Telephone numbers in Papua New Guinea

Telephone numbers in Papua New Guinea consist of mostly seven and some eight digit numbers (fixed), or eight digit numbers (mobile).

Telephone numbers in Papua New Guinea
Location
CountryPapua New Guinea
ContinentOceania
Access codes
Country code+675
International access00
Long-distanceNone

The international prefix for Papua New Guinea was changed from ‘05’ to ’00’ in 2010.

Landline

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List of area codes and allocations[1]
Operator Service/town Subscriber number Length of NSN
Telikom PNG Limited National Capital District
Telikom PNG Limited Port Moresby 300 XXXX to 303 XXXX Seven digits
306 XXXX
308 XXXX to 312 XXXX
320 XXXX to 328 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited Central Rural 329 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited Southern region
Telikom PNG Limited Oro 642 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited Milne Bay 641 XXXX to 643 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited MobileSAT 644 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited Western 645 XXXX to 646 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited Gulf 648 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited Tabubil/Klunga 649 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited Momase region
Telikom PNG Limited Madang 422 XXXX to 424 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited East Sepik 450 XXXX Seven digits
456 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited Sandaun 457 XXXX to 459 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited Highlands region
Telikom PNG Limited Eastern Highlands 530 XXXX to 532 XXXX Seven digits
537 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited Chimbu 535 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited Southern Highlands 540 XXXX Seven digits
549 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited Western Highlands 541 XXXX to 542 XXXX Seven digits
545 XXXX to 546 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited Enga 547 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited Islands region
Telikom PNG Limited Manus 970 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited North Solomons 973 XXXX Seven digits
975 XXXX to 976 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited East New Britain 980 XXXX to 982 XXXX Seven digits
985 XXXX
987 XXXX
989 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited New Ireland 983 XXXX Seven digits
Telikom PNG Limited West New Britain 984 XXXX Seven digits
Fixed wireless access (8 digits)
Operator Service Area Subscriber number
Telikom PNG Limited National capital district 770X XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited Southern region 7730 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited Momase region 771X XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited Highlands region 772X XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited Islands region 774X XXXX

Other allocations

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List of allocations[1]
Telikom PNG Limited Radio Paging Terminals 270 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited Radio Paging 271 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited VSAT Systems 275 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited TeliSat 276 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited DomSat 278 XXXX
Digivoip Communications Limited VoIP service 207 XXXX
Digitec PNG Limited VoIP service 204 XXXX
Oceanic Broadband VoIP service 203 XXXX
Digicel (PNG) Limited VoIP service 202 XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited VoIP service 200 XXXX
Bemobile Limited VoIP service 201 XXXX

Mobile allocations

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Allocations[1]
Operator Service Mobile number series (eight digits)
Digicel (PNG) Limited – trading as Digicel PNG Nationwide
70XX XXXX
71XX XXXX
72XX XXXX
73XX XXXX
74XX XXXX
79XX XXXX
Bemobile (PNG) Limited – trading as BeMobile Nationwide
75XX XXXX
76XX XXXX
Telikom PNG Limited – trading as Telikom PNG Nationwide
775X XXXX
78XX XXXX
Digitec Communications Limited - trading as Vodafone PNG Nationwide
81XX XXXX
82XX XXXX

Older information

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Broadly numbers are allocated to the following categories:

  • 0xx(x) = operator services
  • 180 xxxx = free call services
  • 188 xxxx = local call services
  • 2xx xxxx = satellite telephones
  • 3xx xxxx = Port Moresby/Papua region
  • 4xx xxxx = Lae/Morobe region
  • 5xx xxxx = Mount Hagen/Highlands region
  • 6xx xxxx = Daru/Fly region
  • 69x xxxx = AMPS mobile (no longer in use)
  • 68x xxxx = Mobile GSM
  • 7xx xxxx = Goroka/Eastern Highlands region
  • 8xx xxxx = Madang/Sepik region
  • 9xx xxxx = New Guinea Islands region

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2019-06-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)