The minister for telecommunication and postal services of the Government of South Sudan said that almost all the telecom operators in South Sudan have met the deadline of 15 December 2011 for transferring the country code from +249 to +211 Madut Biar Yiel said that only Sudatel is delaying due to technical challenges. The minister made these comments on December 14 2011, during MTN’s official launch of the new country code.