Country Code 599 – Saba

Calling to Saba

• 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 start with ‘1’ and ‘6’. Mobile phone numbers are shared between Curaçao and the rest of the Caribbean Netherlands.

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, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.

… to a satellite phone

Saba does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.

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

… sending a fax

Use the same call sequence.

Calling within Saba (domestic dialing)

There is no trunk prefix dialed when calling within Saba.

All Saba phone numbers being with ‘4’ as country code +599 is shared with Curaçao, Bonaire, and Sint Eustatius.

Saba phone numbers explained

Number details

All Saba phone numbers are seven digits. The first digit ‘4’ – designates Saba within the +599 country code (+599 is shared with Curaçao, Bonaire, and Sint Eustatius).

Mobile numbers begin with ‘1’ and ‘6’ and are shared with Bonaire and Sint Eustatius.

An example of a Saba phone number

The Queen’s Garden Resort lists its phone number in Saba as +599 416 3494.

Number explanation

Local example – calling from another location in Saba

Dial all seven digits of the phone number for all calls within Saba.

Caribbean Netherlands and Curaçao example

Dial all seven digits of the phone number for all calls within Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands.

International example – calling from outside Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands

To call from outside Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Saba’s country code of ‘599’, followed by the local phone number.

Calling from Saba

’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands (including Saba, Bonaire, and Sint Eustatius).

Sources and more resources

• Bureau Telecommunicatie & Post – Curacao and the Caribbean Netherlands’ 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 – Curacao (country code +599) Communication of 23.V.2016 National Numbering Plan – Details of Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands’ telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
• Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
• BT – The Phonebook – Netherland Antilles – Entry for the Netherland Antilles in the British Telecom international directory.