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

Country	Papua New Guinea
Continent	Oceania
Country code	+675
International access	00
Long-distance	None

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

Landline

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

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

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

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

• Communications in Papua New Guinea