Telephone code (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Area code codes
Telephone code : 243
International dialing code : 00

The telephone prefixes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are organized and assigned by the Congolese Post and Telephone Office ( OCPT ).

Dialing a Congolese phone number from abroad is done as follows:

International area code + 243 ( country code ) + area code (without leading 0) + telephone number .

Dialing within the country can always be made as follows: area code + telephone number .

In the fixed network, a number in the same area code can be dialed without the area code.

Area codes

There are around 10,000 landlines across the country. The area code was two digits, followed by a six-digit phone number. The fixed network of the OCPT has largely or completely collapsed. In the province of Kinshasa only fixed network connections from Standard Telecom, a joint venture between the Congolese Post Office OCPT (40%) and the South Korean company Aihan Global Holding (60%) work. These connections have seven-digit numbers starting with 5.

• 01 Kinshasa Province
  • 01 30 xx xx
  • 01 31 xx xx
  • 01 35 xx xx
  • 01 36 xx xx
  • 01 37 xx xx
  • 01 38 xx xx
  • 01 5x xx xx
  • 01 5xx xx xx Standard Telecom
• 02 Katanga
  • 02 40 xx xx
  • 02 41 xx xx
  • 02 42 xx xx
  • 02 5x xx xx
• 03 Western parts of the country
  • 03 43 xx xx Province of Central Congo (formerly Lower Congo)
  • 03 48 xx xx former province of Bandundu
  • 03 5x xx xx former province of Bandundu
• 05 Northern parts of the country
  • 05 46 xx xx former equator province
  • 05 47 xx xx former province Orientale
  • 05 5x xx xx former province Orientale
• 06 Eastern parts of the country
  • 06 47 0x xx South Kivu
  • 06 47 1x xx South Kivu
  • 06 47 2x xx South Kivu
  • 06 47 3x xx Maniema
  • 06 47 4x xx Maniema
  • 06 47 6x xx North Kivu
  • 06 47 7x xx North Kivu

Cell phone codes

Three-digit area codes and seven-digit telephone numbers are used in mobile communications in the Congo: 0xx xxx xx xx.

• 080 Supercell (only in North Kivu)
• 081 Vodacom
• 082 Vodacom
• 084 Orange (ex CCT: Congo-China-Telecom )
• 085 orange (ex CCT)
• 088 Yozma (?)
• 089 Tigo (formerly Oasis, formerly Sait Télécom, also former Starcel)
• 090 Africell (since summer 2012)
• 097 Airtel Africa (formerly Zain , formerly Celtel)
• 098 Airtel
• 099 Airtel

• ceased operations for political or administrative reasons:
  • 0xx Sogetel
  • 078 Afritel
  • 0xx Cellco

Web links

• On the history of the liberalization of telephony in the Congo (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source is missing
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (June 25, 2010). 
3. ↑ Oral communication Office Congolais de Contrôle (OCC), June 12, 2010.
4. ↑ A propos de Standard Telecom. (No longer available online.) Standard Telecom, formerly the original ; Retrieved February 1, 2010 (French).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
5. ↑ [1]
6. ↑ as reported by the ministry to UIT (PDF; 193 kB), never seen in the country
7. ↑ GIS Watch 2007.