Tanzania phone code
Tanzania country code +255. Area codes for 7 places, prefixes of 5 mobile operators, number formats and how to dial.
+255
- Country code
- +255
- Exit code (to call abroad)
- 00[056]
- Trunk prefix (domestic calls)
- 0
- Number length
- Digits after the country code: 9
- Example landline
- +255 22 234 5678
- Example mobile
- +255 621 234 567
- Region
- Eastern Africa
How to dial
From abroad, dial +255, then the area code and number without the leading 0: +255 22 XXX XXXX. In place of the +, dial the exit code of the country you are calling from: 00 in most countries, 011 from the US and Canada. On a mobile phone you can simply dial +.
Within the country the number is dialled as 022 XXX XXXX.
Calling out: dial 00[056], then the other country’s code and the number.
Area codes
Mobile operators
| Operator | Prefixes |
|---|---|
| Airtel | 601, 661, 681, 691, 781 |
| Vodacom | 721, 741, 751, 761, 791 |
| Yas | 651, 671, 701, 711, 771 |
| Viettel | 611, 621, 631 |
| Tanzania Telecom | 731 |
The operator is the one the number range was originally assigned to. If the subscriber ported the number, the current operator may differ.
Number types
| Type | International | Domestic |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | +255 22 234 5678 | 022 234 5678 |
| Mobile | +255 621 234 567 | 0621 234 567 |
| Toll-free | +255 800 12 3456 | 0800 12 3456 |
| Premium rate | +255 900 12 3456 | 0900 12 3456 |
| Shared cost | +255 840 12 3456 | 0840 12 3456 |
| VoIP | +255 41 234 5678 | 041 234 5678 |
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