{
  "url": "https://phonelookup.dev/country/tz",
  "iso": "TZ",
  "slug": "tz",
  "name": "Tanzania",
  "callingCode": 255,
  "exitCode": "00[056]",
  "preferredExitCode": "",
  "trunkPrefix": "0",
  "mobilePortable": false,
  "mobileStarts": [
    "06",
    "07"
  ],
  "lineTypes": [
    {
      "type": "mobile",
      "label": "Mobile",
      "regex": "(?:6[0-35-9]|7\\d)\\d{7}",
      "lengths": [
        9
      ],
      "localOnlyLengths": [],
      "exampleNational": "0621 234 567",
      "exampleInternational": "+255 621 234 567",
      "exampleE164": "+255621234567"
    },
    {
      "type": "fixedLine",
      "label": "Fixed line",
      "regex": "2[2-8]\\d{7}",
      "lengths": [
        9
      ],
      "localOnlyLengths": [],
      "exampleNational": "022 234 5678",
      "exampleInternational": "+255 22 234 5678",
      "exampleE164": "+255222345678"
    },
    {
      "type": "tollFree",
      "label": "Toll-free",
      "regex": "80[08]\\d{6}",
      "lengths": [
        9
      ],
      "localOnlyLengths": [],
      "exampleNational": "0800 12 3456",
      "exampleInternational": "+255 800 12 3456",
      "exampleE164": "+255800123456"
    },
    {
      "type": "voip",
      "label": "VoIP",
      "regex": "41\\d{7}",
      "lengths": [
        9
      ],
      "localOnlyLengths": [],
      "exampleNational": "041 234 5678",
      "exampleInternational": "+255 41 234 5678",
      "exampleE164": "+255412345678"
    },
    {
      "type": "sharedCost",
      "label": "Shared cost",
      "regex": "8(?:40|6[01])\\d{6}",
      "lengths": [
        9
      ],
      "localOnlyLengths": [],
      "exampleNational": "0840 12 3456",
      "exampleInternational": "+255 840 12 3456",
      "exampleE164": "+255840123456"
    },
    {
      "type": "premiumRate",
      "label": "Premium-rate",
      "regex": "90\\d{7}",
      "lengths": [
        9
      ],
      "localOnlyLengths": [],
      "exampleNational": "0900 12 3456",
      "exampleInternational": "+255 900 12 3456",
      "exampleE164": "+255900123456"
    }
  ],
  "formats": {
    "e164": "+255621234567",
    "international": "+255 621 234 567",
    "national": "0621 234 567",
    "rfc3966": "tel:+255-621-234-567"
  },
  "carriers": [
    {
      "name": "Airtel",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 5,
      "ranges": [
        "060",
        "066",
        "068–069",
        "078"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Vodacom",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 5,
      "ranges": [
        "072",
        "074–076",
        "079"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yas",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 5,
      "ranges": [
        "065",
        "067",
        "070–071",
        "077"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Viettel",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 3,
      "ranges": [
        "061–063"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tanzania Telecom",
      "lineType": "mobile",
      "prefixCount": 1,
      "ranges": [
        "073"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sandbox": {
    "input": "+255621234567",
    "valid": true,
    "type": "Mobile",
    "carrier": "Viettel",
    "region": "TZ",
    "formats": {
      "e164": "+255621234567",
      "international": "+255 621 234 567",
      "national": "0621 234 567",
      "rfc3966": "tel:+255-621-234-567"
    },
    "parts": {
      "countryCode": "+255",
      "destinationCode": "621",
      "destinationKind": "network code",
      "subscriber": "234567"
    }
  },
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "How many digits does a phone number in Tanzania have?",
      "answer": "Mobile numbers have 9 national digits. Fixed line numbers have 9 national digits. That is the national number, without the country code +255 and without the trunk prefix 0."
    },
    {
      "question": "What is the country code for Tanzania?",
      "answer": "+255. From abroad, dial your own exit code, then 255, then the national number without its trunk prefix 0."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which prefixes are mobile numbers in Tanzania?",
      "answer": "Mobile numbers start with 06 or 07 in national form; the mobile regular expression on this page gives the exact ranges (example: 0621 234 567). The carrier table shows which prefix blocks were allocated to which operator."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can a mobile number in Tanzania be ported to another carrier?",
      "answer": "Not on record. The plan data this page is built from does not list mobile number portability for Tanzania, so the carrier a prefix was allocated to is likely, not certainly, the carrier serving the number. Only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) confirms it."
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "dataAsOf": "2026-10-25",
    "dataPoints": 27,
    "references": [
      {
        "authority": "ITU",
        "title": "National numbering plan: Tanzania",
        "url": "https://www.itu.int/oth/T02020000CB/en"
      }
    ]
  },
  "neighbours": [
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/ke.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/ug.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/bi.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/dj.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/mz.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/so.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/et.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/rw.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/zm.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/mg.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/sd.json",
    "https://phonelookup.dev/country/re.json"
  ]
}