Telephone numbers in Kazakhstan are regulated by the Telecommunications Committee of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations, and Aerospace Industry in the Republic of Kazakhstan,[2] and administered by telecommunication providers, such as Kazakhtelecom, a state-backed and the largest national operator.

[5] Since 2024, +70, +76 and +77[1] Following the break-up of the Soviet Union, Russia and Kazakhstan retained the same country code 7 for inbound calling.

Under an agreement with Russia signed on 11 June 2006, Kazakhstan was assigned zone codes 6xx and 7xx (x = 0 to 9) under the unified plan.

[6] Calls within a single area code can be made by dialling the seven-digit subscriber number alone.

[7][8] In November 2023, it was reported that Kazakhstan had decided to abandon plans of transiting away from 7 and instead had been working on a new code-sharing agreement with Russia.