Number Format
Area Code: 2-3 digits
Subscriber Number: 5-6 digits
Trunk Prefix: 8
International Prefix: 8 (wait) 10
Area code information
1996-7 : new country code +993, new area codes
ITU assigned country code +993, likely sometime in 1996. This is to replaces
country code +7 (former USSR territory). Stentor (Canada) announced tariffs
specially for Turkmenistan to take effect from 29 November 1996. Official
start date was reported to be 3 January 1997, with use of the new country
code mandatory from 3 April 1997. A reference (including new area codes) was
available from
Turkmenistan's U.S. embassy
(see also
http://www.usemb-ashgabat.usia.co.at/codes.html).
Other information
Carrier Turkmentelecom.
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