Turkmenistan +993

Number Format

Area Code:            2-3 digits
Subscriber Number:    5-6 digits
Trunk Prefix:         8
International Prefix: 8 (wait) 10

Area code information

• Ministry of Communication (via ITU)
• centralasia.kz
• DCCL

1996-7 : new country code +993, new area codes

ITU assigned country code +993, likely sometime in 1996. This is to replaces country code +7 (former USSR territory). Stentor (Canada) announced tariffs specially for Turkmenistan to take effect from 29 November 1996. Official start date was reported to be 3 January 1997, with use of the new country code mandatory from 3 April 1997. A reference (including new area codes) was available from Turkmenistan's U.S. embassy (see also http://www.usemb-ashgabat.usia.co.at/codes.html).

Other information

Carrier Turkmentelecom.