara +261 7 2xxxx +261 722xxxx Mananjary +261 7 94xxx +261 7294xxx Moramanga +261 4 82xxx +261 5682xxx Morondava +261 4 5xxxx +261 955xxxx Nosy Be +261 8 6xxxx +261 866xxxx Sainte Marie xx (manual) +261 57420xx Sambava xxx (manual) +261 8891xxx Toamasina +261 5 3xxxx +261 533xxxx Tolagnaro +261 9 2xxxx +261 922xxxx Toliary +261 9 4xxxx +261 944xxxx2-digit carrier selection codes were also introduced, to allow for competitive long distance or wireless choice of service provider.
Calls from other nations are now of the form:
+261 + carrier code (2 digits) + national number (7 digits)
Carrier codes were assigned as follows:
Code Carrier ---- ------- 20 Telma (Telecom Malagasy) 30 Telecel 31 Sacel 32 SRR 33 MadacomThis may be the world's first case of a country requiring callers from other nations to include a carrier selection code with the called national number.
Calls within Madagascar are dialed with only the 7 digit national number if the caller's default carrier is used.
If a carrier other than the subscriber's default carrier is used, then the call is dialed as:
0 + carrier code (2 digits) + national number (7 digits).
The international standard 00+ has replaced 16+ for international calling.
More information is available at another Madagascar Tourism information site.
Also see Telecom Malagasy announcement (21 November 1997, via ITU)
(some information courtesy Andrew Owens)