Telephones in St. Martin and St. Maarten

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Telephones

Calling from one side of the island to another is an international call. To phone from the Dutch side to the French, you first must dial 00-590-590 for local numbers, or 00-590-690 for cell phones, then the six-digit local number. To call from the French side to the Dutch, dial 00-599, then the seven-digit local number. Because of this, many businesses will have numbers on each side for their customers.

To call a local number on the French side, dial 0590 plus the six-digit number. On the Dutch side, just dial the seven-digit number with no prefix.

For calls to the Dutch side from the United States, dial 011-599/54 plus the local number; for the French side, 011-590-590 plus the six-digit local number. At the Landsradio in Philipsburg, there are facilities for overseas calls and a USADirect phone, where you're directly in touch with an operator who will accept collect or credit-card calls. To call direct with an AT&T credit card or operator, dial 001-800/872-2881. On the French side, AT&T can be accessed by calling 080-099-00-11. If you need to use public phones, go to the special desk at Marigot's post office and buy a télécarte. There's a public phone at the tourist office in Marigot where you can make credit-card calls: the operator takes your card number (any major card) and assigns you a PIN (Personal Identification Number), which you then use to charge calls to your card.