Telephone numbers in Eswatini

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
Eswatini telephone numbers
Location
CountryEswatini
ContinentAfrica
Access codes
Country calling code+268
International call prefix00
Trunk prefixn/a

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 lineEPTCShiselweni region
238Geographic numberFixed lineEPTCLubombo region
248Geographic numberFixed lineEPTCHhohho region
258Geographic numberFixed lineEPTCManzini region
768Non-geographicGSMMTN Eswatini-
778Non-geographicCDMAEPTC-
788Non-geographicMobile GSMMTN Eswatini-

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 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/CityPrefix
Bhunya2452 2453
Big Bend2363 2364
Hlathikulu2217
Hluthi2227
Lobamba2416
Ludzeludze2548
Mahamba2237
Mahwalala2472
Malkerns2528
Mankayane2538
Manzini2505 2506
Maphiveni2373
Matsapha2517 2518
Mbabane2404 2405 2406
Mhlambanyatsi2467
Mhlume2312 2313
Mpaka2333
Ngwenya2442
Nhlangano2207
Nsoko2303
Pigg's Peak2437
Sidwashini2422
Simunye2382 2383
Siphocosini2482
Siphofaneni2344
Siteki2343
Tshaneni2322 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.
  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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