Telephone numbers in Equatorial Guinea

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Country Code: +240
International Call Prefix: 00
Trunk Prefix:

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Calling formats

To call in Equatorial Guinea, the following format is used:

The NSN length is nine digits.

Area codes

The structure of the numbering system of the public switched telephone network is geographic, with number portability, as follows: [1]

DN + NDC + SN = NSN = NJ XPQ MCDU

DN (Network code) = NJ

NDC (Numbering area) = XPQ

SN (Subscriber number) = MCDU

For landlines, 3J XPQ MCDU where J cannot be 0.

'M', 'C', 'D', and 'U' stand for thousands, hundreds, tens, and units, respectively.

LIST OF FIXED ALLOCATIONS [2]
Service
(landline = 3)
Operator code
(1 to 9)
Two digits
(unspecified use)
Area code
(one digit)
Subscriber number
(four digits)
Area/Usage
(place name or service)
31 to 9XX9XXXXBioko Island
8Litoral/Annobón
7Centro-Sur/Kie-Ntem/Wele-Nzás
6CDMA fixed
5Centro-Sur/Kié-Ntem/Wele-Nzás (reserved)
4CDMA fixed
3Bioko Island (reserved)
2Litoral/Annobón (reserved)
1Bioko Island (reserved)

Numbers beginning 4 are reserved for future fixed services.

Mobile numbers

The structure of the numbering system of the cellular mobile telephone network is non-geographic, as follows: [3]

DN + SN = NSN = NJ XPQ MCDU

DN (Network code) = NDC = NJ

SN (Subscriber number) = XPQMCDU

Numbers beginning 2 or 5 are in use for mobile telephones.

Numbers beginning 6 and 7 are reserved for future mobile services.

Value added services

For value-added services such as freephone numbers, shared cost numbers and personal numbers, numbers will comprise nine digits, with the following format:

80X PQMCDU, (P ≠ 0)

For valued-added services such as premium rate services for businesses, premium rate services that are leisure-related, and Internet access, numbers will comprise nine digits, with the following format:

90X PQMCDU (P ≠ 0)

Numbers for intelligent network services are non-geographic.

Allocations by operator

Fixed


LIST OF FIXED ALLOCATIONS
OperatorFormatArea
GETESA33 3P9 MCDUBioko
33 3P8 MCDULitoral/Annobón
33 3P7 MCDUCentro-Sur/Kié-Ntem/Wele-Nzás
33 XP4 MCDUCDMA Bioko
33 XP6 MCDUCDMA Continental Region
HiTs G.E. S.A.35 XP9 MCDUBioko
35 XP8 MCDULitoral/Annobón
35 XP7 MCDUCentro-Sur/Kié-Ntem/Wele-Nzás

Mobile

LIST OF MOBILE ALLOCATIONS
OperatorFormat
GETESA22 2PQMCDU
HiTs G.E. S.A.55 1PQMCDU

Previous fixed codes

LIST OF FIXED AREA CODES IN 2009
Area/CityArea Code
Bata (Continent)8 XXXXX
Malabo (Bioko Island)9 XXXXX
Malabo (Continent)7 XXXXX

References

  1. "Equatorial Guinea".
  2. "Equatorial Guinea".
  3. "Equatorial Guinea".