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Area Code: 1-2 digits (see note below) Subscriber Number: 6-8 digits (see note below) Trunk Prefix: 0 International Prefix: 00Area Code and Subscriber Number should total 8 digits for fixed/wireline subscriber numbers and 9 digits for mobile numbers.
Calls to fixed/wireline numbers were not affected by this change.
Source:
MTC announcement (4 August 2010, via ITU)
(with report courtesy Sergiu Rosenzweig)
Old format New format Location ========== ========== ======== +51 1 9xxxxxxx +51 1 99xxxxxxx Lima, Callao * +51 41 9xxxxxx +51 41 941xxxxxx Amazonas +51 42 9xxxxxx +51 42 942xxxxxx San MartÃn +51 43 9xxxxxx +51 43 943xxxxxx Ancash +51 44 9xxxxxx +51 44 949xxxxxx La Libertad * +51 51 9xxxxxx +51 51 951xxxxxx Puno +51 52 9xxxxxx +51 52 952xxxxxx Tacna +51 53 9xxxxxx +51 53 953xxxxxx Moquegua +51 54 9xxxxxx +51 54 959xxxxxx Arequipa * +51 56 9xxxxxx +51 56 956xxxxxx Ica +51 61 9xxxxxx +51 61 961xxxxxx Ucayali +51 62 9xxxxxx +51 62 962xxxxxx Huanuco +51 63 9xxxxxx +51 63 963xxxxxx Pasco +51 64 9xxxxxx +51 64 964xxxxxx Junin +51 65 9xxxxxx +51 65 965xxxxxx Loreto +51 66 9xxxxxx +51 66 966xxxxxx Ayacucho +51 67 9xxxxxx +51 67 967xxxxxx Huancavelica +51 72 9xxxxxx +51 72 972xxxxxx Tumbes +51 73 9xxxxxx +51 73 969xxxxxx Piura * +51 74 9xxxxxx +51 74 979xxxxxx Lambayeque * +51 76 9xxxxxx +51 76 976xxxxxx Cajamarca +51 82 9xxxxxx +51 82 982xxxxxx Madre de Dios +51 83 9xxxxxx +51 83 941xxxxxx Apurimac +51 84 9xxxxxx +51 84 984xxxxxx Cusco* - the expanded mobile number added the area code after the leading '9' of the mobile subscriber number except for the places marked by asterisk (*).
Previously, mobile subscriber numbers were 7 digits, except Lima and Callo which were 8 digits.
Within Peru, calls to mobile numbers are dialled as '0' + area code + new mobile subscriber number.
Source: Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones announcement (22 February 2008, via ITU)
MTC document on mobile renumbering (PDF, in Spanish)
(Items courtesy Javier Colón, Sergiu Rosenzweig)
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 61References: regulator OSIPTEL announcement (in Spanish).
Ministry (MTC) announcement (27 Jan 2003, via ITU).
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).