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 STC.[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] |
6966, 6969, 6996, 6999, 80888 | Land line | Rapid[9] |
16171 | Land line | Viacloud |
165 | Land line | Infonas[10] |
166 | Land line | Lightspeed[11] |
17 | Land line | Batelco[3] |
31 | Mobile | Royal Court |
320-323, 380-384, 387-389, 39 | Mobile | Batelco |
3250, 33, 340-346, 350, 351, 353-355 | Mobile | STC[5] |
36, 37 | Mobile | Zain |
6111 | Universal | Kulacom |
6160 | Universal | Kalam |
6500 | Universal | Viacloud |
6600, 6688 | Universal | Rawabi |
6630, 6633-6639, 666, 669 | Universal | Zain |
6966–6969, 6996, 6999 | Universal | Rapid |
6300, 6333, 6361, 6366, 7178 | Universal | STC |
77 | Universal | Menatelecom |
6441, 6670-6676, 66786-66788, 66797, 66799 | Universal | Batelco |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bahrain TRA Website". Tra.org.bh. 2010-10-25. Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "Bahrain Numbering Plan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ a b "Batelco Website". Batelco.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ a b "Zain Home". Archived from the original on 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ a b "Viva Website". Viva.com.bh. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "National Numbering Blocks". Tra.org.bh. Archived from the original on 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "Etisalcom Website". etisalcom.com. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ^ "Kalam Website". Kalaam-telecom.com. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "Rapid Website". rapid-telecom.com. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ^ "Infonas Website". infonas.com. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ "Lightspeed Communications". Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2011-10-05.