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Number Format

Area Code:            1-2 digits
Subscriber Number:    6-8 digits
Trunk Prefix:         0
International Prefix: 00

Area code information

1999-2001 - 8-digit subscriber numbers in Kuala Lumpur and area

Kuala Lumpur (+60 3) subscribers have been converted to an expanded 8-digit numbering scheme. Other areas in Malaysia were not affected. This was announced by carrier Telekom Malaysia.

See Telekom press release (12 Jan 01). Also see information on 8-digit conversion page.

Other carriers in the area code (+60 3) are also expected to expand to 8-digit subscriber numbers, as called for by Malaysia telecom regulator Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). Information on the remaining numbering expansion (throughout 2000) is available in a KDD bulletin of 16 August 2000.

(original tip courtesy Yoon Hoe Loke)

Other Information

Carrier is Telekom Malaysia.

Regulator is Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission.

Also some general information on Malaysia from TPSB.

(some links corrected courtesy Jim Daigle).

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