Country Code: +255

International Call Prefix: 000

Trunk Prefix

Trunk prefix

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Until 1999, Tanzania

Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...

, Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

 and Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

 shared a telephone numbering plan

Telephone numbering plan

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, 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.

Format

• +255 XXX XXX XXX or +255 XX 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.

Geographic area codes

Geographic codes are in the range 20 to 29:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS
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
Prefix	Usage and operator
41	VoIP services

Mobile telephone numbers

Mobile numbers start with 6 or 7:

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS
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
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

• 112
  1-1-2
  112 is the principal emergency telephone number that can be dialed free of charge from any telephone or any mobile phone in order to reach emergency services in the European Union , its candidates for accession, members of the EEA agreement, as well as several other countries in the world...
  
  replaced 999 for emergency calls as of 2000-10-31.
• 118 replaced 991 for directory enquiries as of 2000-10-31.