Telephone numbers in Eswatini
# Telephone numbers in Eswatini

Eswatini, then known as Swaziland, was allocated the country code +268 by the International Telecommunication Union, in the late 1960s. To call a telephone number in Eswatini, the following format is used:

## yy xx xxxx

    calls from within Eswatini

## +268 yy xx xxxx

    calls from outside Eswatini

## List of allocations

List of allocations :

| NDC (National Destination Code) or leading digits of NSN (National Significant Number) | NSN number length | Usage of E.164 number | Usage of E.164 number | Usage of E.164 number | Usage of E.164 number |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | 8 | Geographic number | Fixed line | EPTC | Shiselweni region |
| 23 | 8 | Geographic number | Fixed line | EPTC | Lubombo region |
| 24 | 8 | Geographic number | Fixed line | EPTC | Hhohho region |
| 25 | 8 | Geographic number | Fixed line | EPTC | Manzini region |
| 76 | 8 | Non-geographic | GSM | MTN Eswatini | - |
| 77 | 8 | Non-geographic | CDMA | EPTC | - |
| 78 | 8 | Non-geographic | Mobile GSM | MTN Eswatini | - |
| 79 | 8 | Non-geographic | Mobile GSM | Eswatini Mobile | - |

## Changes as of March 2010

Subscriber numbers were extended by a digit with '2' prepended to fixed numbers and '7' to mobile/GSM numbers.

Expanded mobile numbers (+268 6xxxxxx) took effect 1 March 2010. Old dialling format was allowed until the mandatory date of 1 June 2010.

Fixed numbers were expanded on 1 February 2011, postponed from the previously scheduled 1 August 2010, with mandatory use on 1 May 2011 (previously scheduled 1 November 2010).

List of changes :

| Old format | New format | Service/region | Effective | Mandatory |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| +268 2xxxxxx | +268 22xxxxxx | Shiselweni | 1 Feb 2011 | 1 May 2011 |
| +268 3xxxxxx | +268 23xxxxxx | Lubombo | 1 Feb 2011 | 1 May 2011 |
| +268 4xxxxxx | +268 24xxxxxx | Hhohho | 1 Feb 2011 | 1 May 2011 |
| +268 5xxxxxx | +268 25xxxxxx | Manzini | 1 Feb 2011 | 1 May 2011 |
| +268 6xxxxxx | +268 76xxxxxx | mobile (GSM) | 1 Mar 2010 | 1 Jun 2010 |

## List of prefixes in Eswatini

LIST OF PREFIXES :

| Area/City | Prefix |
| - | - |
| Bhunya | 2452 2453 |
| Big Bend | 2363 2364 |
| Hlathikulu | 2217 |
| Hluthi | 2227 |
| Lobamba | 2416 |
| Ludzeludze | 2548 |
| Mahamba | 2237 |
| Mahwalala | 2472 |
| Malkerns | 2528 |
| Mankayane | 2538 |
| Manzini | 2505 2506 |
| Maphiveni | 2373 |
| Matsapha | 2517 2518 |
| Mbabane | 2404 2405 2406 |
| Mhlambanyatsi | 2467 |
| Mhlume | 2312 2313 |
| Mpaka | 2333 |
| Ngwenya | 2442 |
| Nhlangano | 2207 |
| Nsoko | 2303 |
| Pigg's Peak | 2437 |
| Sidwashini | 2422 |
| Simunye | 2382 2383 |
| Siphocosini | 2482 |
| Siphofaneni | 2344 |
| Siteki | 2343 |
| Tshaneni | 2322 2323 |

## Calls to and from neighbouring countries

Until the 1990s, Swaziland was integrated into the South African telephone numbering plan; calls from South Africa to Swaziland were made using the code 0194. Calls to South Africa from Swaziland, however, required the use of the regional code 07. Calls to Lesotho were similarly made using the regional code 05 while those to Mozambique were made using the code 06.

