South African telephone numbering plan
E719233
The South African telephone numbering plan is the national system that defines how phone numbers are structured, assigned, and dialed across South Africa’s regions and services.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | telephone numbering plan ⓘ |
| areaCodeLength |
2 digits for most geographic areas
ⓘ
3 digits for some special and non-geographic services ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| countryCallingCodeAssignment | assigned by ITU-T ⓘ |
| definesDialingFormat |
+27 AA BBB CCCC for international callers
ⓘ
0A BBB CCCC for some mobile and non-geographic ranges ⓘ 0AA BBB CCCC for geographic numbers ⓘ |
| emergencyNumber |
10111
ⓘ
10177 ⓘ 112 ⓘ |
| governingBody |
ICASA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalChange |
converted from open to closed numbering plan in the 1990s
ⓘ
introduction of 10-digit national numbers including trunk prefix ⓘ |
| internationalPrefix | 00 ⓘ |
| localDialingRequiresAreaCode | true ⓘ |
| localDialingWithoutAreaCodeAllowed | false ⓘ |
| localNumberLength | 7 digits ⓘ |
| mobileEmergencyNumber | 112 ⓘ |
| mobileNumberPrefixPattern |
06X
ⓘ
07X ⓘ 08X ⓘ |
| nationalSignificantNumberLength | 9 digits ⓘ |
| nonGeographicPrefix |
080
ⓘ
086 ⓘ 087 ⓘ |
| numberingFormat | closed numbering plan ⓘ |
| planType | nationally uniform closed plan ⓘ |
| premiumRatePrefix |
0862
ⓘ
090X ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfRegulation | English ⓘ |
| regionCode | ITU Region 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
VoIP numbers
ⓘ
geographic numbers ⓘ mobile numbers ⓘ non-geographic services ⓘ premium-rate numbers ⓘ toll-free numbers ⓘ |
| regulatesNumberPortability |
geographic number portability
ⓘ
mobile number portability ⓘ |
| sharedCostPrefix |
0860
ⓘ
0861 ⓘ |
| standardizedIn | ITU-T Recommendation E.164 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tollFreePrefix | 0800 ⓘ |
| trunkPrefix | 0 ⓘ |
| typicalNationalNumberLength | 10 digits including trunk prefix ⓘ |
| usesCountryCallingCode | +27 ⓘ |
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