Telephone numbers in Tuvalu and rebuilt in 2009. The telephone operator can be contacted on 20006 and the emergency services can be contacted on 911. Tuvalu has generated a lot of revenue from running adult entertainment lines via their country's dialing code (usually beginning with 62), however due to political and religious reasons they have decided to put a stop to this. Telephone numbers in Tuvalu Country Code: +688<br> International Call Prefix: 00 The local telephone numbers in Tuvalu are five digits long with no leading trunk zero to be omitted by international callers. The first two digits relate to the Tuvalu island in
International direct dialing are published for international use, the international call prefix is omitted, and the number should start with a plus sign ("+") followed by the country calling code. The plus sign indicates that the country code follows and that an access code may have to be dialed in the originating country. The first transatlantic direct dial telephone call was made by Sally Reed in Dedham, Massachusetts to her penpal, Ann Morsley, in Dedham, Essex, in 1957. It was witnessed by Reed's teacher, Grace Hine, Dedham's former chief telephone operator, Margaret Dooley, and several representatives of New England Telephone and Telegraph Company.