Telephone numbers in Rwanda explained

Country:	Rwanda
Country Link:	Rwanda
Continent:	Africa
Country Calling Code:	+250
International Prefix:	00
Trunk Prefix:	none

The following are the telephone codes in Rwanda.

Telephone numbering plan

The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency introduced a new telephone numbering plan in February 2009.

To call within Rwanda, the following format is now used:

• 250 5.. ... Land-line Calls (formerly 5.. ...)
• 255 5.. ... Land-line Calls (formerly 5..)
• 783 ... ... Mobile Calls (formerly 03 ... ...)
• 788 ... ... Mobile Calls (formerly 08 ... ...)
• 75. ... ... Mobile Calls (CDMA)

List of allocations in Rwanda

LIST OF ALLOCATIONS IN 2009,^[1] WITH UPDATES
NDC (National Destination Code) or leading digits of NSN (National Significant Number NSN	Number length	Usage of E.164 Number	Additional Information
25	9	Geographic, fixed	Liquid Telecommunications Rwanda
72	9	Non-geographic, mobile	Airtel Rwanda (formerly Tigo^[2])
73	9	Non-geographic, mobile	Airtel Rwanda
78	9	Non-geographic, mobile	MTN Rwanda
06	8	Non-geographic, satellite	Rwanda Satellite

The leading zero must be dialled from abroad.

References

• How to Call Rwanda - accessed 17 May 2010.
• Rwanda telephone numbering changes - accessed 17 May 2010.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rwanda.
2. Web site: Airtel-Tigo rebrands, launches new campaign. 16 January 2020.