Telephone numbers in Serbia are administered by Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (RATEL), an independent regulatory authority. The telephone country code of Serbia is 381. The country has an open telephone numbering plan, with most numbers consisting of a two- or three-digit area codes and six to seven digits for the subscriber number.
Overview The telephone country code of Serbia is 381. Serbia and Montenegro received this country code following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992, which used country code 38. Montenegro switched to 382 after its independence in 2006.
An example for calling telephones in Belgrade, Serbia is as follows:
xxx xx xx (telephone number in Serbia) 011 xxx xx xx (house number in Belgrade) +381 xx xxx xx xx (outside Serbia)
For domestic calls (within the country), 0 must be dialled before the area code.
For calls from Serbia, the prefix for international calls was 99, but was changed to 00 on 1 April 2008, in accordance to the recommendations of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and matching the majority of European countries. (e.g. for a United States number 00 1 ... should be dialled).
Landline telephony Area codes in Serbia have been largely unchanged since the time of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. As Socialist Republic of Serbia had been assigned codes starting with 1, 2 and 3, they were simply carried over by Serbia after the breakup.
Area codes:
Network GroupCodeMunicipalities covered by codeBelgrade11Belgrade, Barajevo, Grocka, Lazarevac, Mladenovac, Obrenovac, Sopot, SurčinBor30Bor, Boljevac, MajdanpekČačak32Čačak, Gornji Milanovac, Ivanjica, LučaniJagodina35Jagodina, Ćuprija, Despotovac, Paraćin, Rekovac, SvilajnacKikinda230Kikinda, Čoka, Novi KneževacKragujevac34Kragujevac, Aranđelovac, Batočina, Knić, Lapovo, Rača, TopolaKraljevo36Kraljevo, Raška, Vrnjačka BanjaKruševac37Kruševac, Aleksandrovac, Brus, Ćićevac, Ražanj, Trstenik, VarvarinLeskovac16Leskovac, Bojnik, Crna Trava, Lebane, Medveđa, VlasotinceNiš18Niš, Aleksinac, Bela Palanka, Doljevac, Gadžin Han, Merošina, Sokobanja, SvrljigNovi Pazar20Novi Pazar, Sjenica, TutinNovi Sad21City of Novi Sad, Bač, Bačka Palanka, Bački Petrovac, Bečej, Beočin, Temerin, Titel, Srbobran, Sremski Karlovci, Vrbas, ŽabaljPančevo13Pančevo, Alibunar, Bela Crkva, Kovačica, Kovin, Opovo, Plandište, VršacPirot10Pirot, Babušnica, DimitrovgradPožarevac12Požarevac, Golubac, Kučevo, Petrovac, Veliko Gradište, Žabari, Žagubica, Malo CrnićePrijepolje33Prijepolje, Nova Varoš, PribojProkuplje27Prokuplje, Blace, Kuršumlija, ŽitorađaSmederevo26Smederevo, Smederevska Palanka, Velika PlanaSombor25Sombor, Apatin, Kula, OdžaciSremska Mitrovica22Sremska Mitrovica, Inđija, Irig, Pećinci, Ruma, Stara Pazova, ŠidSubotica24Subotica, Ada, Bačka Topola, Kanjiža, Mali Iđoš, SentaŠabac15Šabac, Bogatić, Koceljeva, Krupanj, Ljubovija, Loznica, Mali Zvornik, VladimirciUžice31Užice, Arilje, Bajina Bašta, Čajetina, Kosjerić, PožegaValjevo14Valjevo, Lajkovac, Ljig, Mionica, Osečina, UbVranje17Vranje, Bosilegrad, Bujanovac, Preševo, Surdulica, Trgovište, Vladičin HanZaječar19Zaječar, Kladovo, Knjaževac, NegotinZrenjanin23Zrenjanin, Novi Bečej, Sečanj, Nova Crnja, Žitište
Until 2013, Telekom Srbija had a monopoly on fixed telephony services. When the new regulation came in force, competition became allowed in this field as well, and other operators entered the market, using alternative communication infrastructure: Orion Telekom – over CDMA SBB – over coaxial cable (cable TV infrastructure) Yettel Serbia – offering services only to business customers
Mobile telephony There are three active mobile operators in Serbia (without Kosovo): Mobile Telephony of Serbia, styled as mts – subsidiary of Telekom Srbija Yettel Serbia A1 Serbia
and three virtual mobile operators: SBB Globaltel Vectone Mobile
The calling codes are assigned to the operators using the following scheme: CodeUsage60, 61, 68A162, 63, 69Yettel Serbia64, 65, 66mts677Globaltel (MVNO)678Vectone Mobile (MVNO) Calling codes in the table are assigned to new customers by the respective provider. However, since 2011 customers can change the operator and retain the old calling code (along with the rest of the phone number). Thus, calling codes do not necessarily reflect the operator. It is not possible, however, to transfer a mobile number to a land-based operator and vice versa.
Special codes The following special telephone numbers are valid across the country:
CodeService11 811Subscribers numbers19 011International calls19 191BIA (Security Intelligence Agency)192Police193Fire service194Ambulance195Exact time1961Telegram service1976Military ambulance19 771Landline phone technical support19 811Wake-up service19 812Various information19 813Landline phone information center19 822Meteorological data, lottery, liturgical calendar1985Civil protection (major accidents)19 860Military police1987Road assistance (AMSS)
In 2012, 2-digit emergency numbers were replaced by 3-digit ones (i.e. 192, 193 and 194 instead of 92, 93 and 94). This also applied to 976 (becoming 1976), 985 (becoming 1985), 987 (becoming 1987) and 9860 (becoming 19 860).B92 - Novi brojevi za hitne intervencije, 30 January 2012 112 redirects to 192 on mobile phones.
Kosovo
The telephone country code for Kosovo is 383. This code is the property which it received by ITU through for the needs of the geographical region Kosovo as a result of the 2013 Brussels Agreement signed by the governments of Kosovo.Seeking EU talks, cedes ground on Kosovo phone code, Reuters, 9 September 2013. Kosovo declared independence from in 2008, but retained country code 381 only for fixed-line telephony until 2016. Country code 383 was allocated on 15 December 2016.
Fixed-line telephony
Network GroupCodeMunicipalities covered by codeFerizaj290Ferizaj, Kaçanik, ŠtrpceGjakova390Gjakova, DeçanGjilan280Gjilan, Kamenica, VitiMitrovica28Mitrovica, Leposavić, Skenderaj, VushtrriPeja39Peja, Istog, KlinaPristina38Pristina, Gračanica, Kosovo Polje, LipjanPrizren29Prizren, Dragash, Rahovec, Suva Reka
Mobile telephony
CodeUsageNotes44, 45Vala383 Country code 377 (Monaco) was used until 3 February 2017.43, 49IPKO383 Country code 386 (Slovenia) was used until 3 February 2017.47mts Telekom Srbija operates a network in northern Kosovo
See also Telecommunications in Serbia Country codes of Serbia
References
External links Republic Telecommunication Agency (RATEL)