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	Taiwan			+886

Number Format

Area Code:            1-2 digits
Subscriber Number:    6-8 digits
Trunk Prefix:         0
International Prefix: 002

Area code information

• Cai's Phone Page
• DCCL

1 January 2001 - Taichung, Nantou subscriber number expansion

As an exception, special data subscriber numbers in Taichung beginning with 412 remain 7 digits (that is, the 412xxxx format subscriber numbers).

Nantou (+886 49): the digit '2' was prepended to most existing 6-digit subscriber numbers to form new 7-digit numbers, as of 1 January 2001.

As an exception, special data subscriber numbers in Taichung beginning with 41 are converted to 7 digits by adding the digit '2' after the 41 (that is, changing from 41xxxx format subscriber numbers to 412xxxx).

Taichung subscriber numbers (+886 4) may only begin with digits from 2 through 6. This avoids conflict with the Nantou area code +886 49, and other 2-digit area codes beginning with 4.

Reference: KDDI information page

1 January 1998 - Taipei/Keelong expansion from 7 to 8 digits

• HiNet

Other Information

One carrier is Chunghwa Telecom.

Cai's Phone Page has area code lists that include Taiwan, China and nearby places. This list includes places represented in Chinese characters.).

Also, see MOTC's telecom regulatory division, Directorate General of Telecommunications.

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