Tag: Malaysia

Question: How do I dial +60 on a phone? The number I have is +60 3 2147 xxxx.

Answer: +60 is the country code for Malaysia. To call +60 from outside of Malaysia:

1. Dial your country’s exit code. ‘011’ for the U.S. and Canada. ’00’ for most of Europe and Asia. ‘0011’ for Australia. ‘010’ for Japan. Most smartphones can also dial the ‘+’ symbol which will automatically dial the local exit code.
2. Dial ’60’ – the country code for Malaysia.
3. Dial the rest of the phone number. Do not dial a leading ‘0’ in the phone number when calling from outside of Malaysia.

To call this number from within Malaysia:

1. Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’
2. Dial the rest of the phone number.
3. Do not dial the + or the country code when calling domestically.

To call this number from within Malaysia, dial ‘0-3-2147-xxxx’.

To call this number from the U.S. or Canada, dial ‘011-60-3-2147-xxxx’.

To call this number from the U.K., France, Germany, China, Thailand, Brunei, the Philippines, India, and many countries of Europe and Asia dial ’00-60-3-2147-xxxx’.

To call this number from Singapore or Indonesia dial ‘001-60-3-2147-xxxx’. The leading ‘001’ can be replaced with a different carrier code, for example, ‘005’ in Indonesia or ‘008’ in Singapore.

To call this number from Australia dial ‘0011-60-3-2147-xxxx’.

To call this number from Japan dial ‘010-60-3-2147-xxxx’.

For more detail please see our page on “how to call Malaysia.”

Question: I am calling a country with country code “0060” – I don’t recognize this number. What country is it? The phone number I was given is “0060 3 2078 XXXX.”

Answer: The number you are trying to call looks like it is in Malaysia.

“00” is an international exit code (the number used to access the international switchboard) for most European and many Asian countries. If ’00’ is dialed from a country that does not use that as its exit code (the U.S. and Canada use ‘011’, Australia uses ‘0011’, Japan uses ‘010’, many countries of the former U.S.S.R use ‘8’ – wait for the dial tone – ’10’), the call will not work.

“60” is the country code for Malaysia. It is the number that is dialed to reach France from the international switchboard.

The remainder of the number appears to be the format for a Malaysian phone number. The ‘3’ signifies the area code for Kuala Lumpur within the Malaysian numbering system. The remainder of the phone number is separated into eight numbers (two blocks of four digits).

If this number was dialed from Australia, it would be dialed:

0011 60 3 2078 XXXX

If this number was dialed from the U.S or Canada., it would be dialed:

011 60 3 2078 XXXX

If this number was dialed from Singapore, New Zealand, India, China, Vietnam, or Brunei it would be dialed:

00 60 3 2078 XXXX

If this number was dialed from Thailand, it would be dialed:

001 60 3 2078 XXXX

If this number was dialed from Indonesia, it would be dialed:

001 60 3 2078 XXXX or 007 60 3 2078 XXXX or 008 60 3 2078 XXXX or 009 60 3 2078 XXXX (depending on the international call carrier)

If this number was dialed from Japan, it would be dialed:

010 60 3 2078 XXXX

See our “how to call Malaysia” page for details on how to call Malaysia from anywhere in the world.