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Lebanon | +961 |
Area Code: 1-2 digits Subscriber Number: 6 digits Trunk Prefix: 0 International Prefix: 0002+ prefix is used to place calls from Lebanon to Syria numbers.
+961 79 15xxxx +961 79 16xxxx +961 79 17xxxx +961 79 18xxxx +961 79 19xxxxNumbering plan at this point:
Number range Place/service ============ ============= +961 1 xxxxxx Beirut +961 2 xxxxxx (for Syria 02+ access) +961 3 xxxxxx mobile, GSM +961 4 xxxxxx Metn North region +961 5 xxxxxx Metn South and Shouf regions +961 6 xxxxxx North Lebanon region +961 70 xxxxxx mobile, GSM +961 71 1xxxxx mobile, GSM +961 72 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 73 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 74 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 75 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 760 xxxxx mobile, GSM +961 761 xxxxx mobile, GSM +961 762 xxxx South Lebanon region +961 763 xxxxx mobile, GSM +961 764 xxxxx mobile, GSM +961 765 xxxxx mobile, GSM (unused) +961 766 xxxxx mobile, GSM +961 767 xxxxx mobile, GSM +961 768 xxxxx mobile, GSM +961 769 xxxxx mobile, GSM +961 77 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 780 xxxx South Lebanon region +961 781 xxxx South Lebanon region +961 782 xxxx South Lebanon region +961 783 xxxx South Lebanon region +961 784 xxxx South Lebanon region +961 785 xxxx South Lebanon region +961 786 xxxx South Lebanon region +961 787 xxxx South Lebanon region +961 788 xxxxx mobile, GSM (MTC Touch) +961 788 xxxxx mobile, GSM (MTC Touch) +961 791 xxxxx mobile, GSM (New-Alfa) +961 80xxxxxx shared cost services +961 81xxxxxx shared cost services +961 82 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 83 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 84 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 85 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 86 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 87 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 88 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 89 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 90xxxxxx premium services +961 91xxxxxx premium services +961 92 xxxxx Mount Lebanon, Keserwan region +961 93 xxxxx Mount Lebanon, Keserwan region +961 94 xxxxx Mount Lebanon, Keserwan region +961 95 xxxxx Mount Lebanon, Keserwan region +961 96 xxxxx Mount Lebanon, Keserwan region +961 97 xxxxx Mount Lebanon, Keserwan region +961 98 xxxxx Mount Lebanon, Keserwan region +961 99 xxxxx Mount Lebanon, Keserwan regionJoseph Bejjany also reports follow-up to the 2009 numbering plan:
Source: Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications announcement (5 October 2012, via ITU)
The proposed numbering ranges are:
Number range Place/service ------------ ------------- +961 2xxxxxxx fixed/wireline numbers (broken out as follows...) +961 20xxxxxx for future use +961 21xxxxxx Beirut, portions of Metn South and Metn North +961 22xxxxxx for future use +961 23xxxxxx for future use +961 24xxxxxx portions of Metn North +961 25xxxxxx portions of Metn South, Alay, portions of Chouf +961 26xxxxxx North Lebanon +961 27xxxxxx South Lebanon, portions of Chouf +961 28xxxxxx Bekaa Valley +961 29xxxxxx Keserwan +961 3xxxxxxx for future use +961 4xxxxxxx for future use +961 5xxxxxxx for future use +961 6xxxxxxx for future use +961 7xxxxxxx mobile numbers (broken out as follows...) +961 70xxxxxx mobile (may retain existing numbering pattern) +961 71xxxxxx mobile, carrier #2 (presumably MTC Touch) +961 72xxxxxx mobile, carrier #1 (presumably Alfa) +961 73xxxxxx mobile (may be migration from existing +961 3xxxxxx) +961 74xxxxxx mobile, Liban Telecom +961 75xxxxxx mobile, Liban Telecom +961 76xxxxxx for future use +961 77xxxxxx protected for future expansion +961 78xxxxxx for future use +961 79xxxxxx for future use +961 8xxxxxxx freephone numbers (broken out as follows...) +961 800xxxxx freephone - available to all services (fixed or mobile) +961 820xxxxx freephone - available only from fixed services +961 870xxxxx freephone - available only from mobile services +961 9xxxxxxx premium/paid numbers (broken out as follows...) +961 900xxxxx premium - available to all services (fixed or mobile) +961 901xxxxx pay-rate - available to all services (fixed or mobile) +961 920xxxxx premium - available only from fixed services +961 921xxxxx pay-rate - available only from fixed service +961 970xxxxx premium - available only from mobile services +961 971xxxxx pay-rate - available only from mobile service"Premium" numbers are defined as those whose charges exceed normal national call rates. "Pay rate" numbers are charged to the caller at rates the same or lower than normal national charges.
