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Number Format

Area Code:            none
Subscriber Number:    7 digits (July 2008, previously 6 digits)
Trunk Prefix:         n/a
International Prefix: 00 (formerly 099)

Numbering range information

6 July 2008 - national expansion to 7-digit numbers

Digit '3' will be prepended to most Existing 6-digit national wireline/fixed subscriber numbers will be changed to new 7-digit national numbers beginning with '3' as of 6 July 2008. In most cases, '3' is simply prepended to the existing 6-digit number. But some communities will be split into their own ranges, where the digit begins with '3', the next two digits are a new numbering, and the only last four digits remain unaffected.

Mobile numbers which were already 7 digits remain unchanged at that time.

There was no indication whether there would be a permissive phase-in period, or whether these changes were splash-cut where existing 6-digit numbers are immediately invalid.

Old format   New format    Location
==========   ==========    ========
+245 20xxxx  +245 320xxxx  Bissau
+245 21xxxx  +245 321xxxx  Bissau
+245 22xxxx  +245 322xxxx  Santa Luzia
+245 25xxxx  +245 325xxxx  Brá
+245 31xxxx  +245 331xxxx  Mansoa
+245 31xxxx  +245 334xxxx  Mansaba *
+245 32xxxx  +245 397xxxx  Bigene *
+245 32xxxx  +245 332xxxx  Bissora
+245 33xxxx  +245 396xxxx  Ingoré *
+245 35xxxx  +245 335xxxx  Farim
+245 41xxxx  +245 341xxxx  Bafatá
+245 41xxxx  +245 342xxxx  Bambadinca *
+245 51xxxx  +245 351xxxx  Gabú
+245 51xxxx  +245 354xxxx  Pitche *
+245 52xxxx  +245 352xxxx  Sonaco
+245 53xxxx  +245 353xxxx  Pirada
+245 70xxxx  +245 370xxxx  Buba
+245 91xxxx  +245 391xxxx  Canchungo
+245 92xxxx  +245 392xxxx  Cacheu
+245 93xxxx  +245 393xxxx  Santo Domingos
+245 94xxxx  +245 394xxxx  Bula
Note * - these communities receive a new number range, a split of the former number range under the previous 6-digit scheme where only the last four digits are unaffected.

Mobile number ranges which continue in force after July 2008 renumbering:

Number range   Carrier
============   =======
+245 5xxxxxx   Orange/Bissau
+245 6xxxxxx   Spacetel/Guiné-Bissau
+245 7xxxxxx   Guinétel
Source: ICGB announcement (13 March 2008, via ITU)

(Additional report courtesy Sergiu Rosenzweig)

June 2006 - new Spacetel mobile number range

New numbers of form +245 6xxxxxx were introduced for mobile carrier Spacetel.

Source: ICGB announcement (22 June 2006, via ITU)

March 2006 - new Guinétel mobile number range

New numbers of form +245 7xxxxxx were introduced for mobile carrier Guinétel.

Source: ICGB announcement (29 March 2006, via ITU)

August 2005 - Guinétel new mobile numbers

+245 7xxxxxx number range was introduced for mobile carrier Guinétel.

Source: Regulator ICGB announcement (29 August 2005, via ITU).

April 2004 - Spacetel new mobile numbers

+245 66xxxxx number range was assigned to GSM mobile carrier Spacetel, which won a 10-year licence for operation in Guinea-Bissau.

Source: Regulator ICGB announcement (13 April .2004, via ITU).

July 2003 - numbering plan details; international prefix change

Some details of Guinea-Bissau numbering format are available in a July 2003 numbering document (16 July 2003, via ITU).

This confirms the 6-digit national numbering plan. The international prefix is now listed as 00 (previously known to be 099). The date of prefix change is unknown.

Other information

Major carrier is Eguitel.

Regulator is Instituto das Comunicações da Guiné-Bissau (ICGB).


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