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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

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 prefixes in Eswatini

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.

References

1. White Book, Volume 2, Part 1, International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, International Telecommunication Union, 1969, page 29
2. International Numbering Resources: National Numbering Plans: Eswatini, ITU-T
3. EPTC eight-digit numbers launched next month, Fanyana Mabuza, The Swazi Observer, January 4, 2011
4. "Eswantini 2010 expansion". www.wtng.info.
5. Pretoria Telephone Directory, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, 1991, page 21
6. Swaziland Telephone Directory, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, 1986, page A-8
7. Swaziland Telephone Directory, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, 1990, page c

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