Telephone numbers in Moldova

Telephone numbers in Moldova

Administrative division of Moldova corresponding to geographical numbers prefix division
Location
Country	Moldova
Continent	Europe
Regulator	ANRCETIS
Type	Closed
NSN length	10( with 0 and 9 digits)
Format	0ABCDEFGHI
Access codes
Country code	+373
International access	00
Long-distance	0

On February 1, 2004 Moldova introduced a new closed telephone numbering plan with an open dialing plan.[1] The country code is +373, adopted in 1993.[2] Previously, when Moldova was part of the Soviet Union, it used the country code +7 and the area code 0422.[3]

Numbering scheme

Telephone numbers in Moldova follow an open numbering plan and consist of 8 national significant numbers (NSN). The National Significant Number consists of 2-3 digits for the National Destination Code and 5-6 digits for the Subscriber Number (SN).

National destination code

National destination codes are allocated as follows:[4]

N(S)N Format	Assignment	Number types
1XX	Special service numbers
2XX	Fixed-line telephony	Geographic
3XX
4XX	Long-term strategic reserve
5XX
6XX	Mobile telephony	Non-geographic
7XX
8XX	Freephone and shared-cost services	Non-geographic
9XX	Premium services	Non-geographic

The trunk prefix in Moldova is 0.

Area codes

List of area codes[5]
Area Code[6]	Area/City
210 and 310	Grigoriopol
215 and 315	Dubasari
216 and 316	Camenca
219 and 319	Dnestrovsc
22 and 32	Chișinău
230 and 330	Soroca
231 and 331	Bălți
235 and 335	Orhei
236 and 336	Ungheni
237 and 337	Strășeni
241 and 341	Cimișlia
242 and 342	Ștefan Vodă
243 and 343	Căușeni
244 and 344	Călărași
246 and 346	Edineț
247 and 347	Briceni
248 and 348	Criuleni
249 and 349	Glodeni
250 and 350	Florești
251 and 351	Dondușeni
252 and 352	Drochia
254 and 354	Rezina
256 and 356	Rîșcani
258 and 358	Telenești
259 and 359	Fălești
262 and 362	Sîngerei
263 and 363	Leova
264 and 364	Nisporeni
265 and 365	Anenii Noi
268 and 368	Ialoveni
269 and 369	Hîncești
271 and 371	Ocnița
272 and 372	Șoldănești
273 and 373	Cantemir
291 and 391	Ceadîr-Lunga
293 and 393	Vulcănești
294 and 394	Taraclia
297 and 397	Basarabeasca
298 and 398	Comrat
299 and 399	Cahul
533 and 433	Tiraspol
552 and 452	Bender
555 and 455	Rybnitsa
557 and 457	Slobozia

Dialling example

• 071-xxx-xxxx – call within Chişinău
• 02xx-xxx-xxx – call between other localities in Moldova
• 0xxx-xxx-xxx – call between localities and mobile phone companies
• +373-0xxx-xxx-xxx – call between Moldova and Transnistria

References

1. telephone numbering plan
2. Who's Who in Russia and the New States, Leonard Geron, Alex Pravda, Bloomsbury Academic, 1993, page 13
3. The World Factbook, 1993, page 260
4. "Resurse atribuite | ANRCETI". www.anrceti.md. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
5. "National Numbering Plan | ANRCETI".
6. "Apelurile la telefonul fix, doar prin 9 cifre din 1 iulie 2012 - Economic - Jurnal.md". Archived from the original on 2012-01-14. Retrieved 2012-10-28.

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