Belarus began using its own country code +375 in 1995, replacing the +7 international country code inherited from the

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, 1996, page 27 The local numbering plan was inherited from the Soviet Union and remains with few changes. Geographic area codes were designed based on previous 3-digit USSR area codes by removing the lead ''0''. Calling across areas still requires dialing trunk prefix 8 and waiting for dialtone after that. This pause was initially required by the analog trunk switches to identify the caller from PSTN for billing purposes. When calling within Belarus, the trunk prefix must be followed by 0. In 2003, the abbreviated dialling within a single area code was replaced with a full 9-digit number + 2-digit trunk prefix. Previously it was possible to dial 82RRnn-nnn to reach a number in the same area. Now it is required to dial 80~AARRnn-nnn where AA is the area code, RR is the region code and nn-nnn is the local number. International calling remains unchanged: 8~10-xxx...xxxx where 8 is a trunk prefix, 10 is the international access code, xxx...xxxx are the digits of the destination country, areas and local number.

New numbering plan

Beltelecom began transition to the international numbering standard similar to the one adapted in many European countries in 2007. March 31, 2007 all short numbers were changed from 2 or 3 digits to 3 digits starting with 1. Beltelecom plans to change trunk prefix to 0 from current 8~0 and international prefix to 00 from current 8~10.

Structure of international telephone numbers

Allocation of the area codes

13 – Restricted and directory services 14 – Restricted and directory services 15 – Grodno 16 –

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Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

18 – Restricted and reference services 20 – Digital PSTN 1 21 –

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24 – Digital PSTN 2 25 – Mobile phone operator life:) Belarus 29 – Mobile phone operators – common code for all mobile phone operators except "Life :)" 33 – Mobile phone operator MTS Belarus 44 – Mobile phone operator A1

List of area codes in Belarus

Special trunk numbers

All special numbers are dialled with a trunk prefix 8. 600 100 – dial-up Internet access billed on local phone bill 601 – Personal radio communications 604 – Network of Presidential Administration 602 – Audiotext services 606 100 1111 – Prepaid card internet service 800 – Toll-free Direct Call 801 – Toll-free directory services "Green number" 803 – Toll-free surveys 805 – Interactive platform services 810 – Toll surveys 820 – International toll-free service IFS 902 – Toll directory assistance

Emergency and special services

The top 4 numbers are available across areas. Following numbers may be valid for Minsk only and may not exist or have a different short number in other areas. Some of these numbers were formed by changing from old 2-digit codes to 3 by adding leading ''1'' or by replacing ''0'' with ''1'' in the old 3-digit code. 101 and 112 – Fire brigade 102 – Police 103 – Ambulance 104 – Gas leaks 105, 151, 155 – Railroad station 106 – National airport Minsk-2 107, 116 – Towing services 109 – Local toll directory assistance. Full number for dialling outside the local area it is 99-009-11 in the area centres (cities). Regional directory assistance numbers follow patterns RR-22-222 or RR-21-222 or RR-55-222 where RR is the region code within the area. 114 – Bus station 107, 135, 152 – Taxi 150 – A1 call centre 153 – Area code directory 175 – Currency exchange rates 176 – Interactive platform services 177 – Info service 168 – Minsk information service 169 – Pharmacy inventory and directory 185 – Infoline 188 – Time service 191 – Films on show in cinemas 192 – Night club directory 193 – 24 hour grocery store directory 194 – Horoscope 195 – Weather forecast 196 – Recorded fables 197 – Religious birthdays The following short numbers in Minsk and other areas were discontinued or replaced with full local numbers: 088 – Time service, changed to 188 067 – Taxi, changed to 135 069 – Pharmacy inventory, changed to 169 053 – Area code directory, changed to 153 Digital PSTN exchanges in Minsk utilizing

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dialling support some additional codes: ''Flash'' – Three-way calling ''*69'' – Call return

References

External links

* Telephone codes in Belarus * Beltelecom official site * Minsk telephone directory and services * Minsk telephone directory {{Telephone numbers in Europe

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Telecommunications in Belarus

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