South African telephone numbering plan

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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.

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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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Atteridgeville hasAreaCodeType South African telephone numbering plan