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Number Format

Area Code:            1-2 digits (see note below)
Subscriber Number:    6-8 digits (see note below)
Trunk Prefix:         0
International Prefix: 00

Area code information

• DCCL

1 March 2003 - new area codes

Also on that date, '9' was prepended to existing cellular/mobile numbers. Mobile subscriber numbers are now 8 digits in Lima (+51 1 9xxxxxxx) and 7 digits elsewhere (+51 aa 9xxxxxx).

No permissive calling period was reported for these changes.

The new area code assignments take effect as follows:

Place            Old code  New code
=====            ========  ========
Amazonas          +51 44    +51 41
Ancash            +51 44    +51 43
Apurímac          +51 84    +51 83
Arequipa          +51 54    +51 54
Ayacucho          +51 64    +51 66
Cajamarca         +51 44    +51 76
Cusco             +51 84    +51 84
Huancavelica      +51 64    +51 67
Huánuco           +51 64    +51 62
Ica               +51 34    +51 56
Junín             +51 64    +51 64
La Libertad       +51 44    +51 44
Lambayeque        +51 74    +51 74
Lima and Callao   +51 1     +51 1
Madre de Dios     +51 84    +51 82
Moquegua          +51 54    +51 53
Loreto            +51 94    +51 65
Pasco             +51 64    +51 63
Piura             +51 74    +51 73
Puno              +51 54    +51 51
San Martín        +51 94    +51 42
Tacna             +51 54    +51 52
Tumbes            +51 74    +51 72
Ucayali           +51 64    +51 61

Ministry (MTC) announcement (27 Jan 2003, via ITU).

AT&T page on Peru numbering.

Other information

Regulator is OSIPTEL (Organismo Supervisor de Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones).

Major fixed carrier is Telefónica.

Wireless carriers include:

Bellsouth
Nextel
Telefónica
TESAM (Globalstar)
TIM

Peru numbering announcements via ITU (MS Word format).

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