• Area Code: none as of October 1997
  • Carrier Selection: 2 digits before Subscriber Number
• Subscriber Number: 7 digits (as of October 1997)

Area Code List

• 2 Antananarivo
• 4 Moramanga
• 5 Tamatave
• 7 Fianarantsoa
• 8 Diego Suarez

• October 1997 - change to 7-digit numbers, carrier selection
  • Existing area code plus 5-digit number scheme was replaced by a standard 7-digit national number scheme without area codes. Two digits were prepended to existing 5-digit numbers to form the new national numbers.
  • 2-digit carrier selection codes were also introduced, to allow for competitive long distance or wireless choice of service provider.
  • Calls from other nations are now of the form:
  • +261 + carrier code (2 digits) + national number (7 digits)
  • This may be the world's first case of a country requiring callers from other nations to include a carrier selection code with the called national number.
  • Calls within Madagascar are dialed with only the 7 digit national number if the caller's default carrier is used.
  • If a carrier other than the subscriber's default carrier is used, then the call is dialed as:
  • 0 + carrier code (2 digits) + national number (7 digits).
  • The international standard 00+ has replaced 16+ for international calling.