Number range Place/service ------------ ------------- +961 1 xxxxxx Beirut +961 2 xxxxxx (for Syria 02+ access) +961 3 xxxxxx mobile, GSM (was proposed to change to +961 71) [note 1] +961 4 xxxxxx Metn North region +961 5 xxxxxx Metn South and Shouf regions +961 6 xxxxxx North Lebanon region +961 70 xxxxxx mobile, GSM [note 1] +961 71 1xxxxx mobile, GSM (recent number series) +961 72 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 73 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 74 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 75 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 76 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 77 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 78 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 79 xxxxx South Lebanon region +961 80xxxxxx shared cost services +961 81xxxxxx shared cost services +961 82 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 83 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 84 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 85 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 86 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 87 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 88 xxxxx Bekaa region +961 89xxxxx Bekaa region +961 90xxxxxx premium services +961 91xxxxxx premium services +961 92 xxxxx Mount Lebanon region +961 93 xxxxx Mount Lebanon region +961 94 xxxxx Mount Lebanon region +961 95 xxxxx Mount Lebanon region +961 96 xxxxx Mount Lebanon region +961 97 xxxxx Mount Lebanon region +961 98 xxxxx Mount Lebanon region +961 99 xxxxx Mount Lebanon region[note 1] - the subscriber number digit immediately following a GSM area code of +961 3 or +961 70 determines the carrier - 1 through 5 is for Alfa; 0 and 6 through 9 is for MTC Touch.
(additional report courtesy Joe Bejjany)
Lebanon's Ministry of Telecommunication announced in September 2005 that this change was postponed indefinitely, without explanation. +961 3 and +961 70 remain valid mobile area codes.
Source: Ministry of Telecommunication announcement (1 August 2005, 7 September 2005, via ITU).
(also news courtesy Sergiu Rosenzweig)
Number range Service ------------ ------- +961 70 xxxxxx mobile - GSM +961 71 xxxxxx mobile - GSM (migrates from +961 3 ...) +961 80 xxxxxx shared cost +961 81 xxxxxx shared cost +961 90 xxxxxx premium +961 91 xxxxxx premiumExisting +961 3 xxxxxx GSM numbers are expected to change to +961 71 xxxxxx. No announcement regarding date(s) for these changes.
(Source: Ministry of Telecommunications announcement, 17 November 2004 via ITU).
A new Numbering Plan was approved by the Minister of Telecommunications Mon 8 May 2004.
Implementation will be phased, under a schedule that could require 3 years to complete:
1) Trunk prefix '0' will be mandatory for all calls, thereby closing the numbering plan.
2) Mobile numbers in 03 xxxxxx will change to 71xxxxxx. 70xxxxxx range will also be available for expansion of new mobile numbers.
3) Shared cost numbers will migrate to 8xxxxxxx range, premium numbers to 9xxxxxxx range. Existing short codes for these services will be replaced.
4) The mandatory use of '0' trunk prefix will be replaced by digit '2' so that geographical/fixed numbers will migrate to 2xxxxxxx range. Attempts to use 0x to call subscriber numbers would receive a recorded announcement for at least 2 years, except that some acces via 02... would remain, "though contrary to [ITU] E.164 recommendations".
No changes to access codes in the 1xx and 1xxx format were announced, but these are "under review".
Source: Telecommunications Regulatory Authority numbering plan document (no longer online).
Telephone numbers in Aaraya Hazmieh, Baabda Hazmieh, Choueifat Choueifat, Hadath Beirut Hadath Beirut, Hazmieh Hazmieh and Wadi Chahrour Hadath Beirut were changed from area code 01 to 05 (+961 1 to +961 5).
Telephone numbers in Antelias Antelias, Nabey Antelias and Mansourieh Mansourieh were changed from area code 01 to 04 (+961 1 to +961 4).
Details of these changes were announced by MPT.
Major government body for telecom is Ministry of Telecommunications.
Government-owned fixed network carrier is Ogero.
GSM (mobile) carriers are Alfa and MTC Touch.
(carrier links courtesy AJ Thomas)