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Phone Philippines from a UK Landline
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- From just 8p per min
Call landlines in Philippines
Access number 0871 635 7771
Call mobiles in Philippines
Access number 0871 341 2225
Calls to landlines 8p per min
Calls to mobiles 9p per min
InstantTalk Connection Fee: 13.1p from a BT line.
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Ask bill payer's permission before using the service. Calls are billed per minute & apply from the moment of connection. The charge is incurred even if the destination number is engaged or the call is not answered. Service provider to landlines: Core Telecommunications International Limited. Service provider to mobiles: New Call Telecom Ltd. Tel: 0844 552 8575.
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Call numbers in Philippines
Access number 020 8497 8811
Calls to landlines 10p per min
Calls to mobiles 10p per min
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Ask bill payer's permission before using the service. Topup by SMS costs £5 or £10 + standard SMS fee. Calls charged per minute & apply from the moment of connection. Calls to 02 numbers cost UK standard rate and can be used as a part of inclusive minutes. For SMS customers, credit is automatically topped up by the same amount as your last credit purchase (£5 or £10) when the balance is low. To unsubscribe simply text STOP to 80077 or 67400 at any time. Service provider: Story Telecom Ltd. Tel: 020 8497 9210.
Major cities in Philippines
Caloocan / Cebu / Davao / Kalookan (Caloocan) / Manila / Quezon City / San Juan / Zamboanga
How to call Philippines
Once you have dialed the access number above, then dial: 00 63 followed by the destination number you're calling.
Fixed line operators in Philippines include PLDT (Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company), Globe Telecom and Bayan Telecommunications. Mobile operators include Smart Communications and Sun Cellular.
More Information about Philippines
Times to call
You may have to plan ahead when calling your friends and family who live in the Philippines to avoid those late night calls and early morning wake-ups. It's 7 hours ahead of London time, so if you call at 1pm here in the UK, you'll be reaching the Philippines at 8pm.
National Holidays
We may only get 9 national holidays here in the UK, but Filipinos celebrate a massive 16 days-off throughout 2011. These include National Heroes Day on August 9, All Saints Day on 1 November, and Rizal Day on December 30.
Interesting Filipino Phone Facts
As of August 2010, Philippines had 95.95 million mobile subscribers, or a 93% penetration rate.
There are three main mobile networks throughout the country. These include Smart Communications (46.6 million subscribers), Globe Telecom (23.25 million) and Sun Cellular (17.3 million).
The Philippines may have a 93% mobile phones penetration rate, but only 29.7% of the population has access to the Internet. That's according to a report from June 2009, which reveals that there are 29.7 million internet users throughout the country.
According to the same statistics, Facebook is the country's most popular website - with 12,528,500 Filipinos using the social network (14% of the population).
Philippine Embassy in the UK:
8 Suffolk Street
London
SW1 4HG
Tel: 020 7451 1800
Languages spoken:
Filipino is the country's official mother-tongue, but there are between 120 and 175 languages spoken across the country. This includes a number of regional langauges, such as Bicol, Ilocano and Tagalog.
Local area codes for destinations in Philippines
- Agusan del Norte - (0)85
- Aklan - (0)36
- Albay - (0)52, (0)5221
- Bataan - (0)47
- Batangas - (0)4396, (0)43
- Benguet - (0)74
- Bohol - (0)38
- Bukidnon - (0)8851
- Bulacan - (0)4422, (0)44
- Cagayan de Oro City - (0)8822
- Camarines Sur - (0)54, (0)5446
- Cavite - (0)46
- Cebu - (0)32, (0)3230
- Damilag - (0)8853
- Davao del Norte - (0)84
- Davao del Sur - (0)82
- Davao Oriental - (0)87
- Eastern & Northern Samar - (0)55
- Ilocos Sur - (0)77
- Iloilo - (0)3397, (0)33
- Isabela - (0)78
- Kidapawan - (0)6423
- La Union - (0)72
- Laguna - (0)49, (0)49305, (0)49560
- Lanao del Norte - (0)63
- Leyte - (0)53
- Macabebe - (0)4594
- Maguindanao - (0)64
- Mauban - (0)4251
- Metro Manila - (0)2
- Misamis Occidental - (0)88344, (0)88
- Misamis Oriental - (0)8842
- Negros Occidental - (0)34, (0)3461, (0)34691
- Negros Oriental - (0)35
- North Cotabato - (0)6422
- Palawan - (0)48
- Pampanga - (0)4593, (0)45, (0)4597
- Pangasinan - (0)75
- Quezon - (0)4235, (0)42793, (0)4244, (0)42
- Saint Francis - (0)4463
- San Narciso - (0)4765
- San Pablo - (0)93
- Sorsogon - (0)56
- South Cotabato - (0)83
- Surigao del Norte - (0)86
- Surigao del Sur - (0)8622
- Tawi-Tawi - (0)68
- Tiaong - (0)4264
- Zambales - (0)4761
- Zamboanga del Norte - (0)65
- Zamboanga del Sur - (0)62