Telephone numbers in Tanzania

Telephone numbers in Tanzania

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

• +255 XXX XXX XXX or +255XX XXX XXXX calling from outside Tanzania
• 0XXX XXX XXX or 0XX XXX XXXX - calling within Tanzania

The NSN length is nine digits.

• Subscriber Number length under 2X, 4X, 6X and 7X NDCs is 7 digits.
• Subscriber Number length under 8XY and 90X NDCs is 6 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.

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 Code	Region
20	[spare area code]
21	[spare area code]
22	Dar es Salaam Region
23	Lindi, Morogoro, Mtwara, & Pwani Regions
24	Zanzibar (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]
Prefix	Usage and operator
41 11	Africa Online
41 12	SimbaNET
41 14	Six Telecoms
41 15	Startel / 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)
Prefix	Operator	Trading as	Operational [1]
61	Viettel Tanzania Limited	halotel	yes
62	Viettel Tanzania Limited	halotel	no
63	Mkulima African Telecommunication Company Limited	Amotel	no
64	Wiafrica Tanzania Limited	CooTel	no
65	MIC Tanzania Limited	tiGo	yes
66	Smile Communications Tanzania Limited	smile	yes
67	MIC Tanzania Limited	tiGo	yes
68	Airtel Tanzania Limited	airtel	yes
69	Airtel Tanzania Limited	airtel	yes
71	MIC Tanzania Limited	tiGo	yes
72	MO Mobile Holding Limited		no
73	Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd	TTCL	yes
74	Vodacom Tanzania Limited	Vodacom	yes
75	Vodacom Tanzania Limited	Vodacom	yes
76	Vodacom Tanzania Limited	Vodacom	yes
77	MIC Tanzania Limited	tiGo	yes
78	Airtel Tanzania Limited	airtel	yes
79	Benson Informatics Ltd	Smart	no

Special and premium-rate numbers

Non-geographic numbering begins 8 or 9:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS [2]
Prefix	Usage
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
90X	Allocated for national premium services

Short codes

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

References

1. "National Numbering Plan" (PDF). Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. August 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
2. "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. "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 ]}

External links

• World Telephone Numbering Guide ^{[ usurped ]}