Tanzania SMS numbers: +255 and the 2026 numbering plan
TCRA's July 2026 plan separates mobile, fixed and M2M resources. Number categories and live SMS inventory answer different questions.
Quote snapshot: 2026-10-23 03:17 (UTC+8). Prices are indicative activation starting prices in USD, converted using the site's configured exchange rate. Your balance, top-ups and order charges are in CNY. Confirm the final quote and CNY debit before purchasing. This snapshot may be stale. Check the picker for current quotes.
Reviewed by SMS4U · Content checked: 2026-10-13 · Prices update with the inventory snapshot
Use the 2026 TCRA plan rather than an old range list
Tanzania's Communications Regulatory Authority published a new National Numbering and Signaling Point Codes Plan in July 2026. It treats mobile network destination numbers separately from fixed and machine-to-machine, or M2M, numbering. Its access-code table calls 05, 06 and 07 “find me anywhere” services, 02 fixed telephone service and 03 M2M. Country code +255 identifies Tanzania but cannot make a non-mobile range suitable for personal app verification texts.
The new plan describes regulatory allocation, not SMS4U's stock today. Even a mobile-category number must be checked against the specific order and the sender's willingness to dispatch. Use the current plan for structural claims rather than copying allocations from the 2025 edition.
Available apps and reference prices
Indicative activation prices in USD come from the current inventory snapshot. Check the exact app-country pool, timer and CNY debit in the picker.
| Apps | Activation from (USD) | Rental periods | Get number |
|---|---|---|---|
| yandex | USD $0.0764 | — | |
| AliExpress | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| bet365 | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| funpay | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| googlevoice | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| paytm | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| playerauctions | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| rummycircle | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| ryde | USD $0.0778 | — | |
| alchemy | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| ankama | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| aptekaaprel | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| aptekaru | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| auchan | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| autoru | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| baidu | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| bazos | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| beget | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| betfair | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| brevo | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| burgerking | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| cian | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| clubhouse | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| codashop | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| cryptocom | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| dostavista | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| farpost | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| feeld | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| feels | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| flowwow | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| foody | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| fotka | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| fups | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| gg | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| glovo | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| gmx | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| gopuff | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| groupme | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| happn | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| idealista | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| ifood | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| immowelt | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| indriver | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| ipsosisay | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| iqos | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| koshelek | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| lamoda | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| lenta | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| linode | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| loveru | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| mega | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| meta | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| metro | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| momo | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| motorkux | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| mtscashback | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| muzz | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| myglo | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| neftm | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| netease | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| nextdoor | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| novaposhta | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| offerup | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| olacabs | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| oneforma | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| onet | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| oriflame | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| paddypower | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| prom | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| rutube | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| samsungshop | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| Signal | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| sparkdriver | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| Spotify | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| sravni | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| thisfate | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| tokopedia | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| truthsocial | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| ukrnet | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| voi | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| wooplus | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| worldremit | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| xiaomi | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| yappy | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| youdo | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| zuscoffee | USD $0.0792 | — | |
