Telephone numbers in Portugal

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Country Code: +351
International Call Prefix: 00

Portugal changed to a closed telephone numbering plan in 1999. Previously, the trunk prefix was '0', but this was dropped. The area code, prefixed by the digit '2', was incorporated into the subscriber's number, so that a nine-digit number was used for all calls, eg:

[+] Geographic numbering

Numbering examples for Lisbon area code:

  xxx xxxx (before 1999, within Lisbon)
  01 xxx xxxx (before 1999, from the rest of Portugal)
 +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)

[+] Mobile telephone numbering

Mobiles similarly changed, with the digits '9T' replacing the prefix '093T', where 'T' is a digit specific to a 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
 700 xxx xxx Personal numbering
 8xx xxx xxx Geographic expansion 
 800 xxx xxx Freephone
 80x xxx xxx Shared cost
 30x xxx xxx VoIP carriers

[+] Prefix list

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