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Number Format

Area Code:            none
Subscriber Number:    5 digits (6 digits mobile)
Trunk Prefix:         n/a
International Prefix: 00

Numbering range information

October 2009 - mobile reintroduction; numbering plan update

Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation in conjunction with Pactel reintroduced mobile service in prepaid mode in 2009. The previous wireless service was curtailed due to a storm on Funafuti a few years earlier.

Number range  Service/Location
============  ================
+688 20xxx    Funafuti
+688 21xxx    (future Funafuti range)
+688 22xxx    Niulakita
+688 23xxx    Nui
+688 24xxx    Nukufetau
+688 25xxx    Nukulaelae
+688 26xxx    Nanumea
+688 27xxx    Nanumaga
+688 28xxx    Nuitao
+688 29xxx    Vaitupu
+688 90xxxx   mobile (prepaid)
1xx is the short code range for local operators.

Sources: Tuvalu Telecommunication Corporation announcement (16 October 2009, via ITU).

Radio Tuvalu/Island Business report (24 August 2009)

(with information courtesy Trevor Harris)

Other information

See numbering document via ITU.

Also there is a Tuvalu Telecom Directory.

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