Telephone numbers in Kazakhstan
.svg) Location of Kazakhstan | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Continent | Asia |
| Regulator | Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| NSN length | 11 |
| Format | +7 (0xx) xxx xx xx +7 (6xx) xxx xx xx +7 (7xx) xxx xx xx |
| Access codes | |
| Country code | +7 0 +7 6 +7 7[1] |
| International access | 8~10 |
| Long-distance | 8~ |
Telephone numbers in Kazakhstan are regulated by the Telecommunications Committee of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations, and Aerospace Industry in the Republic of Kazakhstan,[2] and administered by telecommunication providers, such as Kazakhtelecom, a state-backed and the largest national operator.
Kazakhstan has been sharing the country code +7 with Russia since its independence in 1991. In 2021, ITU reserved the code +997[3] for Kazakhstan, and the country planned to activate it in January 2023. In early 2023, however, Kazakhstan applied for a change of code to +7 7.[4] In late 2023, Kazakhstan decided to keep the country code 7.[5] Since 2024, +7 0, +7 6 and +7 7.[1]
History
[edit]Following the break-up of the Soviet Union, Russia and Kazakhstan retained the same country code 7 for inbound calling. Under an agreement with Russia signed on 11 June 2006, Kazakhstan was assigned zone codes 6xx and 7xx (x = 0 to 9) under the unified plan.
Geographical numbers
[edit]Geographical (landline) telephone numbers in Kazakhstan consist of ten digits:
- zone code: the leading three digits
- area code: the following one or two digits
- subscriber number: the last six or five digits, depending on the length of the area code.
Geographic numbers use zone codes in the range from 710 to 729.[6] Prior to the 2006 agreement, landlines used zone codes in the 3xx range; as zone codes 3xx were assigned to Russia, zone codes in Kazakhstan were changed by substituting the leading 3 with 7 in mid-2007.
| Area code | Region |
|---|---|
| 710 | Karaganda Region |
| 711 | West Kazakhstan Region |
| 712 | Atyrau Region |
| 713 | Aktobe Region |
| 714 | Kostanay Region |
| 715 | North Kazakhstan Region |
| 716 | Akmola Region |
| 717 | Astana |
| 718 | Pavlodar Region |
| 721 | Karaganda Region |
| 722 | East Kazakhstan Region |
| 723 | |
| 724 | Kyzylorda Region |
| 725 | Shymkent |
| Turkistan Region | |
| 726 | Jambyl Region |
| 727 | Almaty |
| Almaty Region | |
| 728 | Almaty Region |
| 729 | Mangystau Region |
Non-geographical numbers
[edit]Non-geographical numbers start with 75x or 76x.[6]
Mobile numbers
[edit]Mobile numbers have 10 digits starting with 70x or 77x.[6]
Dialling procedures
[edit]Local and national dialling
[edit]Calls within a single area code can be made by dialling the seven-digit subscriber number alone. For long-distance calls, callers from landline numbers dial the long-distance prefix 8, wait for a tone, and then dial the zone code and number. Modern exchanges no longer require waiting for the tone, nor does mobile telephony where the long-distance prefix is not required.[citation needed]
International dialling
[edit]The international dialling prefix is 8~10 – callers dial 8, wait for a tone, and then dial 10 immediately followed by the country code and the remainder of the number. Modern exchanges no longer require waiting for the tone.
Country code
[edit]Kazakhstan is a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and has been using an ITU-assigned country code +7 jointly with Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union. In 2021, ITU agreed to reserve country code 997 for Kazakhstan, which the government planned to activate on 1 January 2023 with a two-year period of permissive dialling using the former code +7.[3]
In 2022, however, Kazakhstan filed another application to ITU, this time for the assignment of the country code +77.[4] In December 2022, and then again in March 2023, an ITU expert group recommended against this proposal, pointing to the unavailability of the +77 code for assignments as well as the ITU policy of assigning only three-digit country codes.[7][8]
In November 2023, it was reported that Kazakhstan had decided to abandon plans of transiting away from 7 and instead had been working on a new code-sharing agreement with Russia.[5][9][10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Пресс-служба МЦРИАП РК (2024-11-28). "Подписано межправительственное соглашение в сфере телекоммуникаций". МЦРИАП РК (in Russian).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Documents-Telecommunications Committee of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan". Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- ^ a b "Kazakhstan Will Get Its Own International Dialing Code And Abandon Russian One". Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- ^ a b "Kazakhstan May Change the Calling Code from +7 to +77 - Qazaqstan Monitor". Qazaqstan Monitor. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ a b ""Семёрка" остаётся: Казахстан передумал менять телефонный код". Forbes Kazakhstan. 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ a b c Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Informatization and Communication. "Communication of 7.II.2012". ITU. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ "Liaison statement on issues arising from discussions on re-numbering of Kazakhstan's E.164 country code". ITU. 6 December 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-24. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "Liaison statement on ITU-T SG2 lead study group activities (June 2022 to March 2023) [from ITU-T SG2]". www.itu.int. 3 May 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
- ^ "The Week in Kazakhstan: Plus Seven - Аналитический интернет-журнал Власть". Vlast (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-12-20.
- ^ "Казахстан решил не менять телефонный код +7, используемый совместно с Россией - Аналитический интернет-журнал Власть". vlast.kz (in Russian). 2023-11-15. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
