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Sudan | +249 |
Area Code: 2-3? digits Subscriber Number: 5-6? digits Trunk Prefix: 0 International Prefix: 00(Insufficient detail available on full numbering format).
Number format Service/Carrier ------------- --------------- +249 12 xxxxxxx fixed - Sudatel +249 15 xxxxxxx fixed - Kanartel +249 91 xxxxxxx mobile - Mobitel +249 92 xxxxxxx mobile - Areeba (Bashair)It is unclear whether Sudatel changed the previously-established +249 18 xxxxxxx numbering or whether the +249 12 xxxxxxx range represents new subscriber numbers.
+249 1x represents all wireline/fixed numbers in Sudan, while +249 9x represents all wireless/mobile numbers.
Source: National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) announcement (13 July 2005, via ITU).
Specific date of activation was not known.
Source: NTC announcement (2 June 2005, via ITU)
The changes also introduce a consistent closed dialling plan within Sudan, where each domestic call requires 9 digits (area code plus subscriber number) to complete.
Previously and presumably, former Khartoum +249 11 xxxxxx numbers could be dialled locally with only the 6-digit subscriber number (xxxxxx). Now, with new +249 1 83xxxxxx numbering, calls within Khartoum must now dial 1 83xxxxxx.
Details of April 2004 numbering changes:
1) Khartoum and area: existing area codes in +249 1x format with 6-digit subscriber numbers are consolidated into a single +249 1 area code, followed by 8-digit subscriber numbers:
Place Old format New format ===== ========== ========== Khartoum +249 11 xxxxxx +249 1 83xxxxxx Khartoum North +249 13 xxxxxx +249 1 85xxxxxx Omdurman +249 15 xxxxxx +249 1 87xxxxxx Khartoum Rural +249 18 xxxxxx +249 1 86xxxxxxThe digit '8' of the 8xxxxxxx subscriber number ranges identifies Sudatel as the carrier.
2) Other areas: Prior to the April 2004 changes, subscribers in other Sudan regions had 3-digit area codes followed by 5-digit subscriber numbers. Digit '8' was prepended to existing 5-digit subscriber numbers to form new 6-digit subscriber numbers.
3) Non-geographic and wireless services:
Service Old format New format ======= ========== ========== Mobitel +249 12 xxxxxx +249 912xxxxx New mobile carrier --------- +249 922xxxxx Private network +249 11 70xxxxx +249 1 870xxxxx Private network +249 13 70xxxxx +249 1 870xxxxx VSAT +249 17 xxxxxx +249 17 8xxxxxxAlso see: sudan.net article (Telephone dialing codes to Sudan changing April 1st).
National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) announcement (9 February 2004, via ITU).