the
secrets behind South Asian
phonecodes:
the
International country codes got issued in I964,
as if the Inventors of the Phonesystem didn't want Europe to
remain divided into East and West
these codes do not in any way reflect the division
following the I945 end of the 2nd World War,
the 7
larger countries have a two digit code,
(+60),
(+6I),
(+62),
(+63),
(+64),
(+65),
(+66)
the
many
smaller Islands
have three
digit
codes:
starting
with +67-
(+670),
(+67I),
(+672),
(+673),
(+674),
(+675),
(+676),
(+677),
(+678)
and (+679)
Christmas
Islands, Cook Islands and Norfolk Islands have the same country
code (+672)
(they are all Australian territories
even though they have 3 respective local Internet codes
starting
with
+68-
(+680),
(+68I),
(+682),
(+683),
(+684),
(+685),
(+686),
(+687),
(+688)
and (+689)
the
3
most recent countries starting
with
+69-
(+690),
(+69I),
(+692)
in
fact the codes of Tokelau, Micronesia and Marshall Islands
were only issued in I984
looking at one of her old adress books, Brigitte
noticed that
Singapore
once had the code
(+60)
in fact at the time the World Phonesystem was set up, Singapore
was still part of Malaysia
for future changes
the following codes are available
(+693),
(+694),
(+695),
(+696),
(+697),
(+698),
(+699)
Brigitte
has the impression that (+683)
might be issued for Timor
(Portugese Timore once
had the code +672
but in I980 Timor became part of Indonesia from which it is now
independant)
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