|tt| Trinidad and Tobago +1 (868)

 

Number Format

Area Code:            3 digits
Subscriber Number:    7 digits
Trunk Prefix:         1
International Prefix: 011


 

October 2005 - new mobile number ranges

New cellular mobile number ranges were assigned:

 

Number ranges                        Mobile carrier
-------------                        --------------
+1 868 350 xxxx to +1 868 359 xxxx   Digicel
+1 868 401 xxxx to +1 868 410 xxxx   LaqTel
+1 868 412 xxxx to +1 868 421 xxxx   LaqTel

Collect calls to Trinidad and Tobago mobile numbers are prohibited.

Source: TATT announcement (16 October 2005, via ITU).

 

August 2005 - new mobile number ranges

New mobile number ranges since 7 April 2005 announcement:

Number range     Service
------------     -------
+1 868 757 xxxx  prepaid cellular 
+1 868 758 xxxx  prepaid cellular
+1 868 759 xxxx  prepaid cellular
+1 868 710 xxxx  cellular
+1 868 712 xxxx  cellular
+1 868 713 xxxx  cellular
+1 868 714 xxxx  cellular
+1 868 715 xxxx  cellular
+1 868 716 xxxx  cellular
+1 868 717 xxxx  cellular
+1 868 718 xxxx  cellular
+1 868 719 xxxx  cellular

Source: TSTT announcement (11 August 2005, via ITU).

 

April 2005 - new number ranges

The following number ranges were introduced since 18 March 2002:

 

Number range    Place/Service
------------    -------------
+1 868 615xxxx  West
+1 868 616xxxx  Trincity
+1 868 72xxxxx  cellular
+1 868 775xxxx  cellular
+1 868 776xxxx  cellular
+1 868 777xxxx  cellular
+1 868 778xxxx  cellular
+1 868 779xxxx  cellular
+1 868 73xxxxx  mobile
+1 868 74xxxxx  cellular
+1 868 78xxxxx  cellular
+1 868 79xxxxx  cellular

Source: Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TSTT) announcement (7 April 2005, via ITU, no longer online).

 

1 June 1997 - +1 868 replaces +1 809

Area code +1 868 replaced the existing overall Caribbean/Atlantic code +1 809 in Trinidad and Tobago starting 1 June 1997 in permissive mode, and becoming mandatory 31 May 1998. Existing 7-digit subscriber numbers were retained.

 

Other Information

See Caribbean Nations.

 

Other Information

Regulator is Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago.

(report of new regulator courtesy Ray Chow)

Regulated Industries Commission.

Major carrier is TSTT.

There were rumours in the mid-1990s that country code +296 was being considered for assignment for Trinidad and Tobago. As far as can be determined, this assignment was never formally made, and the nation remains under the North American Numbering Plan.

There is also Numbering documentation on Trinidad and Tobago (via ITU).