The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Russian Federation have concluded an agreement on the joint use of the international E.164 numbering resource of the numbering zone “7”. This Agreement is concluded for an indefinite period and has been entered into force on 3 December 2025.
Previously, the Agreement was concluded between the communications authorities of the two countries. The new Agreement has been signed between the Governments, granting the parties an intergovernmental status.
The previous Agreement stipulated a 6-month notification period for either Party to terminate the Agreement. Under the new Agreement, this notification period has been extended to 24 months.
This update emphasizes that the Republic of Kazakhstan acts as an equal partner and is allocated the following codes: +7 0, +7 6, +7 7.
The authorized bodies for the implementation of this Agreement are:
for the Republic of Kazakhstan - the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
for the Russian Federation - the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation.
Under the Agreement, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan retain the numbering zone “7”, pursuant to the Table of assigned codes of the numbering zone “7”.
Table assignment of the codes under the numbering zone “7” of the international E.164 numbering resource to the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation
Code ranges for exclusive use of the Russian Federation | Code ranges for exclusive use of the Republic of Kazakhstan | Code ranges shared between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation* |
| 000-099 | |
| | 100-199 |
200-299 | | |
300-399 | | |
400-499 | | |
500-599 | | |
| 600-699 | |
| 700-799 | |
810-818, 820-821, 831, 833-836, 840-848, 850-851, 855-857, 860-863, 865-867, 869, 871-873, 877-880** | | 800-809 881-899 |
900-999 | | |
* When sharing numbering code ranges the Parties shall:
1) independently assign codes within the shared numbering code ranges in accordance with the national legislation of the Parties;
2) make use of numbering in the specified numbering code ranges exclusively in their respective national telephone networks.
** Unassigned code resources (26 codes: 819, 822-829, 830, 832, 837-839, 849, 852-854, 858-859, 864, 868, 870, 874-876) are retained in the common reserve. Withdrawal from the reserve and the subsequent reassignment of the unassigned code resources shall be conducted by mutual consent of the Parties and formalized by separate protocols to the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Russian Federation on the joint use of numbering for world numbering zone 7, which shall become integral parts of this Agreement.