Telephone numbers in Bahrain

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

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

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

• Telecommunications in Bahrain
• Bahrain Mobile Number Database

References

1. "Bahrain TRA Website". Tra.org.bh. 2010-10-25. Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
2. "Bahrain Numbering Plan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
3. "Batelco Website". Batelco.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
4. "Zain Home". Archived from the original on 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
5. "Viva Website". Viva.com.bh. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
6. "National Numbering Blocks". Tra.org.bh. Archived from the original on 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
7. "Etisalcom Website". etisalcom.com. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
8. "Kalam Website". Kalaam-telecom.com. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
9. "Rapid Website". rapid-telecom.com. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
10. "Infonas Website". infonas.com. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
11. "Lightspeed Communications". Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2011-10-05.