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Number Format

Area Code:            2 digits (formerly 1 digit)
Subscriber Number:    7 digits (formerly 6-7 digits, see note below)
Trunk Prefix:         0
International Prefix: 00
A proposed national renumbering will structure numbers as 2+7, with area codes receiving an extra digit.

An earlier national renumbering phased in 7-digit subscriber numbers.

Area code information

30 September 2012 - mobile area code expansion

Area codes of mobile numbers changed to new +593 9x format. Mobile subscriber numbers remain unchanged, while '9' was prepended to the area code digit. This updates the previous numbering plan expansion proposal.

Old format      New format
==========      ==========
+593 2 9xxxxxx  +593 92 9xxxxxx
+593 3 9xxxxxx  +593 93 9xxxxxx
+593 4 9xxxxxx  +593 94 9xxxxxx
+593 5 9xxxxxx  +593 95 9xxxxxx
+593 6 9xxxxxx  +593 96 9xxxxxx
+593 7 9xxxxxx  +593 97 9xxxxxx
+593 8 xxxxxxx  +593 98 xxxxxxx
+593 9 xxxxxxx  +593 99 xxxxxxx
Source: CONATEL announcement (16 July 2012, via ITU)

2008 - national renumbering plans, new digit for area codes

Ecuador's numbering plan is expected to expand by another digit on a date to be determined. Implementation was delayed from a previously reported date of 16 March 2008.

The existing single-digit area codes will become 2-digit codes, prepending a digit according to type of service and region. This change was originally approved in Conatel Resolution 349-17, 14 June 2007, with an announcement in April 2008 that the implementation date was "under study".

Migration proposal:

Old format      New format       Service
----------      ----------       -------
+593 2 xxxxxxx  +593 22 xxxxxxx  fixed (Pichinca)
+593 3 xxxxxxx  +593 23 xxxxxxx  fixed (Bolivar, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Pastaza, Tungurahua, bb)
+593 4 xxxxxxx  +593 44 xxxxxxx  fixed (Guayas)
+593 5 xxxxxxx  +593 45 xxxxxxx  fixed (Galápagos, Los Ríos, Manabi)
+593 6 xxxxxxx  +593 26 xxxxxxx  fixed (Carchi, Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Napo, Orellana, Sucumbíos)
+593 7 xxxxxxx  +593 27 xxxxxxx  fixed (Azuay, Canar, Morona, Santiago)
+593 7 xxxxxxx  +593 47 xxxxxxx  fixed (Chinchipe, El Oro, Loja, Zamora)
+593 9 xxxxxxx  +593 94 xxxxxxx  mobile (Conecel)
+593 9 xxxxxxx  +593 95 xxxxxxx  mobile (Otecel)
+593 9 xxxxxxx  +593 96 xxxxxxx  mobile (Telecsa)
Sources:

CONATEL announcement (23 April 2008, via ITU)

El Universo, 12 Aug 2007 (Spanish)

See also CONATEL technical plans / Numbering (Planes Técnicos / Numeración) for Spanish text of Resolution 349-17.

(News courtesy Juan Carlos Zamora, Sergiu Rosenzweig)

28 September 2003 - national renumbering

Ecuador completed this phase of national renumbering on 28 September 2003 when remaining 6-digit subscriber numbers are expanded to 7-digit numbers by prepending digit '2'.

The 1-digit area code remains in place, followed by a consistent 7-digit subscriber number format throughout Ecuador after 28 September 2003. This phase of changes took effect in the following places:

Area    Places
====    ======
+593 3  Bolivar, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Pasataza, Tungurahua
+593 5  Galapagos, Los Ríos, Manabi
+593 6  Carchi, Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Napo, Orallana, Sucumbios
+593 7  Azuay, Cañar, El Oro, Loja, Morona, Santiago, Zamora
Source: CNC Argentina.

Details may also be available on the Conatel website.

2 September 2001 - renumbering for Guayas and Pichincha, mobile

Fixed line subscribers in Guayas (area code 4 or +593 4) and Pichincha (area code 2 or +593 2) had the digit '2' prepended to the existing 6-digit subscriber numbers on 2 September 2001. There was no indication of a permissive period for this change.

Also on this date, the digit '9' was prepended to all cellular subscriber numbers in Ecuador, to form 7-digit cellular numbers while retaining the existing cellular area code 9.

In domestic format:

(02) xxxxxx became (02) 2xxxxxx
(04) xxxxxx became (04) 2xxxxxx
(09) xxxxxx became (09) 9xxxxxx

In international format:

+593 2 xxxxxx became +593 2 2xxxxxx
+593 4 xxxxxx became +593 4 2xxxxxx
+593 9 xxxxxx became +593 9 9xxxxxx

Other Ecuador area codes (3, 5, 6, 7) will be affected by a subsequent series of changes. Timing details were unavailable as of October 2001.

Reference: Ecuador numbering plan announcement (Word document format) on an ITU numbering page.

Other information

Carriers:

Andinatel

Pacifictel

Porta

Regulatory agencies:

Consejo Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (Conatel)

Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones del Ecuador

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