Telephone numbers in Serbia


Regulation of the telephone numbers in Serbia is under the responsibility of the Regulatory Agency of Electronic Communication and Mail Services, independent from the government. The country calling code of Serbia is +381. The country has an open telephone numbering plan, with most numbers consisting of a 2- or 3-digit calling code and a 6-7 digits of customer number.

Overview

The country calling code of Serbia is +381. Serbia and Montenegro received the code of +381 following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992. Montenegro switched to +382 after its independence in 2006, so +381 is now used only by Serbia.
An example for calling telephones in Belgrade, Serbia is as follows:
The international call prefix depends on the country being called from: for example, 00 for most European countries and 011 from North America. For domestic calls, 0 must be dialed before the area code.
For calls from Serbia, the prefix for international calls was 99, but was changed to 00 since 1 April 2008, in order to match the majority of Europe.

Landline telephony

Calling code areas 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.
Calling code areas:
Network GroupCodeMunicipalities covered by code
Belgrade11Belgrade, Barajevo, Grocka, Lazarevac, Mladenovac, Obrenovac, Sopot, Surčin
Bor30Bor, Boljevac, Majdanpek
Čačak32Čačak, Gornji Milanovac, Ivanjica, Lučani
Jagodina35Jagodina, Ćuprija, Despotovac, Paraćin, Rekovac, Svilajnac
Kikinda230Kikinda, Čoka, Novi Kneževac
Kragujevac34Kragujevac, Aranđelovac, Batočina, Knić, Lapovo, Rača, Topola
Kraljevo36Kraljevo, Raška, Vrnjačka Banja
Kruševac37Kruševac, Aleksandrovac, Brus, Ćićevac, Ražanj, Trstenik, Varvarin
Leskovac16Leskovac, Bojnik, Crna Trava, Lebane, Medveđa, Vlasotince
Niš18Niš, Aleksinac, Bela Palanka, Doljevac, Gadžin Han, Merošina, Sokobanja, Svrljig
Novi Pazar20Novi Pazar, Sjenica, Tutin
Novi Sad21City of Novi Sad, Bač, Bačka Palanka, Bački Petrovac, Bečej, Beočin, Temerin, Titel, Srbobran, Sremski Karlovci, Vrbas, Žabalj
Pančevo13Pančevo, Alibunar, Bela Crkva, Kovačica, Kovin, Opovo, Plandište, Vršac
Pirot10Pirot, Babušnica, Dimitrovgrad
Požarevac12Požarevac, Golubac, Kučevo, Petrovac, Veliko Gradište, Žabari, Žagubica, Malo Crniće
Prijepolje33Prijepolje, Nova Varoš, Priboj
Prokuplje27Prokuplje, Blace, Kuršumlija, Žitorađa
Smederevo26Smederevo, Smederevska Palanka, Velika Plana
Sombor25Sombor, Apatin, Kula, Odžaci
Sremska Mitrovica22Sremska Mitrovica, Inđija, Irig, Pećinci, Ruma, Stara Pazova, Šid
Subotica24Subotica, Ada, Bačka Topola, Kanjiža, Mali Iđoš, Senta
Šabac15Šabac, Bogatić, Koceljeva, Krupanj, Ljubovija, Loznica, Mali Zvornik, Vladimirci
Užice31Užice, Arilje, Bajina Bašta, Čajetina, Kosjerić, Požega
Valjevo14Valjevo, Lajkovac, Ljig, Mionica, Osečina, Ub
Vranje17Vranje, Bosilegrad, Bujanovac, Preševo, Surdulica, Trgovište, Vladičin Han
Zaječar19Zaječar, Kladovo, Knjaževac, Negotin
Zrenjanin23Zrenjanin, Novi Bečej, Sečanj, Srpska 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:
There are three active mobile operators in Serbia :
and three virtual mobile operators:
The calling codes are assigned to the operators using the following scheme:
CodeUsage
60, 61, 68Vip mobile
62, 63, 69Telenor Serbia
64, 65, 66mts
677Globaltel
678Vectone Mobile

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. 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:
CodeService
11 811Subscribers numbers
19 011International calls
19 191BIA
192Police
193Fire brigade
194Ambulance
195Exact time
1961Telegram service
1976Military ambulance
19 771Landline phone technical support
19 811Wake-up service
19 812Various information
19 813Landline phone information center
19 822Meteorological data, lottery, liturgical calendar
1985Civil protection
19 860Military police
1987Road assistance

On 21 May 2012, 2-digit emergency numbers were replaced by 3-digit ones. This also applied to 976, 985, 987 and 9860. 112 redirects to 192 on mobile phones.

Kosovo

The dialing code for Kosovo is +383. This code is the property of the Republic of Serbia which it has given by ITU to Serbia for the needs of the geographical region Kosovo as a result of the 2013 Brussels Agreement signed by the governments of Serbia and Kosovo. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but retained the +381 calling code for fixed telephony until 2016. Dialing code +383 started to be allocated on 15 December 2016.

Fixed-line telephony

Network GroupCodeMunicipalities covered by code
Uroševac290Uroševac, Kačanik, Štrpce
Đakovica390Đakovica, Dečani
Gnjilane280Gnjilane, Kosovska Kamenica, Vitina
Kosovska Mitrovica28Kosovska Mitrovica, Leposavić, Skenderaj, Vučitrn
Peć39Peć, Istok, Klina
Priština38Priština, Gračanica, Kosovo Polje, Lipljan
Prizren29Prizren, Dragaš, Orahovac, Suva Reka

Mobile telephony

CodeUsageNotes
44, 45Vala+383
+377 country calling code was used until 3 February 2017.
43, 49IPKO+383
+386 country calling code was used until 3 February 2017.