Type Closed Country calling code +351 | NSN length 9 International call prefix 00 | |
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Portugal changed to a closed telephone numbering plan in 31 October 1999. Previously, the trunk prefix was '0', but this was dropped.
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For landline subscribers, the area code, prefixed by the digit '2', was incorporated into the subscriber's number. For mobile subscribers, formerly seven (to call another subscriber using the same operator) or eleven (to call any mobile subscriber) digits were used. For special number ranges, formerly ten digits were used, but the initial '0' was dropped. These changes made that nine digits were used for all calls after 1999.
Before 1999 Portugal Telecom controlled Portugal's entire landline telephone network. In 16 December 1999 Anacom announced that the market would be opened to competitors in 1 January 2000.
Geographic numbering
Numbering examples for Lisbon area:
xxx xxxx (before 1999, within Lisbon) 01 xxx xxxx (before 1999, within Portugal, including Lisbon) +351 1 xxx xxxx (before 1999, outside Portugal) 21 xxx xxxx (after 1999, within Portugal, including Lisbon) +351 21 xxx xxxx (after 1999, outside Portugal) +351 xx xxx xxxx (present day)Mobile telephone numbering
Mobiles similarly changed, with the digits 9T replacing the prefix 093T, where T is a digit specific to a mobile operator, that can be 1 (Telecel, now Vodafone Portugal), 0, 2 or 6 (TMN/MEO) or 3 (Optimus/NOS):
xxx xxxx (before 1999 for Portuguese subscribers using the same mobile operator) 093T xxx xxxx (before 1999 within Portugal) +351 93T xxx xxxx (before 1999 outside Portugal) 9T xxx xxxx (after 1999 within Portugal) +351 9T xxx xxxx (after 1999 outside Portugal)Other numbering
New number ranges include:
10xx Carrier selection codes 884 xxx xxx Personal numbering 882 xxx xxx Virtual card services 800 xxx xxx Freephone 808 xxx xxx Shared cost 809 xxx xxx Shared cost 607 xxx xxx Premium rate 30x xxx xxx VoIP carriersPrefix list
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