In a public notice TelOne announced that they are setting new National Area Codes.
The notice reads:
As a result of upgrading our exchanges to create a converged network, there are new National Area Codes. TelOne apologises for the current service disruption due to a systems upgrade. Our team is on site working to restore the services.
The new area codes are as follows:
- Bulawayo- 029
- Harare 024
- Gwanda’s code will not change, however, 28 will be added at the beginning of every number before making a phone call.
- Shamva, Headlands, Murombedzi, Norton amd Selous will retain their old codes while the rest of the codes would need specific numbers to be added before calling.
- Shurugwi-0252 prefixing number 252 (existing number)
- Mucheke-0239 prefixing number 2 (existing number)
- Chipangayi-0224 prefixing 2046 (existing number)
- Juliasdale-0229 prefixing number 2089 (existing number)
- Mkoba 1 and 2 in Gweru- 0254
- Cowdray Park in Bulawayo-029
- Airport Harare- 024
- Epworth-024
- Sunningdale-024
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