Calling to Mongolia
- A leading ’01 or 02′ is not included in the international call sequence – it is only used in Mongolia 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.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Mongolia 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.
Calling within Mongolia (domestic dialing)
’01’ or ’02’ is used as a trunk prefix used when calling within Mongolia.
Mongolian phone numbers explained
Number details
Mongolian phone numbers are nine to ten digits.
The first one to four digits area an area code representing a geographic part of the country.
Calling from Mongolia
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from Mongolia.
Sources and more resources
- Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia – Mongolia’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 – Mongolia (country code +976) Communication of 1.VI.2007 – Details of Mongolia’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Mongolia – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Mongolia. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Mongolia – Entry for Mongolia in the British Telecom international directory.