The following telephone numbers in Chile are geographic area codes for all national and international calls terminating in Chile.
Geographic area codes
No geographic area codes exist in Chile; all calls within Chile are considered local calls. All numbers contain 9 digits and there is no difference among land-line, mobile and VoIP
Transition to area code deprecation
In 2012 and 2013, land lines were renumbered, with an additional digit 2 prepended.[1] The change was rolled out gradually by area code; first in Santiago (Region Metropolitana) and Arica in late 2012, then throughout all remaining regions between March and July 2013.
During that transitional period, when calling a landline, area code and an extra 2 were added at the beginning of the number, or between the area code and number. E.g. a formerly seven digit Santiago number (02) XXX XXXX became 22X XXX XXX, and a formerly six digit Punta Arenas number (061) YYY YYY became 612 YYY YYY.
The process was completed in September 2016.
Total number portability
Total number portability exists in Chile,[2] so users can freely move from one service provider to another without losing their number, regardless of connection technology, whether land-line, mobile or VoIP. Therefore, a number beginning with "8" or "9" no longer denotes that it is a mobile phone number.
Special services
There is a group of special numbers for public services, and they are in the format 1XY. The most important ones are:
- 130 Forest fires (Incendios forestales)
- 131 Ambulance (SAMU)
- 132 Firefighters (Bomberos)
- 133 Police Emergency (Emergencias Policiales)
- 134 Investigaciones
- 135 Drug usage prevention hot line (Fono drogas)[3]
- 136 Mountain Rescue (Cuerpo de Socorro Andino)
- 137 Sea Rescue (Rescate Marítimo de la Armada)
- 139 Police Information (Informaciones Policiales)
- 147 Child abuse prevention (Fono niños)
- 149 Family Violence (Fono familia)
Long-distance carriers
In Chile it is necessary to choose the carrier for international long-distance calls every time and therefore to obtain the best rate for any destination. Long-distance carriers have a prefix that must be dialed when calling long distance:
XXX + 0 + country code + area + phone
The current carrier codes are:[4]
- 110 Claro Chile
- 111 VTR Chile
- 112 Convergia Chile
- 113 Transam
- 114 E-Newcarrier.com Chile
- 115 Empresa de Telecomunicaciones Netonone
- 116 Heilsberg
- 119 Concert Chile
- 120 Globus
- 121 Telefónica del Sur
- 122 Gtd Manquehue
- 123 Entel Larga Distancia
- 124 GSP Chile
- 125 Equant Chile
- 127 Sur Telecomunicaciones
- 151 Astro
- 153 STEL-CHILE S.A
- 154 MiCarrier Telecomunicaciones
- 155 Claro Chile
- 158 Fibersat
- 169 Carrier 169
- 170 Impsat Chile
- 170 Global Crossing
- 171 Claro Chile
- 176 NetChile
- 177 Empresa de Transporte de Señales
- 180 Hogar de Cristo
- 181 Movistar
- 188 Telefónica CTC
Mobile phone numbers
Mobile phone numbers do not have a specific starting digit.[5]
See also
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