Telephone numbers in Moldova

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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]

Telephone numbers in Moldova
Administrative division of Moldova corresponding to geographical numbers prefix division
Location
CountryMoldova
ContinentEurope
RegulatorANRCETIS
TypeClosed
NSN length10( with 0
                       and 9 
digits)
Format0ABCDEFGHI
Access codes
Country code+373
International access00
Long-distance0

Numbering scheme

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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

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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

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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

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  • 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

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  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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