Sierra Leone +232

Number Format

Area Code:            2 digits
Subscriber Number:    6 digits
Trunk Prefix:         0
International Prefix: 00

Sierra Leone uses 2-digit area codes with 6-digit subscriber numbers (fixed/wireline or mobile). For places outside Freetown, subscriber numbers were formerly 3 digits.

Source: January 2002, February 2005 Sierra Leone numbering documents via ITU.

2012 - numbering plan update

Numbering ranges as of June 2012:

Number range    Location/Service
============    ================
+232 21 xxxxxx  mobile, Sierratel
+232 22 xxxxxx  fixed, Freetown, Sierratel
+232 25 xxxxxx  mobile CDMA, Sierratel
+232 30 xxxxxx  mobile, Africell
+232 32 xxxxxx  fixed, Bo, Kenema, Sierratel
+232 33 xxxxxx  mobile, Comium
+232 34 xxxxxx  mobile, Comium
+232 40 xxxxxx  mobile GSM, Datatel/Cellcom
+232 44 xxxxxx  mobile, Intergroup
+232 50 xxxxxx  mobile CDMA, Datatel/Cellcom
+232 52 xxxxxx  fixed, Makeni, Koidu, Sierratel
+232 55 xxxxxx  mobile, Ambitel
+232 76 xxxxxx  mobile, Airtel
+232 77 xxxxxx  mobile, Africell
+232 78 xxxxxx  mobile, Airtel
+232 79 xxxxxx  mobile, Airtel
+232 88 xxxxxx  mobile, Africell

Source: NATCOM announcement (11 June 2012, via ITU)

January 2006 - additional numbering assignments

Carrier PCS Ltd was assigned number ranges, to add to the overall assignments for wireline/fixed numbers as follows:

Number Range                           Location     Carrier
------------                           --------     -------
+232 22 2xxxxx through +232 22 4xxxxx  Freetown     Sierratel
+232 22 72xxxx through +232 22 79xxxx  Freetown     PCS Ltd
+232 32 2xxxxx through +232 32 4xxxxx  Bo y Kenema  Sierratel
+232 32 72xxxx through +232 32 79xxxx  Bo y Kenema  PCS Ltd

Mobile/non-geographic number ranges are:

Number Range    Carrier
------------    -------
+232 30 xxxxxx  Millicom
+232 35 xxxxxx  PCS Ltd
+232 40 xxxxxx  Datatel (GSM)
+232 50 xxxxxx  Datatel (CDMA)
+232 76 xxxxxx  Celtel

(Note: The xxxxxx portion does not have leading digit '0'
except for the Datatel ranges +232 40 and +232 50)

Source: Ministry of Transport & Communications announcement (5 January 2006, via ITU).

(With report courtesy Datatel GSM)

7 February 2005 - numbering plan update

Sierra Leone active number ranges:

Number range    Service/Place
------------    -------------
+232 22 22xxxx  Freetown (city)            
+232 22 23xxxx  Wilberforce                
+232 22 238xxx  Juba                       
+232 22 239xxx  Juba                       
+232 22 24xxxx  Brook Fields               
+232 22 26xxxx  Wellington                 
+232 22 27xxxx  Aberdeen                   
+232 22 29xxxx  Freetown (city)            
+232 22 33xxxx  Lungi                      
+232 23 5xxxxx  mobile - Mobitel           
+232 30 xxxxxx  mobile - Millicom          
+232 32 320xxx  Bo                         
+232 32 420xxx  Kenema                     
+232 33 xxxxxx  mobile - Comium S.L.       
+232 76 6xxxxx  mobile - Celtel            
+232 76 7xxxxx  mobile - Celtel            
+232 77 xxxxxx  mobile - Africell (Lintel)  

Source: Sierra Leone Telecommunications Company announcement (7 February 2005, via ITU)

Area code information

• DCCL

Other information

Regulator is National Telecommunication Commission

Millicom is a wireless carrier. Their mobile numbers are in the range +232 30 xxxxxx.