With millions of mobile connections and a number of mobile networks operating in the country today, it can be a little confusing to determine which network a mobile number belongs to. To know the network of a mobile number, we look into their prefixes or their first four digits (e.g., 0917, 0918, etc.).
Importance of knowing the mobile number prefixes in the Philippines
Mobile networks in the Philippines usually offer promos to network users and their partner networks. These include the following:
- Free calls
- Free SMS
- Free landline calls to partner networks
To take advantage of these benefits and ensure you don’t incur additional charges when making calls or sending text messages, it’s important to be familiar with the mobile network prefixes.
Mobile networks in the Philippines
Below is a list of the mobile networks operating in the country and their subsidiaries. In most cases, networks offer free calls and text messages not only within their network but also to their partners or subsidiaries.
- Globe
- Touch Mobile or TM (Globe subsidiary)
- Smart
- Sun Cellular(Smart subsidiary)
- Talk “N” Text or TNT (Smart subsidiary)
- Cherry Prepaid (powered by Globe)
- GOMO (powered by Globe)
- DITO
Mobile number prefixes in the Philippines
We took time to prepare these lists since we’ve realized that quite a number would like to know the network of a particular prefix.
Some examples would be when people type on Google the following:
- 0970 what network
- 0963 what network
- 0995 what network
- 0961 what network
- 0956 what network
- 0977 what network
Numerical order
Below is a list of mobile number prefixes in the Philippines and their corresponding networks in numerical order. You may also click here to download and save a copy of the list.
According to network
Globe or TM
| 0817 0904 0905 0906 0915 0916 0917 0926 0927 0935 | 0936 0937 0945 0953 0954 0955 0956 0965 0966 0967 | 0975 0977 0978 0979 0980 0994 0995 0996 0997 |
Smart or TNT
| 0813 0907 0908 0909 0910 0911 0912 0913 0914 0918 0919 0920 | 0921 0928 0929 0930 0938 0939 0940 0946 0947 0948 0949 0950 | 0951 0961 0963 0968 0969 0970 0981 0989 0992 0998 0999 |
Sun Cellular
| 0922 0923 0924 0925 0931 | 0932 0933 0934 0940 0941 | 0942 0943 0944 0973 0974 |
DITO
| 0895 0896 0897 | 0898 0991 0992 | 0993 0994 |
Cherry Prepaid
0996
GOMO
0976
Disclaimer
- The mobile prefixes are only a sort of general/common understanding of what networks these prefixes may belong to.
- However, practically any network can carry any number of prefixes. An example might be when an HR department of a big company subscribes from one network for its staff and, years after, decides to move to another network; they may retain their prefixes as per agreement to the new network.
- At least, we’ve heard about this scenario.