Macau maintains its own telephone numbering plan during both Portuguese and Chinese administration. Calls to mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Portugal are international.
Contents
- Government regulator
- Number patterns
- Telecom operators
- Placing international calls
- Emergency services and other special numbers
- References
Country Code: +853
International Call Prefix: 00
Trunk Prefix: none
Area Code: not used
Government regulator
Prior to 1999 telephone regulation was under the Direcção dos Serviços de Correios e Telecomunicações (CTT) or Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones under the Secretary for Transport and Public Works.
Since 1999 telephone numbers are under the responsibility of the Direcção dos Serviços de Regulação de Telecomunicações (DSRT) or Bureau of Telecommunications Regulation under the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works.
Number patterns
Telecom operators
Placing international calls
The alternative shortcut way to dial Hong Kong numbers is shown as follows:
Emergency services and other special numbers
Same as Hong Kong, the telephone number for emergency services – Police, Fire Service and Ambulance – is 999.
Some special numbers are 3-digit or 4-digit.