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+881: Global Mobile Satellite System

+881 is not a country code. It is a global ITU code for Global Mobile Satellite System: the number belongs to no country.

Code
+881
Status
in use

Satellite phone networks. The digit after 881 tells you which one: Iridium and Globalstar are the ones you will meet. Calls cost several dollars a minute.

Which network

Starts withNetwork
+881 6Iridium
+881 7Iridium
+881 8Globalstar
+881 9Globalstar
+881 0ICO Global (unused)
+881 2Ellipso (unused)

Got a call from this code?

Unless you expect a call from a ship, an expedition or a foreign company, do not call back. Scammers ring briefly from expensive codes (+870, +881, +882, +883, +979) so that you call back and pay for the minutes. Check the full number with the number lookup.

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