Country Code: +266

International Call Prefix: 00

Trunk Prefix

Trunk prefix

A trunk prefix is the number to be dialed in a domestic telephone call, preceding any necessary area codes and subscriber numbers. When the number is called from overseas, the trunk prefix is omitted by the caller. In most countries, such as Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom, the trunk...

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Phone numbers in Lesotho

Lesotho

Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...

 are eight digits long, the first two digits being the area code.

Errata

There had been some interest in using part of this country's numbering scheme to run international SMS

SMS

SMS is a form of text messaging communication on phones and mobile phones. The terms SMS or sms may also refer to:- Computer hardware :...

 promotions or competitions; observe that when +CNN is spelt out on an E.161

E.161

E.161 is an ITU-T recommendation that defines the assignment of the basic 26 Latin letters to the 12-key telephone keypad. Uses for this mapping include:* Multi-tap and predictive text systems* Forming phonewords from telephone numbers...

 standard telephone keypad, it translates to +266. CNN

CNN

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's degree of interest in the idea was unknown at the time.