Call China - Calling China

Call China From the USA

Dialing Instructions
011 + 86 + City Code + Phone Number

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China's Communications Infrastructure

Telephones - main lines in use: 350.433 million (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 334.824 million (2004)

Telephone system
general assessment: domestic and international services are increasingly available for private use; unevenly distributed domestic system serves principal cities, industrial centers, and many towns

domestic: interprovincial fiber-optic trunk lines and cellular telephone systems have been installed; a domestic satellite system with 55 earth stations is in place

international: country code - 86; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) and 1 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian Ocean regions); several international fiber-optic links to Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Russia, and Germany