Bahrain Telephone, Bahrain Fax and Bahrain Internet Services
The phone service is modern, digital and sophisticated, with four Bahraini earth stations linked to Intelsat and the Arab Arabsat satellites, a fibre-optic link to Saudi Arabia and a new regional fibre-optic link with connections to Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. There is direct dialling to virtually every country in the world - more than 180 in all - without problems. Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) is a locally registered public company with thirty-nine per cent of the shares government-owned, a further twenty per cent held by the UK company Cable and Wireless, and the remaining forty-one per cent by other institutional and private investors. Batelco has its headquarters in Manama and offices in most major residential areas and at the airport. The country code for calls to Bahrain is 973 followed by the six-digit number without any area code. To make an international call from Bahrain press "00" followed by the country code.
Batelco - Bahrain Telephone Company
Telephone Directory - Bahrain local telephone directory
Bahrain Telephone Enquiry Services
|
International calls via the operator |
151 |
Other phone enquiries |
100 |
|
Directory enquiries local |
181 |
Speaking clock |
140 |
|
Directory enquiries international |
191 |
Weather |
236236 |
If you prefer to speak to an operator in your own country, the Home Country Direct Dial service can be used for calls to many countries. This service provides a direct connection to an operator in the country being phoned, allowing the caller to make a normal or reverse-charge call. Numbers are as follows when phoning from Bahrain :-
|
Australia |
800061 |
Germany |
800849 |
Philippines |
800163 |
|
(OPTUS) |
800611 |
Hong Kong |
800852 |
(calling card) |
800663 |
|
Belgium (calling card) |
800831 |
(calling card) |
800866 |
(pre-paid) |
800863 |
|
(prepaid card) |
800832 |
Ireland |
800353 |
Singapore |
800055 / 800056 |
|
Canada |
800100 |
India |
800991 |
(UAE) |
800971 |
|
(prepaid card) |
800534 |
Japan (KDD) |
800081 |
United Kingdom |
800044 |
|
(AT&T) |
800444 |
Korea (South) |
800082 |
(BT calling card) |
800844 |
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Cyprus |
800835 |
Malaysia |
800060 |
United States (AT&T) |
800001 |
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Denmark |
800045 |
Netherlands |
800031 |
(MCI) |
800021 |
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Finland |
800858 |
New Zealand |
800864 |
(Teleglobe) |
80042 |
|
France |
800833 |
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