{"id":165706,"date":"2016-06-10T10:59:14","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T08:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=165706"},"modified":"2016-06-10T11:00:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T09:00:58","slug":"telephone-and-cellphone-number-codes-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/165706-telephone-and-cellphone-number-codes-in-south-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"Telephone and cellphone number codes in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most South Africans know that 082 is a Vodacom number and 083 is MTN, but with the multitude of new number codes it can be confusing to know which network you are dialling.<\/p>\n<p>Before the advent of mobile phones, it was easy to see who you were calling:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>01 &#8211; The old Transvaal province (now Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and part of the North West)<\/li>\n<li>02 \u2013 The Western Cape and parts of the Northern Cape<\/li>\n<li>03 &#8211; KwaZulu-Natal<\/li>\n<li>04 \u2013 The Eastern Cape and some eastern parts of the Western Cape<\/li>\n<li>05 \u2013 The Free State and parts of the Northern Cape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When mobile phones were introduced in South Africa, Vodacom received the 082 number range while MTN received 083. Cell C received 084 when it launched in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>As the mobile operators grew, and new fixed-line and VoIP operators launched, there was a need to hand out more number ranges.<\/p>\n<p>It soon became challenging to know which number ranges represented which operators.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0table below details\u00a0which number ranges are linked to which operators.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#000066\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Number range<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" bgcolor=\"#000066\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Area or Operator<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#EBEBEB\"><strong>00<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">International access code<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#EBEBEB\"><strong>01<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>01<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and part of the North West<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#EBEBEB\"><strong>02<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>02<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">The Western Cape and parts of the Northern Cape<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#EBEBEB\"><strong>03<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>03<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">KwaZulu-Natal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#EBEBEB\"><strong>04<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>04<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">The Eastern Cape and some eastern parts of the Western Cape<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#EBEBEB\"><strong>05<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>05<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">The Free State and parts of the Northern Cape<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#EBEBEB\"><strong>06<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0603 &#8211; 0605<\/td>\n<td>MTN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0606 &#8211; 0609<\/td>\n<td>Vodacom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0610 &#8211; 0613<\/td>\n<td>Cell C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0614<\/td>\n<td>Telkom Mobile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0615<\/td>\n<td>Cell C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0618 &#8211; 0624<\/td>\n<td>Cell C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>062<\/td>\n<td>Vodacom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>063<\/td>\n<td>MTN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#EBEBEB\"><strong>07<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0710<\/td>\n<td>MTN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0711 &#8211; 0716<\/td>\n<td>Vodacom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0717 &#8211; 0719<\/td>\n<td>MTN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>072<\/td>\n<td>Vodacom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>073<\/td>\n<td>MTN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>074<\/td>\n<td>Cell C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0741<\/td>\n<td>Virgin Mobile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>076<\/td>\n<td>Vodacom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>078<\/td>\n<td>MTN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>079<\/td>\n<td>Vodacom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#EBEBEB\"><strong>08<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>080<\/td>\n<td>Toll-free, called party pays<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0810<\/td>\n<td>MTN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0811 &#8211; 0815<\/td>\n<td>Telkom Mobile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0816<\/td>\n<td>WBS Mobile (iBurst)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0817<\/td>\n<td>Telkom Mobile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0818<\/td>\n<td>Vodacom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>082<\/td>\n<td>Vodacom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>083<\/td>\n<td>MTN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>084<\/td>\n<td>Cell C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>085<\/td>\n<td>USAL licence holders<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>086<\/td>\n<td>Sharecall,\u00a0MaxiCall,\u00a0and premium-rate services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0860<\/td>\n<td>Sharecall\u00a0land line callers pay local call, called party pays long distance if applicable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0861<\/td>\n<td>MaxiCall\u00a0caller always pay long distance for call even if routed to local office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0862 &#8211; 9<\/td>\n<td>Premium rate caller pays increasing rate linked to last digit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>08622<\/td>\n<td>Competition lines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>086294<\/td>\n<td>Competition lines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>08671 &#8211; 08674<\/td>\n<td>Information services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>087<\/td>\n<td>Value-added services (like VoIP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>088<\/td>\n<td>Pagers and Telkom CallAnswer voicemail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>089<\/td>\n<td>Maxinet, for polls and radio call-in services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#EBEBEB\"><strong>09<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>09<\/td>\n<td>Old International access code no longer in use<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on telecoms<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/150487-phone-sex-services-to-get-new-number-range-in-south-africa.html\"><strong>Phone sex services to get new number range in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/76290-new-telkom-mobile-8ta-number-range.html\"><strong>New Telkom Mobile, 8ta number range<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While everybody knows that 082 is a Vodacom number and 083 is MTN, codes like 0615 and 0606 can be confusing &#8211; 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