Country Code: 66
International Call Prefix: 00x (001,004,005,006,007,008 and 009)
Land Lines
To dial a land line in Thailand all over the country, the format is Area Code + Phone Number. Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Pathum Thani and a part of Samut Sakhon are the provinces with 2-digit area code (02) followed by a 7-digit phone number. For other provinces, the area code is 3-digit long, followed by a 6-digit phone number. This allows the caller to dial 9 digits regardless of the location the calling made. For example, calls made within Bangkok begins with 02 followed by 7-digit phone numbers, and calls made from Chiang Mai to Bangkok also begins with 02 followed by 7-digit numbers.
Calls made from outside Thailand must omit the prefix 0. Therefore to call a land line number in Bangkok from other countries, dialing begins with +66 2 xxx xxxx.
Area code
02
032
034
035
036
037
038
039
042
043
044
045
053
054
055
056
073
074
075
076
077
Mobile Phones
Likewise, to call mobile phones from land line or mobile phones, dialing begins with 08 followed by 8-digit phone numbers. To the confusion of foreigners, mobile phone numbers in Thailand are one digit longer than land line numbers. Thailand had been using a 2-digit prefix for mobile phones (01, 06, 09, for example). The authority has recently (since October 2006) changed the system into a 3-digit prefix (01 became 081, 06 became 086, and so on by simply adding number 8 after 0). So mobile phone numbers in Thailand are 10 digits long while land lines are only 9 digits long.
Calls made from outside Thailand must omit the prefix 0. Therefore to call a mobile number in Thailand from other countries, dialing begins with +66 8 xxxx xxxx.
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