Telephones in St. Martin and St. Maarten

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.