A Guide to New Metro Manila Telephone Prefix Numbers

As ordered by the National Telecommunications Commission, all Metro Manila landlines will have an additional prefix number beginning this year, bringing the landline number digit to 8. Here’s a quick cheat sheet on what to know before dialing a landline.

The NTC memorandum order, 10-10-2017, signed last October, states that all telecommunications companies offering landlines in Metro Manila must add a prefix to the existing seven-digit landline number and will take effect on March 18, 2019. Telecom companies will perform their migration transfer by midnight, and the new digits will be activated as early as 5 AM.

Here’s a quick list of those numbers:

Prefix Number	Telco
3-XXX-XXXX	Bayan Telecommunications (BayanTel)
6-XXX-XXXX	ABS-CBN Convergence Eastern Telecom
7 XXX-XXXX	Globe Telecom (Innove)
8-XXX-XXXX	PLDT / Digitel

Other prefixes not mentioned in this list are currently vacant, and the NTC will publish occupants in the future. The correct format for landline calls from mobile beginning March 18 will be +63 2X-XXX-XXXX, X-XXX-XXX, or 02X-XXX-XXX, depending on the network, with the area code still intact and the prefix number added before the landline number.

Example: My current landline number at home is 217-9999 that is under Globe Telecom. You’ll need to add 7 to reach that number starting March 19, and it will be 7-217-9999. If you’re calling from mobile, you can use 7-217-9999, +63-27-217-999, or 027-217-9999.

We hope this helps you prepare for the upcoming changes in landline numbers this year. We also recommend to start asking your friends on what’s their landline telco provider, so you’d be prepared! Let us know any comments below and we’ll try to help you out.

When will the new Metro Manila telephone prefix numbers take effect?

The new prefix numbers will take effect on March 18, 2019, with activation as early as 5 AM.

What is the correct format for calling a Metro Manila landline from a mobile phone after the change?

The correct format is +63 2X-XXX-XXXX, X-XXX-XXX, or 02X-XXX-XXX, depending on the network.

How do I call a Globe Telecom landline number that was previously 217-9999 after the change?

You need to add 7 before the number, making it 7-217-9999 for calls from mobile or landline.

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14 Comments

jo · 3 years ago

what about this number 551 0852
what should be the prefix number

Myrna · 5 years ago

what if you have a landline number under Globe located at region 2, and you have a globe landline in metro manila and you want to call them or get in touch with them using the phone, what would be the correct number to dial?

Francis Padriga · 6 years ago

Paanu naman kong tatawag sa mobile phone smart network user gamit pldt landline

Rene Gade · 7 years ago

The brains who implemented this 8 number schemes are empty. The correct way is to insert the additional ‘8’ to all metro manila number irregardless of telco globe,pldt,bayantel. 8,7,or 3 is very very very confusing if you don’t know what number your are calling to (pldt?globe? bayantel?). The empty brainheads who devised this scheme felt very proud of their solution. Their empty heads have no idea of the confusion they created.

froilan dayandayan balimbin · 4 years ago

Tama po kayo! How do we find out if its globe or pldt or bayan– if first time caller tayo tas yung mga offices, home credit and the likes.

CScr · 4 years ago

How is 8, 7, 3 confusing? 8 is PLDT, 7 is Globe, 3 is Bayantel. Confusing sayo yun?
Sa lumang scheme nga di mo malalaman yung network eh.

raj · 7 years ago

i can’t call the numbers, laging sinasabi na incorrect number but i am putting the correct number. any help?

ynnoi · 7 years ago

kahit na nga diko alam kong anong provider ang line nila, i tried to use all the format but none is successfull to call them? pwedi po bakayong maglagay ng format sa lahat ng Area nationawide so we can find it easily

Peril · 7 years ago

But how do you find out the network that number you’re dialing belongs to? Pano mo malalaman kung BayanTel/PLDT number yung tinatawagan mo? This system kinda makes things more complicated, pero and explanation ng Globe when I asked about it was that nauubusan na kasi daw ng number combinations kaya ganito.

Dabawen · 7 years ago

Paano kung may tatawagan ka sa Davao City?

el gato · 7 years ago

idk. if it were up to me, the ‘added switch’ should be at the network level so no more hassle for the end users.

if calling from a globe number, globe telecom shall auto-add the required prefix without user interference, and so on for the other telecoms.

NTC · 7 years ago

Eh kaso, it’s not up to you. So mag-dusa kayong lahat!

– NTC

jejomar · 5 years ago

you nailed it NTP xD

Piolo · 7 years ago

Please check this part:
The correct format for landline calls from mobile beginning March 18 will be +63 2X-XXX-XXXX, X-XXX-XXX, or 02X-XXX-XXX, depending on the network, with the area code still intact and the prefix number added before the landline number.
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