Telephone Numbers In Cyprus
Cyprus adopted a closed telephone numbering plan on 1 December 2001. As a result, for land line phone numbers the digit 2 followed by the old area code was affixed to the subscriber number and for cellphones 9 was affixed to the mobile phone number. The plan is also used in Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
Previously, land line numbers consisted of the trunk code 0, the area code, and a six-digit number.
- Land line number in Nicosia called from Nicosia :
- xxxxxx
- Land line number in Nicosia called from inside Cyprus (other than Nicosia):
- 02 xxxxxx
- Land line number in Nicosia called from abroad :
- +357 2 xxxxxx
Under the new system, these changed to numbers with eight digits, to be dialled from within Cyprus or abroad.
- Land line number in Nicosia called from inside Cyprus (including Nicosia):
- 22 xxxxxx
- Land line number in Nicosia called from abroad:
- +357 22 xxxxxx
Cellphone numbers had the prefix 09, followed by six digits, which had to be dialled in full.
- Cellphone number called from within Cyprus:
- 09 xxxxxx (during that period only 09 code was in use, from CYTA)
- Cellphone number called from abroad :
- +357 9 xxxxxx
As with fixed line numbers, under the new system, these changed to numbers with eight digits, to be dialled from within Cyprus or abroad.
- Cellphone number called from within Cyprus:
- 9xxxxxxx (where x is either 9 or 7 which belongs to CYTA, 6 which belongs to MTN or 5 to PrimeTel)
- Cellphone number called from abroad after 12/2001:
- +357 9x xxxxxx
99 and 97 are assigned to CYTAmobile-Vodafone (which was the only mobile phone carrier until 2004), 96 is assigned to MTN and 95 to PrimeTel. Numbering portability between the networks is possible.
All numbers (except short codes) in Cyprus now have eight digits and thus the new numbering plan's promotional logo (in advertising) was an octopus called TESA (from Greek Τελικό Εθνικό Σχέδιο Αριθμοδότησης Final National Numbering Plan) .
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