Saudi to change phone dialing codes
Calls to Saudi Arabia will have to add the number “1” before the dialing code of each region in the Gulf Kingdom when a new dialing system is enforced within two months, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Sabq quoted a statement by the country’s Telecommunications and Information Technology Authority as saying all dialing numbers, including the region’s code, in the kingdom would become 10 digits instead of nine.
“Callers from inside and outside the Kingdom to any region should add the number ‘1’ before the existing code of any region,” it said.
It noted that the dialing code for the capital Riyadh would change from “01” to “011” and that to the western town of Makkah from “02” to “012”. Dialling codes for other regions would be “013” instead of “03” for the eastern region close to the UAE and other Gulf countries, “017” instead of “07” for the southern region close to Yemen and “016” instead of “06” for the central province of Al Qasseem.
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