Uzbekistan +998

Number Format

Area Code:            2 digits
Subscriber Number:    7 digits
Trunk Prefix:         8
International Prefix: 8 (wait) 10

Area code information

• centralasia.kz
• uznews.com
• DCCL

from 1 October 1998 - new country code +998 in service

Country code 998 replaced country code 7 for calls to Uzbekistan.

+998 became effective after 1 October 1998 (from some areas, the effective date was 1 January 1999). Permissive dialling was in effect with either +7 or +998 until 31 December 1998, 1 January 1999, 1 March 1999 or 1 June 1999, depending on the source of information (or depending on timetables of individual communications carriers).

In most cases, old Uzbekistan numbers of +7 3xx format became +998 xx (except Naval/Navoi, which changed from +7 436 to +998 79).

6-digit subscriber numbers in Tashkent (+7 371 changed to +998 71) were converted to 7-digit numbers by adding the digit '2' beforehand. 7-digit Tashkent subscriber numbers were kept as is.

Area Codes prior to the introduction of country code +998 were 3-5 digits, with 5- to 7- digit subscriber numbers.

Numbering was formerly consistent with the ex-USSR system, where sum of Area Code plus Subscriber Number tended to be 10 digits.

Additional information:

• tashkent.org document
• KDDI bulletin of 19 June 1998.

(tip courtesy Vince Humphries)