Telephone numbers in Somalia

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Telephone numbers in Somalia

Somalia
Location
Country	Somalia
Continent	Africa
Regulator	National Communications Authority
Numbering plan	National Numbering Plan
Access codes
Country code	+252
International access	00
Long-distance	0

Before the civil war in 1991, very few people had access to the government-controlled fixed-line telephony that only operated in a few areas. Following the fall of the central government, the telecommunication industry fell into the hands of private investors and telephone numbering remained unregulated.^[1] Following its re-establishment in 2012,^[2] the Federal Government the government recognized the need to establish regulatory frameworks to ensure effective oversight and development of the telecommunication sector, and in 2017, the government enacted the National Communications Authority which is tasked to regulate and oversee the telecommunications industry.