| Discord | USD $0.0806 | — | |
| grindr | USD $0.0806 | — | |
| vercel | USD $0.0806 | — | |
| Viber | USD $0.0806 | — | |
| cocacola | USD $0.0819 | — | |
| fiverr | USD $0.0819 | — | |
| kaggle | USD $0.0819 | — | |
| bilibili | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| bip | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| drom | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| drugvokrug | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| eldorado | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| gofundme | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| hily | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| letual | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| magnit | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| mvideo | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| pochtarossii | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| profi | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| redbook | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| samokat | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| Shopee | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| Snapchat | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| ticketmaster | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| truecaller | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| twitch | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| uklon | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| vkusvill | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| yemeksepeti | USD $0.0833 | — | |
| USD $0.0861 | — | ||
| escapefromtarkov | USD $0.0931 | — | |
| USD $0.0931 | — | ||
| tenchat | USD $0.0931 | — | |
| walmart | USD $0.0931 | — | |
| zoho | USD $0.0958 | — | |
| wink | USD $0.0972 | — | |
| skout | USD $0.10 | — | |
| rozetka | USD $0.1028 | — | |
| avon | USD $0.1056 | — | |
| ivi | USD $0.1083 | — | |
| Microsoft | USD $0.1097 | — | |
| PayPal | USD $0.1111 | — | |
| joyride | USD $0.1139 | — | |
| kwai | USD $0.1139 | — | |
| indomaret | USD $0.1181 | — | |
| Yahoo | USD $0.1181 | — | |
| airtel | USD $0.1194 | — | |
| bolt | USD $0.1194 | — | |
| twilio | USD $0.1194 | — | |
| 99app | USD $0.1222 | — | |
| mamba | USD $0.1222 | — | |
| OpenAI / ChatGPT | USD $0.1222 | — | |
| X / Twitter | USD $0.1222 | — | |
| meesho | USD $0.1236 | — | |
| noon | USD $0.1236 | — | |
| ozon | USD $0.1264 | — | |
| jiomart | USD $0.1278 | — | |
| zupee | USD $0.1278 | — | |
| foodpanda | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| lidl | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| mcdonalds | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| nttgame | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| shein | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| ubisoft | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| vkontakte | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| whatnot | USD $0.1292 | — | |
| kolesakz | USD $0.1361 | — | |
| greggs | USD $0.1389 | — | |
| picpay | USD $0.1403 | — | |
| Naver | USD $0.1417 | — | |
| communitygaming | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| earneasy | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| gamezy | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| magicpin | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| mocospace | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| my11circle | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| myjar | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| pgbonus | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| rummy | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| rummygold | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| swagbucks | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| talabat | USD $0.1431 | — | |
| roblox | USD $0.1444 | — | |
| 99acres | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| allegro | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| bigolive | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| blibli | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| dream11 | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| foodora | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| getir | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| pinduoduo | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| rush | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| tataneu | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| Temu | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| trip | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| upwork | USD $0.1458 | — | |
| adobe | USD $0.1472 | — | |
| didi | USD $0.1472 | — | |
| KakaoTalk | USD $0.1486 | — | |
| zalo | USD $0.1528 | — | |
| flipkart | USD $0.1542 | — | |
| irctc | USD $0.1542 | — | |
| swiggy | USD $0.1542 | — | |
| Netflix | USD $0.1556 | — | |
| nike | USD $0.1556 | — | |
| vinted | USD $0.1556 | — | |
| akudo | USD $0.1583 | — | |
| bumble | USD $0.1583 | — | |
| hezzl | USD $0.1583 | — | |
| inboxlv | USD $0.1583 | — | |
| kucoinplay | USD $0.1583 | — | |
| lightchat | USD $0.1583 | — | |
| switips | USD $0.1583 | — | |
