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Somalia | +252 |
Area Code: unknown Subscriber Number: 7? digits (see note below) Trunk Prefix: ? International Prefix: 00? (formerly 16?)
Number range Service ============ ======= +252 55 xxxxx wireline/fixed +252 57 xxxxx wireline/fixed +252 58 xxxxx wireline/fixed +252 88 xxxxx wireline/fixed +252 90 xxxxxx mobile +252 91 xxxxxx mobile (in service after March 2008)Source: Golis Telecom, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications announcement (24 March 2008, updated 14 April 2009, via ITU)
Number range Type of service ------------ --------------- +252 5 7xxxxx fixed +252 5 8xxxxx fixed +252 6 7xxxxx fixed +252 6 8xxxxx fixed +252 8 8xxxxx fixed +252 90xxxxxx mobileSource: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications announcement (2 October 2006, via ITU).
Number range Region ------------ ------ +252 1 xxxxxx Mogadishu and area +252 3 xxxxxx southern Somalia (Jaamame, Kisimaayo) +252 4 xxxxxx central Somalia (Buur Hakaba)Sources:
Somalia has numerous telecom carriers, which were working under an unregulated environment. Standards and practices, including numbering, may vary according to the region and company involved. However, there is an apparent regulator, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, issuing announcements through ITU.
A few Somalia telecom carriers have websites:
Ausoma Telecommunications had subscriber numbers of the form 922.xxxx. No current information available as of 2006.
Galkom - carrier in Galkacayo. (subscriber numbers are of the form 543.xxxx).
Mobile and wireline carrier Golis.