Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation

New Numbering Plan Change to be Effected as of September 17, 2005 Across the Nation

The existing 6-digit telephone numbers of Addis Ababa and its surrounding towns would be changed to seven digits by adding one digit as a prefix to the existing telephone numbers

Name of Site	Existing Initial Digit	Number to be Added in front of the Initial Digit	The Newly Changed Initial Digit
North Addis Ababa Zone (Arada/Sidist Kilo area including its environ towns of Kuyu, Fitche, Gohatsion and Chancho)	11, 12, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 31, 35, 55, 56, 57, 58, 87, and 88	1	111, 112, 114, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 131, 135, 155, 156, 157, 158, 187, and 188 Eg. If the existing telephone number is 11 16 25, the newly changed number will be 111- 16 25
West Addis Ababa Zone (Addis Ketema area including surrounding towns of Ambo, Holeta-Genet, Jeldu, Addis Alem and Burayu)	13, 36, 37, 38, 59, 70, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 83, and 84	2	213, 236, 237, 238, 259, 270, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 283 and 284, Eg. If the existing telephone number is 13 28 90, the newly changed number will be 213 - 28 90
South West Addis Ababa Zone (Old Airport area including its surrounding towns of Woliso and Wolkite)	20, 21, 30, 41, 48, 49, 71, 72, 73, and 74	3	320, 321, 330, 341, 348, 349, 371, 372, 373 and 374 Eg. If the existing telephone number is 20 30 40, the newly changed number will be 320- 30 40
South Addis Ababa Zone (Nifas Silk area including environ towns of Dukem, Debrezeit, Akaki and Kaliti)	16, 19, 32, 33, 34, 39, 40, 42, 43, 65, 66, 67 and 68	4	416, 419, 432, 433, 434, 439, 440, 442, 443, 465, 466, 467 and 468 Eg. If the existing telephone number is 34 01 87, the newly changed number will be 434- 0187
Central Addis Ababa Zone (Legehar area)	15, 17, 44, 50, 51, 52, 53 and 54	5	515, 517, 544, 550, 551, 552, 553 and 554 Eg. If the existing telephone number is 15 26 90, the newly changed number will be 515- 26 90
East Addis Ababa Zone (Bole area including surrounding towns of Debire-Sina, Debre-Birihan and Mehal-Meda)	18, 26, 29, 45, 46, 47, 60, 61, 62, 63, 69, 80, 81 and 85	6	618, 626, 629, 645, 646, 647, 660, 661, 662, 663, 669, 680, 681 and 685 Eg. If the existing telephone number is 61 61 61, the newly changed number will be 661- 61 61

1.2 Particular Numbering Change made on Telephone Numbers of Addis Ababa and its Surroundings

		Existing Telephone Number		New Telephone Number
Zonal Offices	Names of Towns	Area Code	Number	Area Code	Number
North Addis Ababa Zonal Office	Alem Ketema	01	315xxx	011	1320xxx
	Debre-Tsige	01	316xxx	011	1330xxx
	Muketuri	01	318xxx	011	1340xxx
	Sululta	01	883xxx	011	1860xxx
West Addis Ababa Zonal Office	Ginchi	01	599xxx	011	2580xxx
	Guder	01	820xxx	011	2820xxx
	Olonkomi	01	835xxx	011	2850xxx
	Inchini	01	825xxx	011	2860xxx
South West Addis Ababa Zonal Office	Indibir	01	306xxx	011	3310xxx
	Gunchire	01	308xxx	011	3320xxx
	Sebeta	01	380xxx	011	3380xxx
	Teji	01	389xxx	011	3390xxx
	Tulubolo	01	415xxx	011	3420xxx
	Alemgena	01	387xxx	011	3870xxx
East Addis Ababa Zonal Office	Bole (V)	01	640xxx	011	6640xxx
	Civil Aviation	01	648xxx	011	6650xxx
	Sendafa	01	865xxx	011	6860xxx
	Sheno	01	860xxx	011	6870xxx
	Inewari	01	875xxx	011	6880xxx

2. Change of Area Codes of Fixed and Mobile Telephone Numbers for Addis Ababa and other towns of
the country

Existing Area Codes	01	02	03	04	05	06	07 (Jimma, Gambela and its surroundings)	07 (Nekempt, Asosa and its environs)	08	09 (Mobile Area Code)
New Area Codes	011	022	033	034	025	046	047	057	058	091

Numbering Plan Change of towns out of Addis Ababa and its environ towns is implemented by repeating the first initial digit of the existing number by preceding the remaining numbers

Existing Initial Digit	The number to be repeated in front of the initial digit
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19	1
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29	2
30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 and 39	3
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 49	4
50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 and 59	5
60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 and 69	6
70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, and 79	7
80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, and 89	8

The Change on Mobile Telephone Numbers is made by adding one digit to the initials of the existing number digit

No.	Existing initial digits of Mobile telephone number	The Digit to be added in front of the existing initial digit
1.	Mobile Telephone Numbers starting with 10-25, 40-50, 60-69, 84 and 86-89	1
2	Mobile Telephone Numbers starting with 30, 31, 70, 71 and 72	4
3	Mobile Telephone Numbers starting with 32, 33, 73, 74, and 75	5
4	Mobile Telephone Numbers starting with 58, 82 and 83	6
5	Mobile Telephone Numbers starting with 55, 57, 80 and 81	7
6	Mobile Telephone Numbers starting with 34, 35, 76 and 77	8

Eg. The existing Mobile Telephone Number 09- 69 25 50 is changed to 091- 169 25 50

Existing Number	New Number	Existing Number	New Number	Existing Number	New Number
97	997	912	912	955	955
98	998	913	913	956	956
99	999	915	915	957	957
900	900	916	916	958	958
901	901	918	918	959	959
902	902	919	919	960	960
903	903	920	920	961	961
904	904	929	929	962	962
905	905	951	951	963	963
906	906	952	952	964	964
907	907	953	953	965	965
908	908	954	954	966	966
911	911			967	967
				969	969

Notice

Customers are advised not to forget to add area code numbers whenever they make calls from fixed telephone to fixed telephone, from mobile to mobile, from fixed telephone to mobile telephone or from mobile to fixed telephone within the same town itself.

Eg. If a customer in Addis Ababa is supposed to call to a number 29 50 90 found in Addis Ababa, he/she makes the call with the number 011-629-5090 as per the new change.

- The fax number change is according to the change made on fixed telephone number

- The international incoming call and fax will be effected by including country code and the two latter area code numbers (i.e. excluding zero) and followed by the new seven digit fixed, mobile and fax number