Ivory Coast telephone number changes

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Beginning January 31, 2021 Ivory Coast is upgrading its telephone numbering plan, going from 8 to 10 digit telephone numbers for both fixed and mobile subscribers. The change was announced last year in June on the country’s telecom authority website (Newsletter de l’ARTCI : 10 juin 2020) and will cover the increasing demand for new mobile telephone numbers, mostly generated by recent advances in mobile technology.

How do phone numbers change?

All landlines and mobile phone numbers were prepended 2 digits as follows:

Operator	Phone # type	Digits added
MOOV	fixed	21
MTN	fixed	25
Orange	fixed	27
MOOV	mobile	01
MTN	mobile	05
Orange	mobile	07

Phone number conversion instructions*

Old fixed number	New fixed number
20 8 xxxxx	21 20 8 xxxxx
21 8 xxxxx	21 21 8 xxxxx
22 8 xxxxx	…
23 8 xxxxx	…
20 0 xxxxx	25 20 0 xxxxx
21 0 xxxxx	25 21 0 xxxxx
22 0 xxxxx	…
23 0 xxxxx	…
24 0 xxxxx	…
30 0 xxxxx	…
31 0 xxxxx	…
32 0 xxxxx	…
33 0 xxxxx	…
34 0 xxxxx	…
35 0 xxxxx	…
36 0 xxxxx	…
20 2 xxxxx	27 20 2 xxxxx
20 3 xxxxx	27 20 3 xxxxx
21 2 xxxxx	…
21 3 xxxxx	…
21 5 xxxxx	…
21 7 xxxxx	…
22 4 xxxxx	…
22 5 xxxxx	…
23 4 xxxxx	…
23 5 xxxxx	…
24 3 xxxxx	…
24 4 xxxxx	…
24 5 xxxxx	…
30 6 xxxxx	…
31 6 xxxxx	…
31 9 xxxxx	…
32 7 xxxxx	…
33 7 xxxxx	…
34 7 xxxxx	…
35 7 xxxxx	…

Old mobile number	New mobile number
01 xx xxxx	01 01 xx xxxx
02 xx xxxx	01 02 xx xxxx
03 xx xxxx	01 03 xx xxxx
40 xx xxxx	01 40 xx xxxx
41 xx xxxx	…
42 xx xxxx	…
43 xx xxxx	…
50 xx xxxx	…
51 xx xxxx	…
52 xx xxxx	…
53 xx xxxx	…
70 xx xxxx	…
71 xx xxxx	…
72 xx xxxx	…
73 xx xxxx	…
04 xx xxxx	05 04 xx xxxx
05 xx xxxx	05 04 xx xxxx
06 xx xxxx	05 06 xx xxxx
44 xx xxxx	05 44 xx xxxx
45 xx xxxx	…
46 xx xxxx	…
54 xx xxxx	…
55 xx xxxx	…
56 xx xxxx	…
64 xx xxxx	…
65 xx xxxx	…
66 xx xxxx	…
74 xx xxxx	…
75 xx xxxx	…
76 xx xxxx	…
84 xx xxxx	…
85 xx xxxx	…
86 xx xxxx	…
94 xx xxxx	…
95 xx xxxx	…
96 xx xxxx	…
07 xx xxxx	07 07 xx xxxx
08 xx xxxx	07 08 xx xxxx
09 xx xxxx	07 09 xx xxxx
47 xx xxxx	07 47 xx xxxx
48 xx xxxx	…
49 xx xxxx	…
57 xx xxxx	…
58 xx xxxx	…
59 xx xxxx	…
67 xx xxxx	…
68 xx xxxx	…
69 xx xxxx	…
77 xx xxxx	…
78 xx xxxx	…
79 xx xxxx	…
87 xx xxxx	…
88 xx xxxx	…
89 xx xxxx	…
97 xx xxxx	…
98 xx xxxx	…

Old VoIP number	New VoIP number
None	21 5x x xxxxx
…	21 6x x xxxxx
…	21 7x x xxxxx
…	21 8x x xxxxx
…	21 9x x xxxxx
…	25 5x x xxxxx
…	25 6x x xxxxx
	25 7x x xxxxx
…	25 8x x xxxxx
…	25 9x x xxxxx
…	27 5x x xxxxx
…	27 6x x xxxxx
…	27 7x x xxxxx
…	27 8x x xxxxx
…	27 9x x xxxxx

*Source: ITU

Other resources

• Plan National de Numerotation – official ARTCI website explaining numbering changes (also provides a mobile app converting old Ivorian numbers to new ones)

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