Ecuador’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +593
- 2 Letter: EC
- 3 Letter: ECU
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 218
- Internet TLD: .ec
- ICAO Airport Code: SE
- Maritime Identification Digits: 735
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1EA U+1F1E8
- Official Name: The Republic of Ecuador
How to call Ecuador (international dialing)
- Do not dial a leading ‘0’ in the international call sequence – it is only used in Ecuador for domestic long distance calls and domestic calls to a mobile phone.
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (SMS)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers begin with ’93’, ’95’, ’97’, ’98’, and ’99’.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, dial cto the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Ecuador does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
How to call within Ecuador (domestic dialing)
‘0’ is used as a trunk prefix when calling to a different area code within Ecuador.
Local calling (within the same area code)
To call within the same area code, dial only the local phone number. Do not dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the one to two digit area code.
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Long distance calling (to a different area code, or from a mobile phone)
To call to a different area code, or dial a call from a mobile phone to a landline (fixed line) phone dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | one digit | seven digits |
| trunk prefix | area code | local phone number |
Mobile calling (to a mobile phone)
To call a mobile phone dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the two digit mobile code starting with ‘9’, then the seven-digit subscriber number.
| 0 | 9x |
| trunk prefix | mobile code |
Ecuadorian phone numbers explained
Number details
Ecuadorian phone numbers are eight digits.
The first digit is an area code that represents a geographic part of the country.
Mobile numbers begin with ’93’, ’95’, ’97’, ’98’, or ’99’.
An example of an Ecuadorian phone number
La Capilla Del Hombre lists its phone number in Quito as (593 2) 2448 492.
Number explanation
| 593 | 2 | 2448 492 |
| country code for Ecuador | geographic (area) code for Quito | local phone number within Quito |
Local example – calling from another location in Quito, Ecuador
To call within the same area code dial only the local subscriber phone number. Do not dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the area code.
| 2448 492 |
| local phone number within Quito |
Long distance example – calling from Guayaquil, Ecuador (on the other side of the country)
To call from a different area code dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | 2 | 2448 492 |
| long distance trunk code | geographic (area) code for Quito | local phone number within Quito |
Mobile phone example – calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile roaming in Ecuador)
To call from a mobile phone dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | 2 | 2448 492 |
| long distance trunk code | geographic (area) code for Quito | local phone number within Quito |
International example – calling from outside Ecuador
To call from outside Ecuador, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Ecuador’s country code of ‘593’, followed by the local phone number.
Do not dial any leading ‘0’ listed in the Ecuadorian phone number.
| exit code | 593 | 2 | 2448 492 |
| exit code for the country the call is dialed from | country code for Ecuador | geographic (area) code for Quito | local phone number within Quito |
How to call from Ecuador
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from Ecuador.
Sources and more resources
- ARCOTEL (Agencia de Control y Regulación de las Telecomunicaciones) – Ecuador’s telephone systems regulator.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Ecuador (country code +593) National Numbering Plan – Details of Ecuador’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Ecuador – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Ecuador. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Ecuador – Entry for Ecuador in the British Telecom international directory.