Telephone numbers in Bahrain explained

Country:Bahrain
Country Link:Bahrain
Continent:Asia
Country Calling Code:+973
International Prefix:00
Trunk Prefix:n/a
Regulator:Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Bahrain
Nsn Length:8 (usually)
Dial Plan Type:Closed

The Bahrain Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) is a governmental institution which regularly updates and publishes reports on the country's national numbering plan. The reports include all the number blocks 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 is the main service provider for land lines. Mobile users commonly subscribe to Batelco, Zain or STC.

Range Type Service provider
133 Land line Etisalcom
1344 Land line Rawabi
1350 Land line Elephant Talk
136 Land line Zain
1600–1603, 1606-1607 Land line Neutel
1610, 1616, 1619 Land line Kalam
6966, 6969, 6996, 6999, 80888 Land line Rapid
16171 Land line Viacloud
165 Land line Infonas
166 Land line Lightspeed
17 Land line Batelco
31Mobile Royal Court
320-323, 380-384, 387-389, 39 Mobile Batelco
3250, 33, 340-346, 350, 351, 353-355 Mobile STC
36, 37 Mobile Zain
6111 Universal Kulacom
6160 Universal Kalam
6500 Universal Viacloud
6600, 6688Universal Rawabi
6630, 6633-6639, 666, 669Universal Zain
6966–6969, 6996, 6999Universal Rapid
6300, 6333, 6361, 6366, 7178Universal STC
77Universal Menatelecom
6441, 6670-6676, 66786-66788, 66797, 66799 Universal Batelco

See also