Calling Dubai, Emirates - telephone code of the UAE, Dubai, codes of the main cities of the United Arab Emirates, an example of how to correctly call Dubai, Emirates from Russia and Ukraine by mobile phone.

UAE telephone code: +971

How call from Russia to the UAE
From Russia from a landline phone call: 8-10-971-<код города>-<номер телефона>
8 - intercity access
10 - access to international line

From Russia from a mobile phone call: +971-<код города>-<номер телефона>

How call from Ukraine to the UAE
From Ukraine from a landline phone call: 0-0-971-<код города>-<номер телефона>
0 - intercity access
0 - access to international line
971 - international telephone code UAE
From Ukraine from a mobile phone call: +971-<код города>-<номер телефона>

We call in the UAE, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Fujairah, Ajman, Ras al-Kheim...

971 is the international code in the UAE

A call to Russia costs approximately 25 dirhams per minute. To do this, first dial 007, then your city code, and then your phone number. But this is if you call on an automatic line.

Interesting to know:

If you want to call the Emirates from Russia, then you need to dial 8-10-971, then the code of the emirate to which you are calling, and only then the subscriber’s number. If you need to call the Emirates on mobile number, then before dialing the number you need to dial 8-10-971-50.
Emirates internal codes

02 - Abu Dhabi;
03 - Al Ain;
04 – Dubai;
07 - Sharjah, Ajman, Um al-Quwain, Ras al-Khaimah;
085 – Hatta;
09 - Fujairah
Ambulance, police, fire brigade – 999;
Information – 180;
Telegram by phone – 130;
Talking clock – 140;
Dubai Information Center – 285000

Useful phones

It is clear that all telephone communications paid. It is much cheaper to call from street pay phones. There are also negotiation points. The most expensive call will cost you from a telephone installed in your hotel room. With Russia telephone conversations not cheap. The best option is to talk during preferential hours (from 12 at night to 7 am) using a street machine - 7 dirhams per minute of conversation. In normal times, you will have to pay 9 dirhams. You can call from absolutely any street telephone.

There are several denominations of telephone cards here: from 30 to 120 dirhams. A very interesting Prepaid card. With its help, you can call from any phone, even from a hotel phone, and at a minimum rate, which is much lower than a hotel one.

There is also a Normal card - the most regular card, which is used only in street pay phones. If you need to call locally, it is better to buy telephone cards Itisalat company.

mobile connection

If it is more convenient for you to call from a mobile phone, then it is better to buy a special card local operator. To do this you need a passport or a copy thereof. Such a SIM card costs 165 dirhams, including the cost of outgoing calls. It is convenient to use it if someone has the opportunity to call you, since incoming calls will be free.

Articles and Lifehacks

Every day, dozens of Russian citizens fly to the United Arab Emirates - for the purpose of vacation or on a work visa. ? Below you will find the correct dialing sequence (depending on whether you need to call a landline or a cell phone), as well as some valuable recommendations that will help minimize the costs of such an expensive type of communication.

How to call the UAE from Russia correctly

The correct dialing procedure will depend, first of all, on from what device and on what device the person is going to call the subscriber located in the Emirates. To call from a cell phone in the UAE, enter: +971-number, where the three-digit number after the “+” sign is the country code.

Of course, it is more convenient and profitable to call from a cell phone to another mobile device, however, it also happens that you need to urgently call landline phone. This should be done like this:
+971-city code-number.

If you still manage to call from Russian home phone, enter:
810971-city code-number.

For example, you can reach Abu Dhabi as follows:
8109712-number, where two is the code of the capital of the Emirates.

Accordingly, for calling a landline from a mobile phone, use the following procedure:
+9712-number.
Each time you dial 8, you should listen to a long beep, and only then continue entering all the remaining numbers.
Even before making an outgoing call, it is strongly recommended to clarify the rates per minute of conversation. Such a challenge will probably cost the person quite a lot, and this is also worth taking into account. How to call from Russia to the UAE cheaper? Let's figure out what is needed for this.

How to save on calls from Russia to the UAE

There are many resources online that offer inexpensive international calls for a set fee. An example is UcallWeconn, by registering on which you can call the Emirates at reduced rates. This site operates on the principle of international telephony. Setting up the program itself is very easy, that's all necessary instructions and tips can be found there. Those who have their own business are advised to think about purchasing direct number(in total it is offered for seventy countries of the world), or about wholesale purchases of telephone traffic.

In general, it should be noted that IP telephony is one of the most well-known ways to significantly save on international calls. There are several types of it, including software and hardware.

You need it to call and reserve a table in a restaurant, call a taxi by phone or mobile application, call insurance company or buy a ticket to an attraction through the website. A striking example is where there are usually no tickets at the box office, it is recommended to buy a ticket through the website.

The du company has a special tourist tariff, called “Tourist Plan”. Look for du sales offices, see their logo below, click on the image to enlarge.

Tariff 1. Costs 55 dirhams (+5% VAT). For this money you will get 20 minutes of local calls, 20 SMS, 500 MB of Internet. The package is valid for 7 days.

Tariff 2. Costs 75 dirhams (+5% VAT). For this money you will get 40 minutes of local calls, 20 SMS, 2 GB of Internet. The package is valid for 14 days.

Tariff 3. Costs 110 dirhams (+5% VAT). For this money you will get 50 minutes of local calls, 20 SMS, 3.5 GB of Internet. The package is valid for 14 days.

Also, along with this SIM card, you receive a promo code for a 20% discount on 4 Uber trips. To receive discounts, you need to install the UBER app and enter a promotional code. The discount will be applied automatically to the next 4 trips. The discount does not apply to the UberX tariff, however, as of September 2, 2019, it was canceled in Dubai anyway.

Before the summer of 2019, there were two more excellent promo codes - for the “Dollar Rent A Car” discount and a subscription to the “DU ENTERTAINER” coupon application, but now they have been cancelled.

This tariff is useless for international calls. The price for a minute of international call is 2.25 dirhams.

Virtual (tourist) operators

There are telecom operators in the world that do not install their own towers, but use the networks of other operators. They are called “virtual”. They have good prices on international communications, but clearly not the case with the UAE.

Prices for calls from the UAE to Russia:

Teletie– 2.75 USD per minute;

EuroSim– 2.6 USD per minute;

Goodline– 0.95 USD for outgoing, 0.15 USD for incoming;

– 0.55 USD for outgoing, 0.15 USD for incoming;

GlobalSIM– 1.25 USD for outgoing, 0.65 USD for incoming;

As can be seen from the numbers, worth attention there are no offers here. Only incoming calls from Goodline and SimTravel are relatively cheap. But below there will be an analysis of the prices for calls from Russian operators in roaming, there will be much more interesting offers.

We also want to warn you that the connection of these operators is often “lame” or does not work at all. Do you need it?

Roaming

Russian operators are often criticized in the media for being too high prices in roaming. In practice, it is them tariff options turn out to be the most profitable in the UAE.

MTS

If you do not activate the options, then at MTS a minute of conversation costs 275 rubles, an SMS message costs 21.

However, MTS has the richest set of options, which greatly reduce the cost of communication.