Telephone numbers in Eswatini

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Telephone numbers in Eswatini
Country Eswatini
Continent Africa
Country code +268
International access 00
Long-distance n/a

Eswatini, then known as Swaziland, was allocated the country code +268 by the International Telecommunication Union, in the late 1960s. [1] To call a telephone number in Eswatini, the following format is used:

Contents

yy xx xxxx
calls from within Eswatini
+268 yy xx xxxx
calls from outside Eswatini

List of allocations

List of allocations [2]
NDC (National Destination Code)
or leading digits of
NSN (National Significant Number)		NSN number lengthUsage of E.164 number
228Geographic numberFixed line EPTC Shiselweni region
238Geographic numberFixed lineEPTCLubombo region
248Geographic numberFixed lineEPTCHhohho region
258Geographic numberFixed lineEPTCManzini region
768Non-geographicGSMMTN Eswatini-
778Non-geographicCDMAEPTC-
788Non-geographicMobile GSMMTN Eswatini-
798Non-geographicMobile GSMEswatini Mobile-

Changes as of March 2010

Subscriber numbers were extended by a digit with '2' prepended to fixed numbers and '7' to mobile/GSM numbers. [3] [4]

Expanded mobile numbers (+268 6xxxxxx) took effect 1 March 2010. Old dialling format was allowed until the mandatory date of 1 June 2010.

Fixed numbers were expanded on 1 February 2011, postponed from the previously scheduled 1 August 2010, with mandatory use on 1 May 2011 (previously scheduled 1 November 2010).

List of changes
Old formatNew formatService/regionEffectiveMandatory
+268 2xxxxxx+268 22xxxxxx Shiselweni1 Feb 20111 May 2011
+268 3xxxxxx+268 23xxxxxxLubombo1 Feb 20111 May 2011
+268 4xxxxxx+268 24xxxxxxHhohho1 Feb 20111 May 2011
+268 5xxxxxx+268 25xxxxxxManzini1 Feb 20111 May 2011
+268 6xxxxxx+268 76xxxxxxmobile (GSM)1 Mar 20101 Jun 2010

List of prefixes in Eswatini

LIST OF PREFIXES
Area/CityPrefix
Bhunya 2452 2453
Big Bend 2363 2364
Hlathikulu 2217
Hluthi 2227
Lobamba 2416
Ludzeludze 2548
Mahamba2237
Mahwalala 2472
Malkerns 2528
Mankayane 2538
Manzini 2505 2506
Maphiveni 2373
Matsapha 2517 2518
Mbabane 2404 2405 2406
Mhlambanyatsi 2467
Mhlume 2312 2313
Mpaka 2333
Ngwenya 2442
Nhlangano 2207
Nsoko 2303
Pigg's Peak 2437
Sidwashini 2422
Simunye 2382 2383
Siphocosini 2482
Siphofaneni 2344
Siteki 2343
Tshaneni 2322 2323

Calls to and from neighbouring countries

Until the 1990s, Swaziland was integrated into the South African telephone numbering plan; calls from South Africa to Swaziland were made using the code 0194. [5] Calls to South Africa from Swaziland, however, required the use of the regional code 07. [6] Calls to Lesotho were similarly made using the regional code 05 while those to Mozambique were made using the code 06. [7]

References

  1. ↑ White Book, Volume 2, Part 1, International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, International Telecommunication Union, 1969, page 29
  2. ↑ International Numbering Resources: National Numbering Plans: Eswatini, ITU-T
  3. ↑ EPTC eight-digit numbers launched next month, Fanyana Mabuza, The Swazi Observer , January 4, 2011
  4. ↑ "Eswantini 2010 expansion". www.wtng.info. Archived from the original on August 5, 2004.
  5. ↑ Pretoria Telephone Directory, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, 1991, page 21
  6. ↑ Swaziland Telephone Directory, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, 1986, page A-8
  7. ↑ Swaziland Telephone Directory, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, 1990, page c


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