Guinea-Bissau country code, +245 explained.
Everything you need to call Guinea-Bissau with Twiching — full dialing format, step-by-step guide, and Tier-1 CLI routes that land every call.
Guinea-Bissau
Bissau · Africa
· COUNTRY INFO · VERIFIED
ISO Alpha-2
GW
Capital
Bissau
Region
Africa
Timezone
UTC+0
· DIALING GUIDE · VERIFIED
FULL DIAL FORMAT
011 · +245 · XXXXXXX
How Guinea-Bissau numbers break down
A complete number to Guinea-Bissau follows this pattern. Twiching adds the exit and country codes automatically when you dial from the app.
EXIT CODE
Dial from the US/Canada to leave the country.
COUNTRY CODE
Routes the call directly into Guinea-Bissau.
LOCAL NUMBER
The subscriber's local number.
COMPLETE NUMBER FORMAT
011 · +245 · XXXXXXX
Guinea-Bissau on the map
Bissau · Africa
ROUTE
Tier-1 Direct
CLI
Verified
ASR
60%+ min
Virtual numbers & SIP trunking for Guinea-Bissau
Businesses expanding into Guinea-Bissau typically start with a local +245 virtual number: it's provisioned in the dashboard, rings through to any device, and presents local caller ID from the first call.
Local +245 caller ID
Calls display a recognisable Guinea-Bissau number instead of an unfamiliar international one.
SIP trunking
Route your existing PBX or softphone through Twiching's Tier-1 trunk — no hardware swap.
Minutes to provision
Numbers activate in the dashboard the same day, with no on-the-ground carrier contract.
+245
Guinea-Bissau · ready to provision today
What makes Twiching's Guinea-Bissau routes different
Every call into Guinea-Bissau rides the same Tier-1 backbone Twiching uses across all 191 countries — no separate infrastructure, no separate reliability tier for smaller markets.
Guinea-Bissau
+245
191
Countries in directory
GUINEA-BISSAU INCLUDED
99.97%
Call delivery rate
STIR/SHAKEN
500+
Carrier interconnects
TIER-1 DIRECT
60%+
Guaranteed ASR
REAL-TIME ROUTING
How Guinea-Bissau phone numbers are structured
Numbering Format
COUNTRY
+245
LOCAL
XXXXXXX
Guinea-Bissau uses a closed numbering plan under country code +245: subscribers are reached with a single 7-digit number after the country code, with no separate area code to dial.
Carriers & language
Mobile coverage in Guinea-Bissau comes from 2 major networks — MTN Guinea-Bissau, Orange Guinea-Bissau — with internet penetration at 34%. VoIP is permitted and regulated by ARN (Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Comunicações). Language (Portuguese) and currency (XOF) both matter here for IVR, SMS, and scheduling support around local business hours.
Africa context
Across African markets, mobile-first numbering dominates and Tier-1 interconnects are the key to consistent call delivery and CLI presentation.
Skipping the exit code
From the US you must dial 011 before the +245 country code to reach Guinea-Bissau.
Adding an area code that doesn't exist
Don't insert an area code for Guinea-Bissau: it's a closed plan, so +245 plus the 7-digit number is the whole address.
Ignoring the time difference
Before dialing Guinea-Bissau, check the local clock — it runs on UTC+0, and off-hours calls tend to go unanswered.
Compliance, carriers & rates for Guinea-Bissau
Permitted — ARN regulated
Regulated by ARN (Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Comunicações)
ARN (Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Comunicações) permits VoIP in Guinea-Bissau without special licensing for compliant operators, which keeps setup straightforward — no separate approval process stands between signing up and placing the first call.
- ARN regulates telecommunications and VoIP services under the national communications law.
- Operators must obtain a concession or license from ARN before service launch.
- Guinea-Bissau's limited fixed infrastructure has accelerated mobile and VoIP adoption.
Direct Tier-1 interconnect with MTN Guinea-Bissau — no wholesale transit in between.
US → Guinea-Bissau
$0.026/min
Guinea-Bissau → US
$0.022/min
Billed per second, not rounded to the minute
How businesses use a Guinea-Bissau number
Answer-rate advantage
Cold outbound into Guinea-Bissau converts better from a recognisable +245 number than from a foreign-looking one, especially on first contact.
Consistent delivery into Africa
Guinea-Bissau sits on the same Tier-1 routing Twiching uses across Africa, so call quality doesn't drop when a campaign expands beyond one country.
Follow-the-sun coverage
Staff Guinea-Bissau hours (UTC+0) with routing that sends calls to the right team at the right local time.
Test the market before committing
A Guinea-Bissau SIP trunk lets a team pilot the market on a real local number, then scale to full local hiring later without changing the number customers already know.
FAQ
Calling Guinea-Bissau — frequently asked questions
A recognisable +245 number tends to get answered more often than an unfamiliar international one — that's the main reason to present local caller ID in Guinea-Bissau. Unknown foreign numbers are frequently screened or ignored, which can quietly suppress answer rates on outbound sales and support calls.
Across African markets, mobile-first numbering dominates and Tier-1 interconnects are the key to consistent call delivery and CLI presentation. In Guinea-Bissau specifically, that's overseen by ARN (Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Comunicações), which sets the compliance bar Twiching's routes are built to meet.
No license restriction beyond standard regulation — ARN (Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Comunicações) permits VoIP in Guinea-Bissau for compliant operators. That keeps setup straightforward for a Twiching customer looking to call or text into the country.
Yes. Twiching provisions Guinea-Bissau virtual numbers with local +245 caller ID for calls and, where supported, SMS. A recognisable local number tends to get answered more often than an unfamiliar international one, which makes it useful for sales, support, and building local market presence.
Guinea-Bissau is in Africa. Across African markets, mobile-first numbering dominates and Tier-1 interconnects are the key to consistent call delivery and CLI presentation.
Yes, where locally supported — a single Twiching Guinea-Bissau number can handle both voice calls and SMS. That avoids the overhead of provisioning and managing two separate numbers for one customer-facing line.
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