Things You Need to Know About Tanzania Phone Numbers
Prior to 1999, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania shared the same telephone numbering plan, where subscribers were only required to dial area code, number, and trunk guide. However, this changed after the adoption of a new numbering plan which was the beginning of the Tanzania phone numbers.
Calls to Uganda and Kenya needed a regional prefix instead of using full international dialing. If you want to use Tanzania phone numbers to call Kenyans, you need to dial 005 rather than +254. To call Uganda, they dial 006 instead of +256. To call Tanzania from Uganda and Kenya, users dial Tanzania phone code 007 rather than +255.
Tanzania Phone Number Example Format
Tanzania country code phone numbers
- 0xx xxx xxxx or 0xxx xxx xxx – when calling within the country
- +255621067201 or +255 xxx xxx xxx when calling from outside the country, call this number 2233 or 101
How many digit is Tanzania phone numbers?
The NSN is nine digits long
- Subscriber number length under 7x, 6x, 4x, and 2x NDC is seven digits
- Subscriber number length under 00x and 8xy is six digits
| Areas | Area code |
| Simiyu, Shinyanga, Mwanza, Mara, Kigoma, Kagera and Geita Regions | 28 |
| Arusha, Tanga, Kilimanjaro, and Manyara Regions | 27 |
| Dodoma, Tabora, Njombe, Iringa, and Singida Regions | 26 |
| Songwe, Katavi, Ruvuma, Mbeya, andRukwa Regions | 25 |
| Zanzibar (Pemba South, Pemba North, Mjini Magharibi, Unguja South, and Unguja North Regions)
Lindi, Pwani, Morogoro, and Mtwara Regions |
24
23 |
| Dar es Salaam Region | 22 |
| Spare area code | 29 |
| Spare area code | 20 |
Tanzania Phone Number Code for VoIP Services
VoIP service starts with 41
| Operator and usage
|
Prefix
|
| Raha/Startel | 41 15 |
| Six Telecoms | 41 14 |
| SimbaNet | 41 12 |
| Africa Ondigits | 41 11 |
Mobile Telephone Numbers
Tanzania phone numbers for mobile phones start with 7:777778198 or 6
| Prefix | Operator and usage |
| 79 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services –
Benson Informatics Ltd (trades as “Smart”) |
| 78 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services –
Airtel Tanzania Ltd (trades as “airtel”) |
| 77 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services –
Zanzibar Telecom Limited (trades as “Zantel”) |
| 76 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services –
Vodacom Tanzania Ltd (trades as “Vodacom”) |
| 75 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services –
Vodacom Tanzania Ltd (trades as “Vodacom”) |
| 74 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services –
Vodacom Tanzania Ltd (trades as “Vodacom”) |
| 73 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services –
Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (trades as “TTCL”) |
| 72 | Unallocated non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services |
| 71 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services –
MIC Tanzania Ltd (trades as “tiGo”) |
| 69 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services – Airtel Tanzania Ltd (trades as “airtel”) |
| 68 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services –
Airtel Tanzania Limited (trades as “airtel”) |
| 67 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services –
MIC Tanzania Ltd (trades as “tiGo”) |
| 66 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services –
Smile Communications Tanzania Ltd (trades as “smile”) |
| 65 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephone services –
MIC Tanzania Ltd (trades as “tiGo”) |
| 64 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephony services – Wiafrica Tanzania Ltd (trades as “CooTel”) |
| 63 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephony services –
Mkulima African Telecommunication Company Ltd (trades as “Amotel”) |
| 62 | Non-geographic digits for mobile telephony services –
Viettel Tanzania Ltd (trades as “halotel”) |
| 61 | Unallocated non-geographic digits for mobile telephony services |
Premium Rate and Special Numbers
| Prefix | Usage |
| 90X | Assigned for national premium services |
| 861 | Assigned for special national rates on fixed networks |
| 860 | Assigned for national toll-rate services on fixed networks |
| 840 | Assigned for national shared cost services on fixed networks |
| 808 | Assigned for international toll-free services |
| 800 | Assigned for national toll-free services |
Shortcodes
- 999 was replaced by 112 for emergency calls on 31st October 2000
- 991 was replaced by 118 for directory inquiries on 31st October 2000
Other Important Things to Know About Tanzania Phone Numbers
- Tanzania phone number generator – Webcilo Tanzania
- Tanzania phone number lookup – Tanzania phone number search directory
- Dating site in Tanzania with phone numbers – https://mingle2.com/countries/338/tanzania
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