whoa. never been to malaysia before is it? one look will noe
it's a type of number belonging to our northern neighbours. add +6
in front (ddouble 0 is ignored), hence +60124930031.
he has a singaporean contact maybe, hence the 9xxxxxxx
number.
in malaysia, 012 belongs to maxis. 01xxxxxxx belongs to mobile
lines, 02 to 09 belongs to state land lines. and even mobile lines
have locality differences.
010 - Celcom
011 - Atur 450
012 - Maxis (Hotlink Prepaid)
013 - Celcom
015 - Jaring
016 - Digi
017 - Maxis
018 - Telekom Wireless In Local Loop
019 - Celcom
Note that 015 and 018 arent mobile phone networks, but are VoIP
broadband lines.
02 - Singapore (yes it works, trunk call)
03 - Selangor/Wilayah
04 - Penang/Kedah/Perlis
05 - Perak
06 - Negeri Sembilan
07 - Johor
087/088/089 - Sabah
082/083/084/085/086 - Sarawak
09 - Pahang/Terengganu/Kelantan
a maxis mobile phone registered in KL (wilayah) will carry the
prefix 0123xxxxxx. simarily,
+60124930031 is indeed a maxis number registered
locally in penang. this prefix is useful in calculating the cost of
calling ur fren in other states - the actual difference is
determined by how far you are (location) and the location where
your fren's mobile/fixed line is registered.
