Smart or Globe NUmber
Smart or Globe NUmber
Smart or Globe NUmber
Mobile phone area codes in the Philippines are composed of three digits and always start with the number 9. These area codes do not
necessarily indicate a geographic region, instead they represent the service provider. That’s why we’d rather call them mobile number
prefixes. Originally, there were four prefixes used for mobile phones: 912 for Mobiline (CDMA), 915 for Islacom (GSM), 917 for Globe
(GSM) and 973 for Express Telecom. Smart followed later, that’s why they got the prefix 918. It was owned by Eastern Telecoms
before it started operations, until it was acquired by PLDT. Similarly, Islacom was acquired by Globe, Mobiline was a PLDT subsidiary.
As service grew rapidly throughout the 1990s and even until today, existing codes have been exhausted and new codes have been
added to fulfill demand. [Source: Wikipedia, audie]
We update this list from time to time, depending on the information submitted to us. If there are any inaccuracies, please let us know in
the comments section below. We’ll try to update this as soon as we can. Revision History: mobile-prefix_revisions.pdf