Telephone numbers in Gibraltar

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Telephone numbers in Gibraltar
Location
Country
International access
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Long-distanceNone

The Gibraltar

telecommunications
.

The

international call prefix is 00.[2]

History

Site of the first telephone exchange in City Mill Lane.

Gibraltar's first telephone exchange was set up in 1886 as a private enterprise and then taken over by the Government of Gibraltar. In the 1970s there were three generations of automatic telephone exchange equipment in use with four and five-digit numbers, the latter prefixed with the digit '7'.[3]

The volume of calls grew and a System X digital exchange was installed and was taken over by a privatised telephone operator, Gibtel, which also operate a GSM network.

Direct telephone connections between

Spanish sovereignty claim, and were not restored until 1986.[4]

However, Gibraltar remained subject to

United Kingdom and Spain
in September 2006, these restrictions were removed with effect from 10 February 2007.

New numbering plan

Since 1 October 2008 telephone numbers for landlines and mobile phones in Gibraltar have been eight digits long. Prior to this date, landline numbers consisted of five digits starting with either 4, 5 or 7, while mobile phone numbers remained unchanged. Since this date all calls to existing Gibtelecom five-digit landline number have to be prefixed with 200, making the numbers eight digits long.[6]

Thus 52200 became 20052200 and when dialled from outside Gibraltar +350 20052200.

CTS (Gibraltar) Limited, an alternative telecommunications provider began to offer a landline service prefixed with 216 and a mobile service with numbers prefixed by 606. This company ceased to operate in 2013.[7]

Since September 2015, U-mee, a provider of

fibre broadband services, has offered a fixed line telephone service called U-mee Talk, in which numbers will be prefixed with the digits 222.[8]

Since late 2017, Gibfibrespeed, a provider of

fibre broadband services, has offered a fixed line telephone service, in which numbers are prefixed with the digits 225,[9] The GRA itself has announced regular updates to the numbering plan, and Gibfibrespeed as a fixed line operator is also licensed to provide carrier routing and transit services.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ White Book, Volume 2, Part 1, International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, International Telecommunication Union, 1969, page 30
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1991, Whitaker and Sons Limited, 1990, page 1064
  3. ^ The Bankers' Almanac and Year Book, T. Skinner., 1981, page 749
  4. ^ Joe Garcia (20 March 1986). "Gibraltar y España estarán unidas directamente por teléfono a partir de esta semana" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
  5. ^ Gibraltar: British Or Spanish?, Peter Gold, Routledge Press, 2005, page 359
  6. ^ "It's 200 Day!". Gibraltar Chronicle. 1 October 2008. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008.
  7. ^ "GRA to withdraw former CTS numbers". Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation. 8 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013.
  8. ^ "u-mee talk".
  9. ^ "Archived". gibfibrespeed.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2023.[dead link]
  10. ^ "The Gibraltar Numbering Plan" (PDF). www.gra.gi. Gibraltar Regulatory Authority. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

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