Telephone numbers in Portugal


changed to a closed telephone numbering plan on 31 October 1999; previously, the trunk prefix was '0', but this was dropped.
For landline subscribers, the area code, prefixed by the digit '2', was incorporated into the subscriber's number. For mobile subscribers, formerly seven or eleven digits were used. For special number ranges, formerly ten digits were used, but the initial '0' was dropped. These changes made that nine digits were used for all calls after 1999.
Before 1999 Portugal Telecom controlled Portugal's entire landline telephone network. On 16 December 1999 Anacom announced that the market would be opened to competitors on 1 January 2000.

Geographic numbering

Numbering examples for Lisbon area:
xxx xxxx
01 xxx xxxx
+351 1 xxx xxxx
2x xxx xxxx
2x xxx xxx
+351 21 xxx xxxx
+351 2x xxx xxx

Mobile telephone numbering

Mobiles similarly changed, with the digits 9T replacing the prefix 093T, where T is a digit specific to a mobile operator, that can be 1, 0, 2 or 6 or 3 :
xxx xxxx
093T xxx xxxx
+351 93T xxx xxxx
9T xxx xxxx
+351 9T xxx xxxx
+351 9Tx xxx xxx

Other numbering

New number ranges include:
10xx Carrier selection codes
884 xxx xxx Personal numbering
882 xxx xxx Virtual card services
800 xxx xxx Freephone
808 xxx xxx Shared cost
809 xxx xxx Shared cost
607 xxx xxx Premium rate
30x xxx xxx VoIP carriers

Prefix list

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