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Batelco offers a comprehensive national telephone service using fully digitalized switches and optical fiber links. The telephone service is available to and from anywhere within the State of Bahrain.

Terms of Payment

  • By post
  • Banks
  • Batelco Customer Service Centres (payment can be made by cash, cheque, credit cards)
  • Batelco Customer Call Center (payment by credit cards only)


Tariffs Details
Line Facilities    
Description Connection Charge(BD) Monthly Rental (BD)
Residence 20.000 1.160
Charity / Social organisations (see note 1) 20.000 1.160
DQ services (181) charges per call BD 0.150  
Fixed line to Fixed Line 21 fils per 180 seconds
Fixed line to Mobile 21 fils per 90 seconds
Local Mobile operators 21 fils per 90 seconds
Local Fixed operators 21 fils per 180 seconds

Note:

  1. Charity /Social organisations include:
    Charity funds, graveyards, mosques, maatams, national & vocational societies, co-operative societies, expatriate societies & clubs, and local national clubs
  2. The local call charge is considered as the lowest call rate at an average of 7 fils per minute call compared to any other service call.


Customers can obtain different programming and procedural facilities.

  • Outgoing call barring (OCB)
  • Incoming call barring (ICB)
  • International service direct (ISD) barring with operator (131/151/191)
  • International service direct (ISD) barring without operator (131/151/19)
  • Ex-directory number
  • Fastline
  • Reconnection after disconnection at subscriber request
  • Changed number interception (CNI) Changed number announcemnet (CNA)
  • Bill-Reminder Service (Free)


Tariff
Description Connection Charge(BD) Monthly Rental (BD)

Outgoing Call Barring (OCB)
(see note 1)

 3.000 Nill
Incoming Call Barring ICB 3.000 --
International Direct (IDD) Barring With operator 131/151/191) 18.000 --
International Direct (IDD) Barring Without operator 131/151/191) 18.000 --
Ex-Directory Number 10.000 --
Fast Line without time break 3.000 0.500
Reconnection after Disconnection at subscribers request 5.000 Nill
Reconnection after Disconnection due to non-payment 5.000 --
Changed Number Announcement (See note 3) Free Free
Bill-Reminder Service Free Free


Note:

  1. Restoring a line from OCB to full service is free of charge.
  2. The CNA is free of charge for the period of 3 months.