Eswatini, then known as Swaziland, was allocated the country code +268 by the International Telecommunication Union, in the late 1960s.White Book, Volume 2, Part 1, International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, International Telecommunication Union, 1969, page 29 To call a telephone number in Eswatini, the following format is used: yy xx xxxxcalls from within Eswatini +268 yy xx xxxxcalls from outside Eswatini
List of allocations List of allocationsInternational Numbering Resources: National Numbering Plans: Eswatini, ITU-T NDC (National Destination Code)or leading digits ofNSN (National Significant Number) NSN number length Usage of E.164 number 22 8 Geographic number Fixed line EPTC Shiselweni region 23 8 Geographic number Fixed line EPTC Lubombo region 24 8 Geographic number Fixed line EPTC Hhohho region 25 8 Geographic number Fixed line EPTC Manzini region 76 8 Non-geographic GSM MTN Eswatini - 77 8 Non-geographic CDMA EPTC - 78 8 Non-geographic Mobile GSM MTN Eswatini - 79 8 Non-geographic Mobile GSM Eswatini 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.EPTC eight-digit numbers launched next month, Fanyana Mabuza, The Swazi Observer, January 4, 2011
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 Shiselweni 1 Feb 20111 May 2011+268 3xxxxxx+268 23xxxxxxLubombo1 Feb 20111 May 2011+268 4xxxxxx+268 24xxxxxxHhohho 1 Feb 20111 May 2011+268 5xxxxxx+268 25xxxxxxManzini 1 Feb 20111 May 2011+268 6xxxxxx+268 76xxxxxxmobile (GSM)1 Mar 20101 Jun 2010
List of prefixes in Eswatini LIST OF PREFIXES Area/City Prefix Bhunya 2452 2453 Big Bend 2363 2364 Hlathikulu 2217 Hluthi 2227 Lobamba 2416 Ludzeludze 2548 Mahamba 2237 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.Pretoria Telephone Directory, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, 1991, page 21 Calls to South Africa from Swaziland, however, required the use of the regional code 07.Swaziland Telephone Directory, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, 1986, page A-8 Calls to Lesotho were similarly made using the regional code 05 while those to Mozambique were made using the code 06.Swaziland Telephone Directory, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, 1990, page c
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