The 69 country code may be an impossible dial to initiate connection, given the fact that barely you find any country with the ordinary 69. So, what or which country uses +69 then?
The truth is, no country would have just the 69 without some added digits or numbers to it. Yes, there are three country codes that begin with +69. These are:
- +690 = Tokelau
- +691 = Federated States of Micronesia
- +692 = Marshall Islands
The Meaning of the Plus +
The meaning of the plus sign there is telling you to insert your international access prefix here. From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.
Area Codes
As already mentioned, +69 is not an international area code and therefore it is not possible to call any country by dialing with this code. Therefore, if you wish to call an international phone the first thing to do is to know the corresponding country code, add the area code (if necessary) and the phone number you wish to call.
Below are the different area codes there are in the world:
The nine world zones are generally organized geographically, with exceptions for political and historical alignment.
- Zone 1 uses an integrated numbering plan; four digits (1xxx) determine the area served in Canada, the United States and its territories, and much of the Caribbean.
- Zone 2 uses two 2-digit codes (20, 27) and eight sets of 3-digit codes (21x–26x, 28x, 29x), mostly to serve Africa, but also Aruba, Faroe Islands, Greenland and British Indian Ocean Territory.
- Zones 3 and 4 use sixteen 2-digit codes (30–34, 36, 39–41, 43–49) and four sets of 3-digit codes (35x, 37x, 38x, 42x) to serve Europe.
- Zone 5 uses eight 2-digit codes (51–58) and two sets of 3-digit codes (50x, 59x) to serve South and Central America.
- Zone 6 uses seven 2-digit codes (60–66) and three sets of 3-digit codes (67x–69x) to serve Southeast Asia and Oceania.
- Zone 7 uses an integrated numbering plan; two digits (7x) determine the area served: Russia or Kazakhstan.
- Zone 8 uses four 2-digit codes (81, 82, 84, 86) and four sets of 3-digit codes (80x, 85x, 87x, 88x) to serve East Asia, South Asia and special services. 83x and 89x are unallocated.
- Zone 9 uses seven 2-digit codes (90–95, 98) and three sets of 3-digit codes (96x, 97x, 99x) to serve the Middle East, West Asia, Central Asia, parts of South Asia and Eastern Europe.
Zone 6: Southeast Asia and Oceania
- 60 – Malaysia
- 61 – Australia (see also 672 below)
- 61 (8 9162) – Cocos Islands
- 61 (8 9164) – Christmas Island
- 62 – Indonesia
- 63 – Philippines
- 64 – New Zealand
- 64 – Pitcairn Islands
- 65 – Singapore
- 66 – Thailand
- 670 – East Timor (formerly 62/39 during the Indonesian occupation; formerly assigned to Northern Mariana Islands, now part of NANP as 1 (670))
- 671 – unassigned (formerly assigned to Guam, now part of NANP as 1 (671))
- 672 – Australian External Territories (see also 61 Australia above); formerly assigned to Portuguese Timor (see 670)
- 672 (1) – Australian Antarctic Territory
- 672 (3) – Norfolk Island
- 673 – Brunei
- 674 – Nauru
- 675 – Papua New Guinea
- 676 – Tonga
- 677 – Solomon Islands
- 678 – Vanuatu
- 679 – Fiji
- 680 – Palau
- 681 – Wallis and Futuna
- 682 – Cook Islands
- 683 – Niue
- 684 – unassigned (formerly assigned to American Samoa, now part of NANP as 1 (684))
- 685 – Samoa
- 686 – Kiribati
- 687 – New Caledonia
- 688 – Tuvalu
- 689 – French Polynesia
- 690 – Tokelau
- 691 – Federated States of Micronesia
- 692 – Marshall Islands
- 693 – unassigned
- 694 – unassigned
- 695 – unassigned
- 696 – unassigned
- 697 – unassigned
- 698 – unassigned
- 699 – unassigned
Cost of Calls
It is important to remember that all calls from a foreign country to another country will have a higher cost than calls made in the same country. The final cost of the call will be defined by the telephone company with which the call is made.
