Telephone numbers in Tanzania

Country Code: +255
International Call Prefix: 000
Trunk Prefix: 0

Until 1999, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda shared a telephone numbering plan, in which subscribers were only required to dial the trunk code, area code and number. In that year, Tanzania adopted a new numbering plan. Calls to Kenya and Uganda require a regional prefix rather than having to use full international dialling. To call Kenya from Tanzania, subscribers dial 005 instead of +254, while to call Uganda, they dial 006 rather instead of +256. To call Tanzania from Kenya and Uganda, subscribers dial 007 instead of +255.

Contents

Format

The NSN length is nine digits.

Geographic area codes

Geographic codes are in the range 20 to 29:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS[1]
Prefix Usage and operator
20 [reserved for future geographic numbers]
21 [reserved for future geographic numbers]
22 Dar Es Salaam [local numbers became 6 digit from 5 digit on 1996-03-16; was 51 until 2000-07-01].
23 Coast region [was 52]
23 Kibaha, Kisarawe area [was 522]
23 Lindi [was 525]
23 Morogoro [was 56]
23 Mtwara [was 59]
23 Pwani [was 52]
24 Zanzibar (Unguja & Pemba, including Chake Chake, Mkoani, Wete) [was 54]
25 Mbeya, Rukwa, Ruvuma [was 65]
26 Dodoma [was 61]
26 Iringa [was 61, previously 64]
26 Nzega area [was 626]
26 Singida [was 606]
26 Tabora [was 62]
27 Arusha [was 57]
27 Kilimanjaro [was 57]
27 Kilimanjaro Airport [was 575]
27 Moshi [was 55]
27 Tanga [was 53]
28 Bukoba, Kagera [was 66]
28 Kigoma [was 695]
28 Mara, Mwanza [was 68]
28 Shinyanga [was 68, previously 671]
29 [reserved for future geographic numbers]

VoIP Services

VoIP services begin with 4:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS[2]
Prefix Usage and operator
41 VoIP services

Mobile telephone numbers

Mobile numbers start with 6 or 7:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS[3]
Prefix Usage and operator
61 Cellular mobile Sasatel(Dovetel) [new for year 2009]
65 Cellular mobile TIGO (Mobitel) [MIC Ltd]
68 Cellular mobile ZAIN (Celtel)
7X wireless, "Find Me" numbers - as of 1999-10-31; was 8.
71 cellular mobile GSM; TIGO (Mobitel) [formerly 811, as of 2000-10-31].
72 [reserved for future mobile services]
73 digital mobile CDMA; Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd
74 cellular mobile GSM; ExcellentCom Ltd
*74 2 cellular mobile; Tritel [formerly 812 , as of 2000-10-31].
75 cellular mobile GSM; Vodacom (Celtel) [new for year 2000].
76 cellular mobile GSM; Vodacom (Celtel)
*76 1 cellular mobile; Adesemi [formerly 821, as of 2000-10-31].
77 cellular mobile GSM; Zantel (Zanzibar Telecom Ltd) [keeps existing code in year 2000 changes].
78 cellular mobile GSM; ZAIN [new for year 2000].
79 digital mobile CDMA; Benson Informatics Ltd

Special and premium rate numbers

Non-geographic numbering begins 8 or 9:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS[4]
Prefix Usage and operator
8XX Special services as of 2001-10-31.
800 Allocated for national toll-free services
808 Allocated for international toll-free services
840 Allocated for national shared cost services on fixed network
860 Allocated for national toll-rate services on fixed network
861 Allocated for national special rates on fixed network
9XX Premium rate/multimedia as of 2001-10-31.
90X Allocated for national premium services

Short codes

External links

References

  1. ^ http://www.itu.int/oth/T02020000CB/en
  2. ^ http://www.itu.int/oth/T02020000CB/en
  3. ^ http://www.itu.int/oth/T02020000CB/en
  4. ^ http://www.itu.int/oth/T02020000CB/en
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