Telephone numbers in Bahrain
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Country | Bahrain |
| Continent | Asia |
| Regulator | Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Bahrain |
| Type | Closed |
| NSN length | 8 (usually) |
| Access codes | |
| Country code | +973 |
| International access | 00 |
| Long-distance | n/a |
The Bahrain Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)[1] is a governmental institution which regularly updates and publishes reports on the country's national numbering plan. The reports include all the number blocks[2] used in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Telephone numbers in Bahrain are generally eight digits long with the exception of short codes which have fewer digits. Majority of the fixed land line numbers start with 1. Cellular (Mobile) phone numbers and pager numbers start with 3* or 663* or 669* depending on the service provider.
There is no area code in Bahrain, however the two digit numbers after the land line prefixes represent different cities or regions in Bahrain.
Batelco[3] is the main service provider for land lines. Mobile users commonly subscribe to Batelco, Zain[4] or Viva.[5]
| Range | Type | Service provider [6] |
|---|---|---|
| 133 | Land line | Etisalcom [7] |
| 1344 | Land line | Rawabi |
| 1350 | Land line | Elephant Talk |
| 136 | Land line | Zain [4] |
| 1600-1603, 1606-1607 | Land line | Neutel |
| 1610, 1616, 1619 | Land line | Kalam[8] |
| 165 | Land line | 2Connect[9] |
| 166 | Land line | Lightspeed[10] |
| 17 | Land line | Batelco[3] |
| 322, 383, 384, 388, 39 | Mobile | Batelco |
| 33, 340-341, 3430-3459 | Mobile | Viva[5] |
| 36, 377 | Mobile | Zain |
| 6111 | Universal | Kulacom |
| 6160 | Universal | Kalam |
| 6600, 6688 | Universal | Rawabi |
| 666 | Universal | Zain |
| 6966-6969, 6996, 6999 | Universal | Rapid |
| 7178 | Universal | Viva |
| 77 | Universal | Menatelecom |
References
- ^ "Bahrain TRA Website". Tra.org.bh. 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "Bahrain Numbering Plan" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ a b "Batelco Website". Batelco.com. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ a b http://www.bh.zain.com/portal/page/portal/home
- ^ a b "Viva Website". Viva.com.bh. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "National Numbering Blocks". Tra.org.bh. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "Etisalcom Website". Etisal-int.com. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "Kalam Website". Kalaam-telecom.com. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "2Connect Website". 2connectbahrain.com. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ http://www.lightspeed.com.bh/site/index.php
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