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BZ, Belize - The Country Code is 501.
How to make a phone call to Belize? Dial the Belize country code (501) followed by the 8 digit telephone number.
How to make a phone call outside Belize? dial 00 followed by the code of the country you are calling and the telephone number.
BelizeWeb is a phone book with white pages from Belize.
Find people and businesses in the Telephone Directory Belize. Service from from Belize Telecommunications.
More information about Belize BZ / BLZ |
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90 - Emergency
911 - Police
113 - Directory Assistance
115 - Operator Assistance
119 - Fault Repair
0-800-PROTECT
0-800-CALL-BTL
These numbers are free to dial in any Pay phone
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Belize Telecommunications
DigiCell - Mobile Phone Services from
DigiCell. Belize's Premier Mobile Phone Service from BTL.
Belize Telecom - Cell Phone Services and fixed lines.
BTL is a monopoly phone company owned by the government of Belize.
Belize Telemedia Limited Telecommunication services.
Belize Telemedia Directory Yellow Pages
Telemedia Freezone
BelizeWeb White Pages
WebTalk Services
BESL
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SMART is a Cellular Service from Speednet Communications.
Smart is the latest Belize company phone provider.
Offering lower prices, but requiring proprietary cell phones with limited choices.
Its telephones uses the CDMA network spectrum and do not is require a SIM card.
SMART began operating in March 2005 and is privately owned.
SMART Belize gain popularity with young users and invested in its infrastructure.
Offering generous discounts for pre-paid customers, when you get double or triple the value of air time purchased,
depending on the amount.
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You can pay your bills or reload your mobile phone service in:
Atlantic Bank
Belize Bank
Heritage Bank
Scotiabank
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In Belize the local phone calls are very expensive.
For example a long distance call that travels only 50 miles in Belize
can be as expensive as a call from Washington to London.
Travel Guides recommend to use Wi-Fi, or internet connection for international calls.
There are only about 500 pay phones in the country.
These pay phones only accept BTL prepaid cards (do not take coins).
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Telemedia's International Call Rates
Per Minute Rates, inclusive of General Sales Tax
Calls are billed in 15 sec. increments
Peak - 6:01 am - 5:59 pm
Off-Peak - 6:00pm - 6:00am and all Weekend
Code: 1 - USA - Mainland - All types of Services (Mobile or Fixed)
$1.29 Direct Dialled Service at Peak Rate with $0.82/min for calls over 5 min
$1.04 Direct Dialled at Off-Peak Rate with $0.55/min for calls over 5 min
$1.06 Assisted service 10-10-199 at Peak Rate with $0.59 for calls over 5 min
$0.84 Assisted service 10-10-199 at Off-Peak Rate with $0.44 for calls over 5 min
BTL Rates
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Stats: Above-average system in Central America. The telecommunications rates in Belize remain the highest in Central America.
Domestic Lines: fixed-line teledensity of 10 per 100 persons;
Mobile and cellular teledensity roughly 55 per 100 persons
Cell phones in Belize growed overtaking land phones. Internet access , SMS, MMS and broadband are standard features on cell phones.
Network: The main trunk network is based primarily on fibre optic underground network backed up by microwave radio relay.
Belize was connected to the landing point of fiber-optic telecommunications submarine cable ARCOS-1 in 2008.
The ARCOS-1 fiber optic system provides high-speed data transfer
and enhanced reliability for Belize's international communication to world.
The ARCOS-1 or Americas Region Caribbean Ring System provides fiber optic links to the US, South and Central America, and parts of the Caribbean. ARCOS-1 Increased the capacity and improved the quality for voice telephony, high-speed data transfer, multimedia services and any other digital communications.
Backup communications in Belize used satellite earth station - 8 (Intelsat - 2, unknown - 6)
The earth station in Belmopan provided the traditional satellite provided international communications to Belize.
Legal: BTL was expropriated in 2009 the from its private owners the Ashcroft Group.
The expropriation still in a long lasting series of court cases in Belize and the U.K.
In 2011, Belize Telemedia Ltd. outsourced its email service to a third-party reseller,
after many complaints with the email services.
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