Telephone numbers in Tanzania

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Telephone numbers in Tanzania
Tanzania (orthographic projection).svg
Tanzania (dark green)
Country Tanzania
Continent Africa
Regulator Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority
Country code +255
International access 000 [1]
Long-distance 0

The following are the telephone codes in Tanzania.

Format

The NSN length is nine digits.

Calls between Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda

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

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.

Geographic number for fixed telephony services (area codes)

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS [2] [3]
Area CodeRegion
20[spare area code]
21[spare area code]
22 Dar es Salaam Region
23 Lindi, Morogoro, Mtwara, & Pwani Regions
24Zanzibar (Mjini Magharibi, Pemba North, Pemba South, Unguja North, & Unguja South Regions)
25 Katavi, Mbeya, Rukwa, Ruvuma, & Songwe Regions
26 Dodoma, Iringa, Njombe, Singida, & Tabora Regions
27 Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, & Tanga Regions
28 Geita, Kagera, Kigoma, Mara, Mwanza, Shinyanga, & Simiyu Regions
29[spare area code]

VoIP services

VoIP services begin with 41:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS [4]
PrefixUsage and operator
41 11Africa Online
41 12SimbaNET
41 14Six Telecoms
41 15Startel / Raha

Non-geographic numbers for Corporate Networks

Non-geographic numbers for Corporate Networks start with 5. [3]

Mobile telephone numbers

See also Telecommunications in Tanzania#Telephones

Mobile numbers start with 6 or 7:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS [2] [3] Non-geographic number for mobile telephony services –

(Find Me Anywhere)

PrefixOperatorTrading asOperational [1]
61 Viettel Tanzania Limited halotelyes
62 Viettel Tanzania Limited halotelno
63Mkulima African Telecommunication Company LimitedAmotelno
64Wiafrica Tanzania LimitedCooTelno
65 MIC Tanzania Limited tiGoyes
66 Smile Communications Tanzania Limited smileyes
67 MIC Tanzania Limited tiGoyes
68 Airtel Tanzania Limited airtelyes
69 Airtel Tanzania Limited airtelyes
71 MIC Tanzania Limited tiGoyes
72MO Mobile Holding Limitedno
73 Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd TTCLyes
74 Vodacom Tanzania Limited Vodacomyes
75 Vodacom Tanzania Limited Vodacomyes
76 Vodacom Tanzania Limited Vodacomyes
77 MIC Tanzania Limited tiGoyes
78 Airtel Tanzania Limited airtelyes
79Benson Informatics LtdSmartno

Special and premium rate numbers

Non-geographic numbering begins 8 or 9:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS [2]
PrefixUsage
800Allocated for national toll-free services
808Allocated for international toll-free services
840Allocated for national shared cost services on fixed network
860Allocated for national toll-rate services on fixed network
861Allocated for national special rates on fixed network
90XAllocated for national premium services

Short codes

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS [3]
PrefixUsage
110Emergency services for Lake Victoria and other water bodies
111Crime Stoppers
112Police Emergency
113Anti-corruption
114Fire services
115Ambulance Services
116Child Help Line
117Health Help Line
118Safety in National Parks and Game Reserves
119Anti-Drugs
190Disaster Services
199Afya Call center (Health emergency, education, and information services)

References

  1. 1 2 "National Numbering Plan" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. August 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "National Numbering Plans: Tanzania" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. 22 July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "National Numbering Plans: Tanzania" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  4. http://www.tcra.go.tz/images/documents/reports/National_Numbering_Plan_June_%202014.pdf [ dead link ]