Telephone numbers in Israel
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Country | Israel |
| Continent | Asia |
| Regulator | Israeli Ministry of Communications |
| Type | closed |
| NSN length | 8 or 9 |
| Access codes | |
| Country calling code | +972 |
| International call prefix | 00 or 01x |
| Trunk prefix | 0 |
Telephone numbers in Israel consist of an area code and a subscriber number. The dial plan type in Israel is closed, and "0" is the internal Trunk prefix in Israel. Israel's country calling code is +972.
When dialing an Israeli number from inside of Israel, the format is :
"0 - Area/network operator code (A/N) - subscriber number (X)"
When dialing an Israeli number from outside Israel, the format is :
"+972 - Area/network operator code (A/N) - subscriber number (X)"
Until the 1990s, telephone numbers in Israel had 6 digits (except in its early days), and until the 2000s, there were 8 area codes allocated to Bezeq, by region. Currently numbers have seven digits and Bezeq controls 6 area codes - 2 (Jerusalem), 3 (Gush Dan), 4 and 6 (Haifa and northern areas) were merged, as well as 7 (south), 8 (Shfela) and 9 (Sharon).
With the influence of VOIP long distance was deregulated in Israel. According to the Israel Ministry of Communication a VOIP number may be ported to a landline carrier and vice versa providing the option to have, say, a northern number in the south of the country. Numbers may not be ported, say, from the north to the south of the country on the same kind of line (e.g., VOIP to VOIP or landline to landline). Mobile number portability between cellular providers was introduced in late 2007.
The format for calls to landlines within the same area code is XXX-XXXX (7 digits subscriber number). For calls to a landline outside the local area, the area code is prefixed and the format becomes (0A) XXX-XXXX for calls to landlines, where "0A" is the area code.
The format for calls to cellular mobile phones is 05N-XXX-XXXX, where "05N" is the mobile operator indicator. The format for calls to VOIP lines is 07N-XXX-XXXX, where "07N" is the VOIP operator indicator.
When calling from outside of Israel, the leading "0" in area codes is not dialed, and the format is +972-A-XXX-XXXX for calls to landlines, +972-5N-XXX-XXXX for calls to mobile lines, +972-7N-XXX-XXXX for calls to VOIP lines.
For calling from Israel to another country: choose operator, and dial its international access code, then dial destination country code and then the rest of the local number.
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