- 992 – fax on fixed line, SMS on mobile phones (for subscribers with disabilities)
- 112 – mobile phones
Some particular numbers are three- to five-digit. Some premium rate services, for model for games and adult contents, are 11-digit. Numbers beginning with ‘1 ‘ are normally reserved for carrier/operator services. These services are provided by the individual telephone carrier. In general, these numbers can be used across all carriers :
- Directory services can be reached at 1081 (English), 1083 (Cantonese) and 1088 (Mandarin)
- Time and temperature information can be reached at 18501 (English), 18503 (Cantonese) and 18508 (Mandarin)
The international call prefix varies depending on IDD provider, however 001 works on all telephone lines and uses the IDD serve provided by the lapp carrier as the telephone argumentation that 001 call is dialed from. During the years of call monopoly, the International call prefix was 106 ( through 1980s ) and then 001. Calls to Macau and mainland China are international. Calls from Hong Kong to early parts of China include that regions classify state code :
- Macau +853 xxxx xxxx
- Mainland China +86 (area code) xxxx xxxx
present numbering scheme and format [edit ]
The present social organization and format of telephone numbers in Hong Kong according to the Hong Kong Telecom Service Numbering Scheme, is as follows ( the first digits of the telephone number is used as follows ) : [ 1 ]
Telephone exchanges in Hong Kong [edit ]
diachronic number outline and area codes [edit ]
1970s [edit ]
In the 1970s, area codes were assigned with the following form :
There was no standard luggage compartment prefix like ‘0 ‘ – entirely the area code and telephone count were dialed when calling from one area code to another. Thus the Kowloon count xxx-xxx would have been dialed as follows :
- xxx-xxx – from within Kowloon
- 3 xxx-xxx – from Hong Kong Island or New Territories
- +852 3 xxx-xxx – from the rest of the world
1980s [edit ]
In the mid-1980s, 6-digit numbers starting with ‘0 ‘ became 7-digit numbers starting with ’71 ‘, making way for subsequent variety of the New Territories prefix from ’12 ‘ to ‘0 ‘ .
- 0xxxxx became 71xxxxx
Fixed-line telephone numbers were either six- or seven-digit in the 1980s. Area codes were assigned with the comply patterns.
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- 3 Kowloon, New Kowloon, Ha Kwai Chung and Sai Kung
- 5 Hong Kong Island and Outlying Islands
- New Territories
cellular phone numbers are all eight-digit starting with ‘9 ‘ .
easy Dialling Day [edit ]
On 30 December 1989, area codes were abolished. [ 3 ] Six-digit numbers in the New Territories were changed to replace the initial 8 with 46, followed by five digits ; area codes for six-digit numbers in the early areas became depart of subscriber ‘s numbers. Area codes for seven-digit numbers were just removed. Some six-digit numbers had the first digit changed to two digits to make a seven-digit number .
- (3) xxx xxx became 3xx xxxx
- (3) 7xx xxxx became 7xx xxxx
- (5) xxx xxx became 5xx xxxx
- (5) Nxx xxxx became Nxx xxxx (N = 8 or 9)
- (0) 8xx xxx became 46x xxxx
- (0) Nxx xxxx became Nxx xxxx (N = 4 or 6)
1990s [edit ]
On January 1, 1995, [ 4 ] a ‘2 ‘ was prefixed to all fixed tune ( bring pipeline ) numbers which are immediately eight-digit. A ‘7 ‘ was prefixed to existing beeper service numbers .
- xxx xxxx became 2xxx xxxx
- 11xx xxx became 711xx xxx
- 11xx xxxxx became 7xx xxxxx
- 9xxx xxxx remain unchanged
Since 2000s [edit ]
Before the introduction of portable repair line numbers, numbers were assigned in a pattern akin to districts. For exemplar, in addition to the existing 3, 5 and 0 prefixes, a 4 prefix was used for Tuen Mun and Yuen Long, 6 for Tai Po and Sha Tin, and 8 for Hong Kong Island. Numbers starting with ‘3 ‘ were introduced when ‘2 ‘ for repair lines started running out. Cell telephone numbers remain eight-digit. The count ‘6 ‘ started to be used when numbers started with ‘9 ‘ were running out. In May 2008, cellular telephone numbers with ‘5 ‘ as the beginning were besides introduced.
due to numerous earphone scams spoofing local telephone numbers, calls started from outside Hong Kong using a local number now show the Hong Kong prefix +852 before the phone numbers in Caller ID. [ 5 ]
