Gabon +241
Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (ARCEP) B.P. 50 000 LIBREVILLE Gabon Tel. 1: +241 06078076 (French) Tel. 2: +241 07387474 (English) E-mail: moliere.enynkogho@arcep.ga; thierry.madoungou@arcep.ga URL: www.arcep.ga
Communication of 21.V.2019
The Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes, Libreville, in collaboration with all operators, will migrate, on Friday, 12 July 2019 at 2300 hours GMT, i.e. 2400 hours local time, its eight (8)-digit national numbering plan, currently structured ABPQMCDU, to nine (9) digits.
This operation is designed to provide a solution to the imminent saturation of the existing plan and comply with related international rules which recommend suppression of the zero (0) for incoming international calls.
1 OVERALL STRUCTURE OF NEW NUMBERING PLAN
Whereas the existing eight (8)-digit plan is structured AB PQMCDU, the new plan employs nine (9) digits structured AX BPQMCDU, with the addition of digit X between the A and B.
The new identifiers take the form AX with A= 0 and;
X = 1: for Gabon Télécom’s fixed network;
X = 2: 3, 4, 5 in reserve;
X = 6: for Gabon Télécom’s mobile network (Libertis and Moov);
X = 7: for Airtel Gabon’s mobile network;
X = 8: for value-added services;
X = 9: reserved for the Gabonese Administration (RAG).
A = 0 Routing by default by caller’s operator | |||
A | X | Other digits | Comments |
0 | 0 |
| International access prefix |
1 | BPQMCDU | GABON TELECOM fixed network | |
2 | BPQMCDU | In reserve | |
3 | BPQMCDU | In reserve | |
4 | BPQMCDU | In reserve | |
5 | BPQMCDU | In reserve | |
6 | BPQMCDU | GABON TELECOM mobile network operator | |
7 | BPQMCDU | AIRTEL GABON mobile network operator (BHARTI) | |
8 | BPQMCDU | Reserved for value-added services (smart network services, etc.) | |
9 | BPQMCDU | Reserved for the Gabonese Administration (RAG) | |
2 DIALLING PROCEDURE FROM INSIDE GABON
To call a GABON TELECOM fixed number, instead of dialling 01 PQMCDU as at present, the caller should dial 011 PQMCDU.
To call a Libertis or Moov mobile number, instead of dialling 06 PQMCDU, 02 PQMCDU and 05 PQMCDU as at present, the caller should dial 066 PQMCDU, 062 PQMCDU and 065 PQMCDU, respectively.
To call an AIRTEL mobile number, instead of dialling 07 PQMCDU and 04 PQMCDU as at present, the caller should dial 077 PQMCDU and 074 PQMCDU.
Examples:
As from 0000 hours on 12 July 2019:
current 01 71 71 71 becomes 011 71 71 71;
current 02 04 04 04 becomes 062 04 04 04;
current 04 08 14 14 becomes 074 08 14 14;
current 05 05 05 05 becomes 065 05 05 05;
current 06 11 11 11 becomes 066 11 11 11;
current 07 28 01 50 becomes 077 28 01 50.
For any additional information, please contact the call centres on the following numbers:
222 (Libertis and Moov), 111 (AIRTEL) and 8484 (ARCEP).
3 DIALLING PROCEDURE FROM OUTSIDE GABON
To reach a subscriber in Gabon using their new AX BPQMCDU-type nine (9)-digit number, dial first the international access prefix (usually 00) followed by the international code for Gabon (241), and then the subscriber’s number without the “A”, i.e. without the zero.
Operator | Procedure prior to 2300 hours GMT on Friday 12 July 2019 | Procedure as from 2301 hours GMT on Friday 12 July 2019 | ||
GABON TELECOM FIXED |
+241 or 00 241 |
01 PQ MC DU |
+241 or 00 241 |
11 PQ MC DU |
GABON |
+241 or 00 241 |
02 PQ MC DU 05 PQ MC DU 06 PQ MC DU |
+241 or 00 241 |
62 PQ MC DU 65 PQ MC DU 66 PQ MC DU |
AIRTEL GABON |
04 PQ MC DU 07 PQ MC DU |
74 PQ MC DU 77 PQ MC DU | ||
Examples:
To call a subscriber in Gabon from abroad on the subscriber’s new national nine-digit number:
Fixed 011 717171, the international caller should dial:
+241 11717171 or 00 241 11717171;
Libertis 062 040404, the international caller should dial:
+241 62040404 or 00 241 62040404;
Libertis 066 111111, the international caller should dial:
+241 66111111 or 00 241 66111111;
Moov 065 050505, the international caller should dial:
+241 65050505 or 00 241 65050505;
Airtel 074 081414, the international caller should dial:
+241 74081414 or 00 241 74081414;
Airtel 077 280150, the international caller should dial:
+241 77 280150 or 00 241 77280150.
4 Presentation of national numbering plan for country code +241
a) Overview:
Minimum number length (excluding the country code): eight (8) digits.
Maximum number length (excluding the country code): eight (8) digits.
b) Details of numbering scheme:
National destination code (NDC), or leading digits of national (significant) number (N(S)N) | N(S)N number length | Usage of | Additional information | |
Maximum length | Minimum length | |||
11 | 8 digits | 8 digits | Fixed telephony service | Gabon Télécom |
62 | 8 digits | 8 digits | Mobile telephony service | Gabon Télécom Libertis |
66 | 8 digits | 8 digits | Mobile telephony service | Gabon Télécom Libertis |
65 | 8 digits | 8 digits | Mobile telephony service | Gabon Télécom Moov |
74 | 8 digits | 8 digits | Mobile telephony service | Airtel Gabon |
77 | 8 digits | 8 digits | Mobile telephony service | Airtel Gabon |
8 | 8 digits | 8 digits | Value-added service |
|
9 | 8 digits | 8 digits | Gabonese Administration | .... |