The Numbering Plan | Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority
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The Numbering Plan | Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority
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The Numbering Plan
The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) commissioned an independent study of the future of Botswanas E.164 (telephony) Numbering Plan.
The Current Numbering Plan
Botswanas population is around 2.1 Million (2011 National Census), with a fixed line teledensity of about 8 per hundred population, amounting to some 161 641 lines as at March 2016. Over half of the lines are concentrated in the capital, Gaborone. Together with a small but fast growing number of mobile phones, the fixed lines are numbered by a closed near-uniform geographically structured 6-digit numbering plan. The following numbers have more than 6 digits:
DDI lines in Gaborone, which have 7 digits, numbered in the ranges starting 36 and 355 mobile phones, which have 2-digit codes (71 and 72) and 6-digit subscriber numbers, ie 8 digits in all the new 0800 freephone range, which with 6-digit subscriber numbers (SNs) amount to 10 digits in all...
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BOCRA will investigate a consumer complaint against a service provider if there is sufficient evidence to establish.
Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority
Plot 50671 Independence Avenue
Gaborone, Botswana
T : +267 395 7755
F : +267 395 7976
E :
info@bocra.org.bw
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About
Profile
A Word From The Chief Executive
History Of Communication Regulation
Organogram
Board of Directors
Executive Management
Careers
Mandate
Legislation
Telecommunications
National Radio Frequency Plan
Radio Spectrum Planning
The Numbering Plan
Type Approval
Broadcasting
Postal
Internet
bw ccTLD
bw CIRT
Electronic Evidence
Electronic Communications Transactions
Licensing
Projects
Documents
Draft Documents And Legislation
ICT Licencing Framework
ITU Capacity Building Workshop
Complaints
Consumer Education And Advice
Registering Complaints
File A Complaint
Media
News & Events
Speeches
Tenders
ASMS-WebCP
Licence Verification
Type Approval
Register BW
The Numbering Plan
The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) commissioned an independent study of the future of Botswanas E.164 (telephony) Numbering Plan.
The Current Numbering Plan
Botswanas population is around 2.1 Million (2011 National Census), with a fixed line teledensity of about 8 per hundred population, amounting to some 161 641 lines as at March 2016. Over half of the lines are concentrated in the capital, Gaborone. Together with a small but fast growing number of mobile phones, the fixed lines are numbered by a closed near-uniform geographically structured 6-digit numbering plan. The following numbers have more than 6 digits:
DDI lines in Gaborone, which have 7 digits, numbered in the ranges starting 36 and 355 mobile phones, which have 2-digit codes (71 and 72) and 6-digit subscriber numbers, ie 8 digits in all the new 0800 freephone range, which with 6-digit subscriber numbers (SNs) amount to 10 digits in all...
Apply For A License
Complaints Process
BOCRA will investigate a consumer complaint against a service provider if there is sufficient evidence to establish.
Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority
Plot 50671 Independence Avenue
Gaborone, Botswana
T : +267 395 7755
F : +267 395 7976
E :
info@bocra.org.bw