Jamaica country code, +1-876 explained.
Everything you need to call Jamaica with Twiching — full dialing format, step-by-step guide, and Tier-1 CLI routes that land every call.
Jamaica
Kingston · Americas
· COUNTRY INFO · VERIFIED
ISO Alpha-2
JM
Capital
Kingston
Region
Americas
Timezone
UTC-5
· DIALING GUIDE · VERIFIED
FULL DIAL FORMAT
011 · +1-876 · XXX · XXXXXXX
How Jamaica numbers break down
A complete number to Jamaica 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 Jamaica.
AREA / MOBILE
Regional or mobile prefix — drop the leading 0.
LOCAL NUMBER
The subscriber's local number.
COMPLETE NUMBER FORMAT
011 · +1-876 · XXX · XXXXXXX
Jamaica on the map
Kingston · Americas
ROUTE
Tier-1 Direct
CLI
Verified
ASR
60%+ min
Jamaica virtual phone numbers, built for business
Instead of leasing a physical line in Jamaica, a Twiching SIP trunk routes your existing PBX or softphone traffic through a local +1-876 number — same call quality, none of the on-the-ground infrastructure.
Local +1-876 caller ID
Calls display a recognisable Jamaica 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.
+1-876
Jamaica · ready to provision today
Built for reliable delivery into Jamaica
Jamaica isn't treated as a secondary market — it runs on the identical direct-carrier routing and delivery guarantees as every other country in the directory.
Jamaica
+1-876
191
Countries in directory
JAMAICA INCLUDED
99.97%
Call delivery rate
STIR/SHAKEN
500+
Carrier interconnects
TIER-1 DIRECT
60%+
Guaranteed ASR
REAL-TIME ROUTING
How Jamaica phone numbers are structured
Numbering Format
COUNTRY
+1-876
AREA
XXX
LOCAL
XXXXXXX
Jamaica uses an open numbering plan under country code +1-876. After the country code, a 3-digit area or mobile prefix is followed by a 7-digit subscriber number, giving a 10-digit national number. Domestic numbers are often written with a leading trunk "0" that is omitted when dialing Jamaica from abroad.
Carriers & language
Jamaica has 55% internet penetration and is served by 3 major mobile networks (Flow Jamaica, Digicel Jamaica, Liberty Latin America). VoIP is permitted and regulated by OUR (Office of Utilities Regulation). The local currency is JMD and the primary language is English, which shape IVR prompts, SMS content, and business-hours handling.
Americas context
Numbering across the Americas mixes the North American Numbering Plan (+1) with national E.164 plans, so mobile and fixed-line prefixes vary from country to country.
Skipping the exit code
Reaching Jamaica from the US requires the 011 exit code ahead of +1-876 — skip it and the call won't connect.
Keeping the national trunk "0"
If a Jamaica number is written with a leading 0 for domestic use, omit that 0 after the +1-876 country code when calling from abroad.
Ignoring the time difference
UTC-5 governs local business hours in Jamaica; confirm the time there before placing the call.
Compliance, carriers & rates for Jamaica
Permitted — OUR regulated
Regulated by OUR (Office of Utilities Regulation)
OUR (Office of Utilities Regulation) permits VoIP in Jamaica without special licensing for compliant operators, which keeps setup straightforward — no separate approval process stands between signing up and placing the first call.
- Jamaica's Telecommunications Act (2000) and the OUR govern VoIP service licensing and interconnection requirements.
- VoIP providers must meet OUR-defined quality-of-service standards and may be subject to universal service fund contributions.
- Number portability is mandated in Jamaica; all VoIP operators must support ported number routing per OUR rules.
Direct Tier-1 interconnect with Flow Jamaica — no wholesale transit in between.
US → Jamaica
$0.018/min
Jamaica → US
$0.014/min
Billed per second, not rounded to the minute
How businesses use a Jamaica number
Look like a local business
A +1-876 number with Jamaica caller ID reads as domestic to the person picking up — unfamiliar international numbers get screened far more often.
Sales & support in one line
The same Jamaica number handles inbound support and outbound sales calls, both landing on Tier-1 routes into Flow Jamaica and the wider network.
Built for UTC-5 hours
Multi-country teams route Jamaica calls to whoever's actually awake and working in UTC-5, without juggling separate numbers per shift.
SIP trunking for market entry
Stand up a Jamaica presence on SIP trunking before committing to local infrastructure — the same number scales from a pilot to full local hiring.
FAQ
Calling Jamaica — frequently asked questions
Dial 011 (US exit code), then 1876 (the Jamaica country code), then the area or mobile prefix and subscriber number. Drop any leading domestic trunk 0 — that digit is only used for calls placed from inside Jamaica itself.
Twiching rates to Jamaica start at $0.018/min, and calls back from Jamaica to the US start at $0.014/min. Both directions are billed per second rather than rounded up to the nearest minute, on Tier-1 routes throughout.
The major networks in Jamaica are Flow Jamaica, Digicel Jamaica, Liberty Latin America. Twiching interconnects with Tier-1 carriers for direct delivery to these networks, rather than routing through cheaper wholesale transit that can degrade call quality.
Yes. VoIP is permitted in Jamaica, regulated by OUR (Office of Utilities Regulation), so businesses can run cloud numbers and SIP termination on compliant routes. There's no special licensing hurdle for a Twiching customer to clear before calling or texting into Jamaica.
The US exit code is 011 for any international call, including to Jamaica. It comes right before the +1-876 country code, and Twiching adds both automatically when you dial from the app, so you only need to enter the local number.
Calls from Jamaica to the US start at $0.014/min on Twiching, billed per second rather than rounded up to the minute. That rate applies regardless of which of the major local carriers the call originates on.
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