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Turks and Caicos

+1 (649)

Number Format

Area Code:            3 digits
Subscriber Number:    7 digits
Trunk Prefix:         1
International Prefix: 0

Numbering range information

Cable and Wireless notice (via ITU)

July 2005 - new number ranges

New number ranges were announced:

Number range      Place/Service
------------      -------------
+1 649 245 xxxx   prepaid
+1 649 940 xxxx   East Caicos
+1 649 942 xxxx   Ambergris Cay
+1 649 943 xxxx   South Caicos
+1 649 944 xxxx   Middle Caicos
+1 649 945 xxxx   Alt Cay
+1 649 947 xxxx   North Caicos
+1 649 948 xxxx   Pine Cay
+1 649 949 xxxx   Parrot Cay
+1 649 950 xxxx   West Caicos

+1 649 266 xxxx has been in service for internet access

Source: Cable and Wireless notice (7 July 2005, via ITU)

June 2005 - new number ranges

Turks and Caicos numbering ranges updated as of June 2005, since 5 March 2001 (dates of service for these are unknown):

Number range    Service
------------    -------
+1 649 243xxxx  mobile GSM - prepaid
+1 649 244xxxx  mobile GSM - prepaid

It was unclear if +1 649 724xxxx numbers for paging were still in service.

Source: Cable and Wireless announcement (7 June 2005, via ITU, no longer online).

31 May 1997 - +1 649 replaces +1 809

Area code +1 649 replaced the existing overall Caribbean/Atlantic code +1 809 in Turks and Caicos starting 31 May 1997 in permissive mode, and becoming mandatory 30 June 1998. Existing 7-digit subscriber numbers were retained.

Other information

Carrier is Cable and Wireless.

See Caribbean Nations.

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