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Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

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Numbering Plan Amendment Regulations, 2020

13. Prefixes

 

(1) The first two digits or characters of a number signifies that the number is either an international number, a national number, a short code or a supplementary code, as set out in Table 1.

 

Table 1: First digits or characters of numbers

 

Character

Significance and/or status

0

International numbers (beginning with '00' and in most instances represented by the plus sign ‘+') and national numbers (beginning with '01', '02', '03', '04', '05', '06', '07', '08' and '09')

1

Short codes 'released'

2

'protected'

3

Premium rate services (Short codes) 'released'

4

5

'Protected'

6

7

8

9

*

Supplementary codes 'released'

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(2) The international prefix is '00' and in most instances represented by the plus sign '+'. It must precede an international number that is dialled inside the Republic to originate a communication with a destination outside the Republic.

 

(3) The national prefix is '0'. It must precede a national significant number that is dialled inside the Republic to originate a communication with a destination inside the Republic.

 

(4) The country code for the Republic issued by the ITU TSB is '27'. It must precede a national significant number without the national prefix that is dialled outside the Republic to originate a communication with a destination inside the Republic.

 

(5) An access code may be allocated by the Authority to a licensee subject to an application by the licensee. It may precede a number that is dialled inside the Republic to originate a communication that is first conveyed to the licensee and then treated as if it is originated using an electronic communications service of the licensee.