Papua New Guinea +675

Number Format

Area Code:            none
Subscriber Number:    7-8 digits
Trunk Prefix:         n/a
International Prefix: 00 (formerly 05)

Numbering range information

• Telikom PNG (via ITU)
• DCCL

August 2010 - updated numbering ranges

Range         Service/place
-----         -------------
+675 3xxxxxx  Port Moresby (national capital region)
+675 329xxxx  Central rural
+675 4xxxxxx  (Momase region)
+675 47xxxxx  Lae
+675 5xxxxxx  (Highlands region)
+675 53xxxxx  Goroka
+675 54xxxxx  Mount Hagen
+675 6xxxxxx  (Southern region)
+675 629xxxx  Oro, Popondetta
+675 649xxxx  Tabubil, Kiunga
+675 7xxxxxxx (mobile)
+675 71xxxxxx mobile (Digicel)
+675 72xxxxxx mobile (Digicel)
+675 73xxxxxx mobile (Digicel, except 730xxxxx)
+675 76xxxxxx mobile (BeMobile)
+675 8xxxxxx  (reserved, except as below)
+675 850xxxx  Wewak
+675 852xxxx  Madang
+675 853xxxx  Madang
+675 854xxxx  Madang
+675 856xxxx  Wewak
+675 857xxxx  Sandaun
+675 858xxxx  Wewak
+675 859xxxx  Sandaun
+675 9xxxxxx  (Island region)
+675 97xxxxx  Arawa, Manus
+675 98xxxxx  Rabaul, Kavieng

Special services

Range         Service
-----         -------
115 xxxxxxxx  voice mail
170 xx        "Smart Trunk"
184 xxxxxxxx  X.28
188 xxxx      Internet
189 xx        HF interconnect
270 xxxx      Radiomessaging
271 xxxx      Radiomessaging
275 xxxx      VSAT
276 xxxx      TeliSat
278 xx        Dama Palapa Satellite
279 xx        Dama Intelsat Satellite

References:

PANGTEL announcement (25 August 2010, via ITU)

1 December 2009 - national renumbering

New subscriber numbers and various service codes took effect 1 December 2009. Fixed/wireline subscriber numbers generally remained at 7-digit length. Permissive use of both old and new formats took effect until 1 January 2010, except for the Eastern Highlands region.

05+ international calling prefix was changed to 00+.

Old range     New range      Place/service
---------     ---------      -------------
+675 319xxxx  +675 629xxxx   Oro (South region)
+675 329xxxx  +675 629xxxx   Oro (South region)
+675 4xxxxxx  +675 9xxxxxx   Manus (Island region)
+675 548xxxx  +675 649xxxx   Tabubil, Kiunga (South region)
+675 640xxxx  +675 278xxxx   DOMSAT (domestic satellite) (7 digits?)
+675 7xxxxxx  +675 5xxxxxx   Eastern Highliands
+675 850xxxx  +675 450xxxx   Wewak
+675 852xxxx  +675 422xxxx   Madang (Momase region)
+675 853xxxx  +675 423xxxx   Madang (Momase region)
+675 854xxxx  +675 424xxxx   Madang (Momase region)
+675 856xxxx  +675 456xxxx   Wewak
+675 857xxxx  +675 457xxxx   Sandaun
+675 858xxxx  +675 458xxxx   Wewak
+675 859xxxx  +675 459xxxx   Sandaun

References:

Telikom PNG Telephone number changes (20 October 2009)

(Additional reports courtesy Sergiu Rosenzweig, Risto Nykänen)

1995 - 6 to 7 digit national numbers

Papua New Guinea had 6-digit subscriber numbering (without area codes) prior to 1995.

Effective February 1995, 7-digit numbers beginning with 32 and 64 were activated to change 6-digit numbers beginning with 2 and 6 respectively.

Permissive dialling of both formats continued until August 1995, after which recorded message alerts on old format numbers were in effect until November 1995. Presumably the last 5 digits of these numbers were unchanged.

Other information

Telecom regulator: Papua New Guinea Telecommunication Authority.

Carrier: Telikom PNG.