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:
- yy xx xxxx
- calls from within Eswatini
- +268 yy xx xxxx
- calls from outside Eswatini
Location | |
---|---|
Country | Eswatini |
Continent | Africa |
Access codes | |
Country code | +268 |
International access | 00 |
Long-distance | n/a |
List of allocations
List of allocations[2] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NDC (National Destination Code) or leading digits of NSN (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.[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).
Old format | New format | Service/region | Effective | Mandatory |
---|---|---|---|---|
+268 2xxxxxx | +268 22xxxxxx | Shiselweni | 1 Feb 2011 | 1 May 2011 |
+268 3xxxxxx | +268 23xxxxxx | Lubombo | 1 Feb 2011 | 1 May 2011 |
+268 4xxxxxx | +268 24xxxxxx | Hhohho | 1 Feb 2011 | 1 May 2011 |
+268 5xxxxxx | +268 25xxxxxx | Manzini | 1 Feb 2011 | 1 May 2011 |
+268 6xxxxxx | +268 76xxxxxx | mobile (GSM) | 1 Mar 2010 | 1 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.[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
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