Country Code 245 – Guinea-Bissau

Calling to Guinea-Bissau

• A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
• Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
• Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.

… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (sms)

Use the same call sequence.

Mobile phone numbers begin with ‘9’.

When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.

… to a VoIP phone

Use the same call sequence.

When calling a VoIP phone user, call to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.

… to a satellite phone

Guinea-Bissau does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.

Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.

… sending a fax

Use the same call sequence.

Calling within Guinea-Bissau (domestic dialing)

Dial the entire phone number as it is listed.

There is no trunk or long distance number used in Guinea-Bissau’s phone network.

Guinea-Bissau’s phone numbers explained

Number details

Guinea-Bissau’s phone numbers are eight digits.

The first digit signifies whether the phone number is a landline or mobile phone.

Landline phone numbers begin with ’44’. The third, fourth, and fifth digit of the phone number signifies a geographic location.

Mobile numbers begin with ‘9’. The first two digits signify the mobile phone carrier.

An example of a phone number in Guinea-Bissau

The Azalai 24 De Septembro lists its phone number in Bissau as +245 322 45 06.

Phone number explanation

Local example – calling from another location in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Guinea-Bissau.
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Long distance example – calling from Gabu, Guinea-Bissau (on the other side of the country)

Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Guinea-Bissau.

Mobile phone example – calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile phone roaming in Guinea-Bissau)

Dial the entire phone number for all calls within Guinea-Bissau.

International example – calling from outside Guinea-Bissau

To call from outside Guinea-Bissau, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Guinea-Bissau’s country code of ‘245’, followed by the local phone number.

Calling from Guinea-Bissau

’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Guinea-Bissau.

Sources and more resources

• Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné-Bissau (ARN) – Guinea-Bissau’s telephone systems regulator.
• ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
• International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
• International Telecommunications Union – Guinea-Bissau’s (country code +245) National Numbering Plan – Details of Guinea-Bissau’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
• Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Guinea-Bissau – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Guinea-Bissau. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
• BT – The Phonebook – Guinea-Bissau – Entry for Guinea-Bissau in the British Telecom international directory.