St Helena and Tristan da Cunha +290
Number Format
Area Code: none
Subscriber Number: 4 digits
Trunk Prefix: n/a
International Prefix: 00
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Numbering range information
2011 - numbering plan update
The following number ranges were assigned for service as of March 2011. 1xx or 1xxx are short codes; other ranges not indicated are for future assignment.
Number range Location/Service
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+290 2xxx Jamestown, St Helena
+290 3xxx assigned for service
+290 4xxx assigned for service
+290 6xxx assigned for service
+290 70xx assigned for service
+290 71xx assigned for service
+290 8xxx Tristan da Cunha
Source: Cable and Wireless announcement (17 March 2011, via ITU)
December 2006 - +290 now includes Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha is a British island territory, administered from St Helena.
British telecom regulator Ofcom announced that the St Helena +290 country code would now include telephone numbers in Tristan da Cunha, of the form +290 8xxx.
St Helena will continue to use all other +290 xxxx number ranges except the unassigned +290 0xxx.
This is a correction from a previous announcement of 15 December 2006 which indicated Tristan da Cunha numbers would be in the range +290 3xxx.
Source: Ofcom announcement (6 February 2007, via ITU)
November 2004 - new range introduced
Saint Helena (country code +290) +290 6xxx range was introduced in St Helena.
Numbering ranges as of November 2004:
Range Service/Location
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+290 1xxx (1xx to 19xx used for domestic short codes)
+290 2xxx Jamestown numbers
+290 3xxx telephone services
+290 4xxx telephone services
+290 5xxx international premium rate
+290 6xxx telephone services
+290 70xx telephone services
+290 71xx telephone services
+290 72xx international premium rate
+290 73xx international premium rate
+290 74xx international premium rate
+290 75xx international premium rate
+290 76xx international premium rate
+290 77xx international premium rate
+290 78xx international premium rate
+290 79xx international premium rate
+290 8xxx international premium rate
+290 9xxx international premium rate
Source: Cable and Wireless announcement (4 November 2004, via ITU).