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  2. Telephone numbers in Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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    Telephone numbers in Hong Kong are mostly eight-digit. Fixed land line numbers start with 2 or 3, mobile (cellular) phone numbers with 5, 6, 7 or 9, pager numbers with 7 and forwarding service with 8 [citation needed]. Since the end of 1989, there have been no area codes within Hong Kong. The telephone number for emergency services – Police ...

  3. Telephone numbers in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Mobile telephone numbers. Mobile telephone numbers in Pakistan are of the following format: 03XZ-YYYYYYY where X is the single letter code assigned to a specific mobile telephone operator and Z-YYYYYYY is the local telephone number from any mobile phone or landline. 3 - is the Mobile Access code. Z can be any value between 0 and 9, assigned by ...

  4. 911 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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    The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. [6] In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill. [7 ...

  5. Telephone numbers in Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    1755 - Mobile Customer Service Center ( Lebara Mobile) 900 - Telephone Customer Service Center ( STC) (They were separated before, 907 for Landline, 902 for Mobile, but since September 2015, they are merged) 933 - Saudi Electricity Customer Services. 937 - Saudi Ministry of Health Services. 939 - Saudi Water and Sewage Services (Eastern Region)

  6. Telephone numbers in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    Since the reorganization of the telephone system in 1995, Dutch geographical numbers consist of 9 digits. The numbering plan implements a system of area codes. An area code consists of two or three digits. The larger cities and areas have two digits with a subscriber number of seven digits, permitting more local numbers. Smaller areas use three digits with a six-digit subscriber number.

  7. Telephone numbers in France - Wikipedia

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    All geographic numbers are dialed in the ten-digit format, even for local calls. The international access code is the International Telecommunication Union 's recommended 00. [1] When calling France from abroad, the leading zero should be omitted: for example, to call a number in Southwest France, one would dial +33 5 xx xx xx xx. French people usually state phone numbers as a sequence of five ...

  8. Telephone numbers in Romania - Wikipedia

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    After 1989, the then-monopolistic state-owned phone company started a process of upgrading its facilities. In 1992, it started increasing the size of a number to 7 digits in Bucharest and 6 digits in the rest of the country and by changing the prefixing scheme. The long distance code was changed from 9 to 0, the area code for Bucharest became 01, while to the rest of the country was ...

  9. Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    00 800 – Freephone / toll free (from all Irish mobile and landlines. 8-digit numbers in the format 00 800 xxxx xxxx. Where high volume 'bursty traffic' is anticipated, such as on-air radio competition lines, the first two digits of the phone number are always 71. For example: 1800 71 x xxx or 0818 71 x xxx.