|cr| Costa Rica +506

 

Number Format

Area Code:            none
Subscriber Number:    8 digits
Trunk Prefix:         n/a
International Prefix: 00

 

Numbering range information

20 March 2008 - expansion to 8-digit national numbering

In 2009, national numbering expands to 8-digit format, where digit '2' was prepended to existing fixed/wireline numbers, while digit '8' was prepended to mobile numbers (not '3' as previously reported here). Permissive use of 7-digit numbers was in effect until 20 September 2008 after which the 8-digit numbers became mandatory.

Sources:

ICE announcement (28 August 2007, via ITU)

news report (20 March 2008, Nacion)

(Input courtesy Mauricio Barrantes, Jeffrey Van Fleet, Ron Fleming, Daniel Ortega; original news courtesy Sergiu Rosenzweig)

Source: Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) announcement (22 November 2006, via ITU)

 

30 March 1994 - 7-digit national numbers

Costa Rica expanded its telephone numbers from a 6-digit to a 7-digit format on 30 March 1994. In most cases, a digit was prepended to existing numbers. About 15% of the numbers involved changes to the first 2 or 3 digits of the old numbers.

Source: Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad announcement (via ITU).

 

Other information

Regulator is Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP).

A major carrier is ICE.

(tip courtesy Ray Chow)