Telephone numbers in the Philippines follow an open telephone numbering plan and an open dial plan. Both plans are regulated by the National Telecommunications Commission, an attached agency under the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). The Philippines is assigned an international dialing code of +63 by ITU-T. Telephone numbers are fixed at eight digits for area code 02, and seven digits for area codes from 03X to 09X, with area codes fixed at one, two, or three digits (a six-digit system was used until the mid-1990s; four to five digits were used in the countryside). Mobile phone numbers are always 10 digits (three digits for the service provider, plus a seven-digit number). When making long-distance calls in the Philippines, the prefixes 0 for domestic calls and 00 for international calls are used.
Fixed-line area codes Philippine area codes for fixed-line or landline telephones are fixed at two digits, excluding Metro Manila, the province of Rizal and the cities of Bacoor in Cavite and San Pedro in Laguna, which use the area code 2. Some smaller carriers concentrated within a specific geographic area may issue four- or five-digit area codes, but these are being phased out in favor of the standard two-digit area codes. Occasionally, some areas may change area codes. For examples before 6 October 2019: Obando formerly used area code 2. Bacoor formerly used the Cavite province area code. San Pedro formerly used the Laguna province area code. Sometimes area codes are shared by several local government entities to maximize their use. Some area codes are shared by multiple provinces, as is the case for former sub-provinces like Guimaras and Iloilo; divided provinces like Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanga del Sur; or provinces with small populations like Marinduque and Quezon. In extreme cases, area codes are shared across an island like in Leyte and Samar, or even entire regions, such as with the Cordillera Administrative Region. To identify the call's point of origin, the three-digit telephone exchange prefix is checked. Since the Philippines employs an open dial plan, telephone numbers dialed within a given area code do not require the area code, excluding calls made from mobile phones or payphones. When dialing other area codes, the domestic long-distance access prefix 0 is added, but when dialing from overseas, the domestic prefix is not included. As such, a typical telephone number in Metro Manila and Rizal would look like this:
Within Metro Manila, Rizal, and cities of Bacoor and San Pedro: 8123–4567 Outside Metro Manila, Rizal, and cities of Bacoor and San Pedro: 02–8123–4567 Overseas calls: +63-2-8123-4567 Since October 6, 2019, all telephone numbers with the area code 2 were migrated to eight digits, as mandated by the National Telecommunications Commission's Memorandum Order No. 10–10–2017, due to insufficient assignable local exchange codes. The maintenance for this migration from 7-digit (XXX-YYYY) to 8-digit numbers (PXXX-YYYY) occurred from 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. PHT, causing a five-hour disconnection. This affected subscription-based virtual numbers (i.e. Globe Duo), SIM card-based Telephone Service (i.e. PLDT Landline Plus Prepaid), #MyNumber (the format is #XXXXX, i.e. #87000 for Jollibee Delivery), FEX Lines, SIP Trunks, ISDN and vanity numbers, including virtual numbers like short-digit numbers (e.g., *1888 for PLDT Telephone Support, 211 for Globe Prepaid Help and Support), Toll Free (domestic, international and universal, i.e. 1-800-1-123-4567, in dialing, 00-800-1-123-4567) and Premium numbers such as embassy hotline and 1900 service hotline. Since October 6, 2019, 5:00 a.m. PHT, the following telephone number format to be followed:
PXXX-YYYY where P is for Public Telecommunication Entity, and the XXX-YYYY is the telephone number. NTC has assigned the following Public Telecommunications Entity (PTE) identifiers:
3XXX–YYYY: Bayan Telecommunications 5XXX–YYYY: Eastern Communications Philippines 6XXX–YYYY: ABS-CBN Convergence 7XXX–YYYY: Globe Telecom 8XXX–YYYY: PLDT Areas are grouped into seven broad areas determining the first digit of a given area code. These areas and their accompanying area codes are listed below:
Area 2 – National Capital Region, Rizal and Surroundings 2: Metro Manila, Rizal, Cavite (Bacoor), Laguna (San Pedro)
Area 3 – Western and Central Visayas 32: Cebu 33: Guimaras, Iloilo 34: Negros Occidental 35: Negros Oriental, Siquijor 36: Aklan, Antique, Capiz 37: 38: Bohol 39:
Area 4 – Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog 42: Aurora, Marinduque, Quezon, Romblon 43: Batangas, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro 44: Bulacan, Nueva Ecija 45: Pampanga, Tarlac 46: Cavite (except Bacoor) 47: Bataan, Zambales 48: Palawan 49: Laguna (except San Pedro)
Area 5 – Bicol and Eastern Visayas 52: Albay, Catanduanes 53: Biliran, Leyte, Southern Leyte 54: Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur 55: Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, Western Samar 56: Masbate, Sorsogon 57: 58: 59:
Area 6 – Western and Central Mindanao (Zamboanga Peninsula, Bangsamoro and Northern Soccsksargen) 62: Basilan, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay 63: Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur 64: Cotabato, Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur, Sultan Kudarat 65: Zamboanga del Norte 66: 67: 68: Sulu, Tawi-Tawi 69:
Area 7 – Northern Luzon (Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley and Cordillera Administrative Region) 72: La Union 73: 74: Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province 75: Pangasinan 76: 77: Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur 78: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino 79:
Area 8 – Northern, Eastern and Southern Mindanao (Davao Region, Caraga and Southern Soccsksargen) 82: Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental 83: Sarangani, South Cotabato 84: Davao del Norte 85: Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur 86: Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur 87: Davao de Oro, Davao Oriental 88: Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental
List of fixed-line area codes
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