Do you want to know which mobile phone number belongs to which network? Below is a list of mobile number prefixes used by Globe, Smart, Sun Cellular, Red Mobile, Talk ‘N Text, and Touch Mobile. This list is useful for those who often subscribe to unlimited text or call services. 

Prefix Network 0813 Smart 0817 Globe (VOIP) 0905 Globe or Touch Mobile 0906 Globe or Touch Mobile 0907 Smart or Talk N Text 0908 Smart 0909 Smart or Talk N Text 0910 Smart or Talk N Text 0911 Smart (unreleased) 0912 Smart or Talk N Text 0913 Smart 0914 Smart 0915 Globe 0916 Globe or Touch Mobile 0917 Globe 09173 Globe postpaid 09175 Globe postpaid 09176 Globe postpaid 09178 Globe postpaid 0918 Smart 0919 Smart or Talk N Text 0920 Smart, Talk N Text, Addict Mobile 0921 Smart or Talk N Text 0922 Sun Cellular 0923 Sun Cellular 0924 Sun Cellular 0925 Sun Cellular 09253 Globe postpaid 09255 Sun postpaid 09256 Globe postpaid 09257 Globe postpaid 09258 Sun postpaid 0926 Globe or Touch Mobile 0927 Globe or Touch Mobile 0928 Smart 0929 Smart or Talk N Text 0930 Smart, Talk N Text, Red Mobile 0932 Sun Cellular 0933 Sun Cellular

Prefix Network 0934     Sun Cellular 0935 Touch Mobile 0936 Globe or Touch Mobile 0937 ABS-CBN (Globe) – not part of unli call and text promos 0938 Smart, Talk N Text, Red Mobile 0939 Smart, Talk N Text, Red Mobile 0942 Sun Cellular 0943 Sun Cellular 0945 Globe 0946 Talk N Text 0947 Smart 0948 Talk N Text 0949 Smart 0950 Talk N Text 0955 Globe or Touch Mobile 0956 Globe 0961 Smart 0965 Globe or Touch Mobile 0966 Globe 0967 Globe 0970 Smart 0973 Extelcom 0974 Extelcom 0975 Touch Mobile 0976 Globe or Touch Mobile 0977 Globe 0978 Next Mobile 0979 Next Mobile 0981 Smart 0989 Smart or Talk N Text 0994 Globe 0995 Globe 0996 Cherry Prepaid (Globe) – not part of unli call and text promos 0997 Globe or Touch Mobile 0998 Smart 0999 Smart (old Umobile prefix)

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

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