Ecuador +593
Number Format
Area Code: 2 digits (formerly 1 digit)
Subscriber Number: 7 digits (formerly 6-7 digits, see note below)
Trunk Prefix: 0
International Prefix: 00
A proposed national renumbering will structure numbers as 2+7, with area codes receiving an extra digit.
An earlier national renumbering phased in 7-digit subscriber numbers.
Area code information
30 September 2012 - mobile area code expansion
Area codes of mobile numbers changed to new +593 9x format. Mobile subscriber numbers remain unchanged, while '9' was prepended to the area code digit. This updates the previous numbering plan expansion proposal.
Old format New format
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+593 2 9xxxxxx +593 92 9xxxxxx
+593 3 9xxxxxx +593 93 9xxxxxx
+593 4 9xxxxxx +593 94 9xxxxxx
+593 5 9xxxxxx +593 95 9xxxxxx
+593 6 9xxxxxx +593 96 9xxxxxx
+593 7 9xxxxxx +593 97 9xxxxxx
+593 8 xxxxxxx +593 98 xxxxxxx
+593 9 xxxxxxx +593 99 xxxxxxx
Source: CONATEL announcement (16 July 2012, via ITU)
2008 - national renumbering plans, new digit for area codes
Ecuador's numbering plan is expected to expand by another digit on a date to be determined. Implementation was delayed from a previously reported date of 16 March 2008.
The existing single-digit area codes will become 2-digit codes, prepending a digit according to type of service and region. This change was originally approved in Conatel Resolution 349-17, 14 June 2007, with an announcement in April 2008 that the implementation date was "under study".
Migration proposal:
Old format New format Service
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+593 2 xxxxxxx +593 22 xxxxxxx fixed (Pichinca)
+593 3 xxxxxxx +593 23 xxxxxxx fixed (Bolivar, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Pastaza, Tungurahua, bb)
+593 4 xxxxxxx +593 44 xxxxxxx fixed (Guayas)
+593 5 xxxxxxx +593 45 xxxxxxx fixed (Galápagos, Los Ríos, Manabi)
+593 6 xxxxxxx +593 26 xxxxxxx fixed (Carchi, Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Napo, Orellana, Sucumbíos)
+593 7 xxxxxxx +593 27 xxxxxxx fixed (Azuay, Canar, Morona, Santiago)
+593 7 xxxxxxx +593 47 xxxxxxx fixed (Chinchipe, El Oro, Loja, Zamora)
+593 9 xxxxxxx +593 94 xxxxxxx mobile (Conecel)
+593 9 xxxxxxx +593 95 xxxxxxx mobile (Otecel)
+593 9 xxxxxxx +593 96 xxxxxxx mobile (Telecsa)
Sources:
CONATEL announcement (23 April 2008, via ITU)
El Universo, 12 Aug 2007 (Spanish)
See also CONATEL technical plans / Numbering (Planes Técnicos / Numeración) for Spanish text of Resolution 349-17.
(News courtesy Juan Carlos Zamora, Sergiu Rosenzweig)
28 September 2003 - national renumbering
Ecuador completed this phase of national renumbering on 28 September 2003 when remaining 6-digit subscriber numbers are expanded to 7-digit numbers by prepending digit '2'.
The 1-digit area code remains in place, followed by a consistent 7-digit subscriber number format throughout Ecuador after 28 September 2003. This phase of changes took effect in the following places:
Area Places
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+593 3 Bolivar, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Pasataza, Tungurahua
+593 5 Galapagos, Los Ríos, Manabi
+593 6 Carchi, Esmeraldas, Imbabura, Napo, Orallana, Sucumbios
+593 7 Azuay, Cañar, El Oro, Loja, Morona, Santiago, Zamora
Source: CNC Argentina.
Details may also be available on the Conatel website.
2 September 2001 - renumbering for Guayas and Pichincha, mobile
Fixed line subscribers in Guayas (area code 4 or +593 4) and Pichincha (area code 2 or +593 2) had the digit '2' prepended to the existing 6-digit subscriber numbers on 2 September 2001. There was no indication of a permissive period for this change.
Also on this date, the digit '9' was prepended to all cellular subscriber numbers in Ecuador, to form 7-digit cellular numbers while retaining the existing cellular area code 9.
In domestic format:
(02) xxxxxx became (02) 2xxxxxx
(04) xxxxxx became (04) 2xxxxxx
(09) xxxxxx became (09) 9xxxxxx
In international format:
+593 2 xxxxxx became +593 2 2xxxxxx
+593 4 xxxxxx became +593 4 2xxxxxx
+593 9 xxxxxx became +593 9 9xxxxxx
Other Ecuador area codes (3, 5, 6, 7) will be affected by a subsequent series of changes. Timing details were unavailable as of October 2001.
Reference: Ecuador numbering plan announcement (Word document format) on an ITU numbering page.
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