Saudi Arabia +966

Number Format

Area Code:            1 digit
Subscriber Number:    7 digits
Trunk Prefix:         0
International Prefix: 00

Area code information

• Ministry of Communications announcement (3 March 2004, via ITU)
• Arab.Net
• DCCL

February 2007 - new mobile number ranges

Mobile number ranges were updated, including the newer +966 54 area code Mobily wireless/cellular service:

Number range      Carrier
------------      -------
+966 50 xxxxxxx   STC (Saudi Telecom)
+966 53 xxxxxxx   STC (Saudi Telecom)
+966 54 xxxxxxx   Mobily (Etihad Etisalat)
+966 56 xxxxxxx   Mobily (Etihad Etisalat)

Sources:

CITC announcement (7 February 2007, via ITU).

Saudi Arabia: STC, Mobily in War of Sops (Zawya, 6 June 2005)

Additional report courtesy Mobily.

20 April 2004 - mobile area code change

Saudi Arabia mobile area code +966 5 changed to +966 50 (added digit '0') on 20 April 2004. Old and new numbering operates in permissive mode until 21 July 2004.

Sources:

Mobile Phone Numbers to Get Extra Digit - Saudi Arabia

HATIF Telecom News - Saudi Arabia

News from carrier STC (in Arabic)

(report courtesy Ryan Griffith)

March 2004 - current numbering plan announced

Regulator Ministry of Communications and Information Technology announced the following numbering ranges in effect in Saudi Arabia:

+966 1 xxxxxxx Kharj, Riyadh
+966 2 xxxxxxx Jeddah, Makkah
+966 3 xxxxxxx Dahran, Dammam, Khobar
+966 4 xxxxxxx Madenah, Tabok
+966 5 xxxxxxx mobile
+966 6 xxxxxxx Boraydah, Hail, Oneza
+966 7 xxxxxxx Abha, Jezan, Najran
+966 8 xxxxxxx mobile

Source: Ministry of Communications announcement (3 March 2004, via ITU).

Other information

Regulator is Communications and Information Technology Commission.

Major carrier is Saudi Telecom.

Mobily (Etihad Etisalat), is another carrier, generally wireless/cellular.