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for inbound routing of international calls. The telephone number format consists of the three-digit area code, the three-digit central office prefix and the local four-digit line or station number. Dialing procedures within the country and abroad comform to NANP standards. Thus, Barbados telephone
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was divided, and new area codes were assigned to individual administrations. Area code 246 was assigned to
Barbados in 1995. The area code was in effect from 1 July 1996, and a permissive dialing period extended to 15 January 1997, at which time all calls placed to Barbados required the new area
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227, 228, 229, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 292, 367, 410, 412, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 736, 737, 753, 757, 958,
489:. The following central offices were outlined in 2004 by the Minister of Energy and Public Utilities. In most cases Barbados numbers beginning with the following central office codes do not permit incoming
23:
209:), callers must dial the international dialling prefix followed by 1 to access the North American Numbering Plan. For example, a call placed from the United Kingdom is dialled as
264:
are toll-free when being dialled from
Barbados, and may be treated as a toll call. If the number is not toll-free a recording gives directions for placing a fee based call.
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1689:
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Following liberalisation of the telecommunications industry in
Barbados, various central office codes were implemented for
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for use by all affiliated telephone administrations in
Bermuda and the Caribbean islands. Between 1995 and 1999, the
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814:(VoIP), Barbados Min. of Finance, Investment, Telecommunications and Energy (MFIE) - Telecommunications Unit
705:"E.123 : Notation for national and international telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and Web addresses"
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258, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 820, 821, 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829
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Ministry of Finance, Investment, Telecommunications and Energy (MFIE) of the
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229:(i.e. dialling the last seven digits of the national telephone number). Unlike in some other
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8:
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When calling
Barbados from elsewhere in the North American Numbering Plan (e.g. from the
147:
681:
680:. Ministry of Finance, Investment, Telecommunications and Energy (MFIE). Archived from
630:. Ministry of Finance, Investment, Telecommunications and Energy (MFIE). Archived from
335:
249:
When calling to other places in the North
American Numbering Plan, calls are dialed by
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Other landline central office codes which have been activated include the following:
250:
182:
811:
775:
843:- In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade & International Business
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870:
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subscribers have unlimited/un-metered rates for calling other local landlines.
206:
555:(820-829), Formerly controlled by AT&T Wireless until transfer to Digicel.
493:. This list was updated to include allocations for Ozone Wireless from 2014.
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Barbados, stated «the area code 26 spells BIM on our keypads», as quoted in “
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As a member of the North
American Numbering Plan, Barbados uses telephone
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230:
73:
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81:
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When calling to
Barbados from outside the NANP (e.g. from the
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Though usually toll-free when dialled from the US, not all
757:"Introduction of 246 (Barbados) Numbering Plan Area (NPA)"
733:"Introduction of 246 (Barbados) Numbering Plan Area (NPA)"
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847:
List of
Central Office exchanges from 246 Area Code
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456:228, 426, 427, 429, 430, 431, 434, 435, 436, 437
276:When calling to areas outside the NANP (e.g. the
225:When placing a call within Barbados, callers use
1702:
603:List of North American Numbering Plan area codes
1435:
999:
805:Barbados Voice over Internet Protocol Policy
296:Police Force: 211, Ambulance: 511, Fire: 311
193:and the seven digit local telephone number.
851:
523:Ace Communications International Telephony
1442:
1428:
1006:
992:
651:Conor Looney, Chief Executive Officer of
140:American Telephone and Telegraph Company
92:on an alpha-numeric telephone keypad, a
657:Digicel throwing its support behind BIM
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621:
1726:Barbados communications-related lists
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780:International Telecommunication Union
709:International Telecommunication Union
299:Information/Directory Assistance: 411
185:after the long-distance trunk prefix
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120:International Telecommunication Union
1451:Telephone numbers in North America
841:The Barbados Telecommunications Unit
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220:
14:
1737:
834:
786:from the original on 27 July 2010
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509:(formerly bMobile, C&W, LIME)
253:in those countries. Callers dial
1565:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
954:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
624:"Policies, Plan & Registers"
317:incumbent local exchange carrier
290:
287:+ area code + telephone number.
167:From within North America (NANP)
217:is the local telephone number.
99:Telecommunication services and
1716:Telecommunications in Barbados
798:
767:
764:, Bellcore Letter IL-95/12-006
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28:British Indian Ocean Territory
1:
1023:North American Numbering Plan
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311:In the NANP telephone format
262:1-800, 1-888, 1-877, or 1-866
101:telephone numbers in Barbados
78:North American Numbering Plan
1690:United States Virgin Islands
16:Barbados telephone area code
7:
1721:Area codes in the Caribbean
598:Area codes in the Caribbean
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10:
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1711:Communications in Barbados
828:3 Cellular Licences Issued
776:"National Numbering Plans"
233:islands, most residential
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19:Not to be confused with
243:To North America (NANP)
130:for international use.
118:numbers are quoted per
1615:British Virgin Islands
122:(ITU) Recommendation
105:Government of Barbados
1555:Saint Kitts and Nevis
810:July 6, 2011, at the
505:Liberty Latin America
487:local mobile carriers
199:From outside the NANP
55:13.17000°N 59.55250°W
1077:District of Columbia
307:Central office codes
227:seven-digit dialling
189:. Thus callers dial
142:(AT&T) assigned
1570:Trinidad and Tobago
1465:Antigua and Barbuda
1326:U.S. Virgin Islands
973:Trinidad and Tobago
860:
738:. NANPA. 1995-12-11
540:776, 777, 778, 223
148:numbering plan area
60:13.17000; -59.55250
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155:Dialing procedures
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211:00 1 246 NXX XXXX
183:ten-digit dialing
84:. The sequence
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1585:Dependencies and
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