Telephone numbers in Kosovo

Telephone numbers in Kosovo

Location of Kosovo (green) in Europe (dark grey)
Country	Kosovo
Continent	Europe
Regulator	ARKEP / RAEPC
Numbering plan type	Open
Format	04x xxx xxx
Country code	383
International access	00
Long-distance	0

Telephone numbers in Kosovo are administered by the Regulatory Authority of Electronic and Postal Communications (Albanian : Autoriteti Rregullativ i Komunikimeve Elektronike dhe Postare, ARKEP) of the Kosovo government.

Country code

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has assigned country code 383 to Kosovo by an agreement between the authorities of Kosovo and Serbia in an EU-led dialogue. ^[1] Its dialing code was initially expected to become effective on 1 January 2015, but it was postponed to the finalization of the agreement in late August 2015. ^[2] With the agreement of the Administration of the Republic of Serbia, the Director of TSB has assigned the international codes to Kosovo. ^[3] Kosovo is represented in ITU as Kosovo* which the designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence. ^[4]

History

Following the breakup of the SFR Yugoslavia in 1992, which used country code 38, Kosovo used the code 381, which was granted to FR Yugoslavia and later used by Serbia. The code was used for fixed line telephone services, whereas for mobile phone networks, it used either the Monaco code 377 or the Slovenian code 386. ^[5] The new country code, 383, began service in early 2017.

Reactions to 383 code allocation

The International Telecommunication Union "will not recognize Kosovo's independence", quote daily Koha Ditore , "as ITU will include the footnote on Kosovo" in the technical annexes. Kosovo's NISMA party leader Fatmir Limaj was quoted by KosovaPress agency to have said that with the agreement reached in Brussels, the Kosovo government "allowed the Serbian operator to work in Kosovo". ^[6] Vice chairman of Kosovo's Vetëvendosje party, Shpend Ahmeti claimed that the agreement favored Serbia. "Telephone calls between cities in Serbia and cities in Kosovo will be treated as local calls. Serbia will preserve its assets in Kosovo and it will also have a license for Serb operators within Kosovo. For these favors, Serbia will allow Kosovo to have its own country code." ^[7]

Number format

Fixed-line telephony

District	Code	Municipalities covered by code
Ferizaj	0290	Ferizaj, Kaçanik, Štrpce
Gjakova	0390	Gjakova, Deçan, Junik
Gjilan	0280	Gjilan, Kamenica, Vitia, Novo Brdo
Mitrovica	028	Mitrovica, Vushtrri, Skenderaj, Zvečan, Leposavić, Zubin Potok
Peja	039	Peja, Istog, Klina
Prishtina	038	Prishtina, Gračanica, Fushe Kosove, Lipjan, Obiliq
Prizren	029	Prizren, Suva Reka, Rahovec, Dragash

Mobile telephony

Country code		Area code	Operators
383	also Monégasque 377 (still active occasionally)	044, 045, 046	Vala
	also Slovenian 386 (still active occasionally)	043, 048, 049	IPKO
	also Serbian 381 (connected to mts.rs)	047	mts d.o.o

Special short codes

Code	Service
112	Unified emergency number
192	Police
193	Fire brigade
194	Ambulance
0800 122 33	Public services
0800 123 45	Suicide hotline number

Number range

Number range	Usage	Host country
28	Landlines	Kosovo [8]
29
38
39
43	Mobile phone networks
44
45
46
47
48
49

See also

• Information and communications technology in Kosovo

References

1. "Annex to ITU Operational Bulletin" (PDF). www.itu.int. International Telecommunication Union. 1 May 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 9, 2006. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
2. "Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini following the meeting of the EU-facilitated dialogue". EEAS - European Union. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
3. "ITU Operational Bulletin International Codes -5/No. 1114 – 5" (PDF). itu.int.
4. "ITU Operational Bulletin Notes common to Numerical and Alphabetical lists of Recommendation ITU-T E.164 assigned country codes - – 18 –" (PDF). itu.int.
5. • "Telecommunications: Kosovo's callers forced to talk in foreign codes". Financial Times . 13 December 2009.
6. "ITU "to include Kosovo footnote" in dialing code docs". B92. Tanjug. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
7. Tota, Elton (14 November 2016). "Kosovo and Serbia strike a deal on the country's telephone code". IBNA. Independent Balkan News Agency. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
8. "Realizohet thirrja e parë me kodin e ri +383 [video]". KOHA.net. Retrieved 2017-02-02.

External links

• "Telecommunications: Kosovo's callers forced to talk in foreign codes". Financial Times . 13 December 2009.
• List of Recommendation ITU-T E.164 Assigned Country Codes