Phones in United Arab Emirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates - Phone Numbers - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates / AE / ARE / +971 = Telephone numbers in the United Arab Emirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country Code : +971 - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Call Prefix : 00 - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trunk Prefix : 0 - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prior to 2000, subscriber numbers were 5 or 6 digits, with area code plus subscriber number totalling 7 digits. In 2000, many of the two-digit area codes were changed to single digit with seven-digit subscriber numbers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The overall structure of the UAE's National Numbering Plan is:
| 02 - Abu Dhabi
| 03 - Al Ain
| 04 - Dubai
| 06 - Sharjah,
Ajman and Umm al-Quwain
| 07 - Ras Al Khaimah
| 09 - Fujairah
| 050 - Cell phones (Etisalat)
| 055 - Cell phones (Du)
| 056 - Cell phones (Etisalat) Recently released for public use.
| | Special 7-digit number ranges (no associated area code):
| 200xxxx - shared cost services
| 300xxxx - future use
| 400xxxx - shared revenue services
| 4004181 - directory enquiries
| 4004444 - internet access (Dial Up - internet subscribers)
| 500xxxx - shared revenue/carrier use (internet access, other services)
| 5005555 - internet access (Dial 'N Surf - for casual non-subscribers)
| 600xxxx - shared revenue services (television quiz)
| 700xxxx - shared revenue services
| 800xxxx - freephone numbers
| 900xxxx - shared revenue services (premium/900)
| Emergency calls: | 999 - Police and Emergency
| 997 - Fire
| 991 - Water or Electrical Emergencies
| References from Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates
| Telephone numbers by country
| Telecommunications in the United Arab Emirates
| United Arab Emirates | |