Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Calling out of Mongolia
If you are calling
out of
Mongolia and using an IDD phone, dial
00 and then your international country code.
Operator
In Ulaanbaatar, the domestic operator's number is
109. Outside normal
working hours, call
1109.
Phone Codes
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Numbers starting with 99, 96, 95, 91, 88, 77, 94 or 81 are mobile numbers and therefore
don't require an area code.
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Every aimag has its own area codes; we have listed them in this topic under the aimag
capital headings (but we also include the full number in listings).
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Ulaanbaatar has several area codes: 11 is the most widely used. If a phone number be-
gins with a 23, 24 or 25, then the area code is 21. If the phone number begins with a 26,
the code is 51.
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If calling from a landline to a number in Ulaanbaatar, add a '0' before the phone code.
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If you are calling from a mobile phone, just dial the number in the listing.
Note that Mongolia has two types of phone codes.
New codes
Have four digits (which always start with
70) followed by another four di-
gits.
Old codes
Those in Ulaanbaatar have two digits (followed by six-digit phone numbers)
while in the countryside the codes have five digits (followed by five-digit phone numbers
numbers).
Mobile Phones (Cell Phones)
The main companies are Mobicom, Skytel, Unitel and G-Mobile. Mobicom and Unitel op-
erate on GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) 900/1800. G-Mobile and Skytel
are both on the CDMA network. (Make sure you buy a SIM card appropriate for your
phone.)
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Buying a SIM card in Mongolia will probably work out cheaper than paying roaming
charges on your home-country network.
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Mobicom booths can be found in the Central Post Office (
Click here
)
and on the 5th
floor of the
State Department Store
( 11-313 232; Peace Ave 44) in UB. Buy a SIM
card (around T7000), and top up with units as needed. It is free to receive calls and text-
messaging charges are almost negligible.
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Every aimag capital (and many
sum
centres) has mobile-phone service, and calls are
fairly cheap, making this a good way to keep in touch with home. If a
sum
centre is not