| Amazon | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| blizzard | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| hinge | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| imo | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| lovoo | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| soulapp | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| wolt | USD $0.1597 | — | |
| Proton Mail | USD $0.1611 | — | |
| subito | USD $0.1653 | — | |
| tinder | USD $0.1653 | — | |
| deliveroo | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| depop | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| dodopizza | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| freenow | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| gcash | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| grailed | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| her | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| ininal | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| meragaon | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| oldubil | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| razer | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| rebtel | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| shpock | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| tamtam | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| USD $0.1694 | — | ||
| wise | USD $0.1694 | — | |
| astropay | USD $0.1708 | — | |
| badoo | USD $0.1708 | — | |
| carousell | USD $0.1708 | — | |
| mercari | USD $0.1708 | — | |
| sikayetvar | USD $0.1708 | — | |
| zhihu | USD $0.1708 | — | |
| bajajfinserv | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| botim | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| coindcx | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| glowroad | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| gojek | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| hopi | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| iyc | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| medibuddy | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| mobikwik | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| sneakerboy | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| spartanpoker | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| tradingview | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| youstar | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| zepto | USD $0.1722 | — | |
| unacademy | USD $0.175 | — | |
| blink | USD $0.1764 | — | |
| sportmaster | USD $0.1778 | — | |
| Uber | USD $0.1778 | — | |
| marktplaats | USD $0.1792 | — | |
| mercado | USD $0.1792 | — | |
| trendyol | USD $0.1792 | — | |
| wildberries | USD $0.1792 | — | |
| aol | USD $0.1833 | — | |
| papara | USD $0.1833 | — | |
| USD $0.1833 | — | ||
| outlier | USD $0.1847 | — | |
| TikTok | USD $0.1847 | — | |
| dhani | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| likee | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| lovelocal | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| poshmark | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| q12trivia | USD $0.1875 | — | |
| Apple | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| blablacar | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| careem | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| classpass | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| Google / Gmail | USD $0.1889 | — | |
| USD $0.1889 | — | ||
| USD $0.1917 | — | ||
| mailru | USD $0.1944 | — | |
| Airbnb | USD $0.1958 | — | |
| Steam | USD $0.1958 | — | |
| betano | USD $0.1972 | — | |
| doordash | USD $0.1986 | — | |
| justdating | USD $0.1986 | — | |
| kfc | USD $0.1986 | — | |
| paysafecard | USD $0.1986 | — | |
| revolut | USD $0.1986 | — | |
| moneylion | USD $0.2014 | — | |
| venmo | USD $0.2014 | — | |
| 1688 | USD $0.2069 | — | |
| hermes | USD $0.2069 | — | |
| okcupid | USD $0.2125 | — | |
| humblebundle | USD $0.2139 | — | |
| bitclout | USD $0.2167 | — | |
| huya | USD $0.2167 | — | |
| tantan | USD $0.2167 | — | |
| eBay | USD $0.2208 | — | |
| lazada | USD $0.2208 | — | |
| dominospizza | USD $0.2222 | — | |
| taptapsend | USD $0.2236 | — | |
| globus | USD $0.2278 | — | |
| offgamers | USD $0.2278 | — | |
| adidas | USD $0.2292 | — | |
| caixa | USD $0.2319 | — | |
| taobao | USD $0.2319 | — | |
| dundle | USD $0.2333 | — | |
| zomato | USD $0.2347 | — | |
| algida | USD $0.2361 | — | |
| coinbase | USD $0.2361 | — | |
| craigslist | USD $0.2375 | — | |
| rediffmail | USD $0.2375 | — | |
| gett | USD $0.2389 | — | |
| biedronka | USD $0.25 | — | |
| douyu | USD $0.25 | — | |
| erome | USD $0.25 | — | |
| vfsglobal | USD $0.25 | — | |
| clickentregas | USD $0.2597 | — | |
| olx | USD $0.2597 | — | |
| Telegram | USD $0.2597 | — | |
| paycell | USD $0.2667 | — | |
| premiumone | USD $0.2722 | — | |
| paysend | USD $0.2792 | — | |
| hepsiburadacom | USD $0.2806 | — | |
| 32red | USD $0.2833 | — | |
| alfa | USD $0.2833 | — | |
| tango | USD $0.2833 | — | |
| amasia | USD $0.2931 | — | |
| iQIYI | USD $0.2931 | — | |
| quipp | USD $0.3014 | — | |
| bitaqaty | USD $0.3056 | — | |
| cafebazaar | USD $0.3056 | — | |
| disneyhotstar | USD $0.3056 | — | |
| gittigidiyor | USD $0.3056 | — | |
| mzadqatar | USD $0.3056 | — | |
| yalla | USD $0.3097 | — | |
| michat | USD $0.3125 | — | |
| maplesea | USD $0.3139 | — | |
| faceit | USD $0.3153 | — | |
| cliqq | USD $0.3167 | — | |
| gamearena | USD $0.3264 | — | |
| mpl | USD $0.3264 | — | |
| pokec | USD $0.3264 | — | |
| yaay | USD $0.3264 | — | |
| bisu | USD $0.3444 | — | |
| 1xbet | USD $0.35 | — | |
| eneba | USD $0.3528 | — | |
| alibaba | USD $0.3639 | — | |
| cupid | USD $0.3639 | — | |
| gamekit | USD $0.3639 | — | |
| Grab | USD $0.3639 | — | |
| kaidee | USD $0.3639 | — | |
| quikr | USD $0.3639 | — | |
| weststein | USD $0.3639 | — | |
| lyft | USD $0.3667 | — | |
| other | USD $0.3694 | — | |
| pof | USD $0.3764 | — | |
| jd | USD $0.3806 | — | |
| USD $0.3861 | — | ||
| blued | USD $0.4042 | — | |
| paxful | USD $0.4042 | — | |
| potato | USD $0.4444 | — | |
| digikala | USD $0.4625 | — | |
| surveytime | USD $0.4625 | — | |
| wmaraci | USD $0.4625 | — | |
| zcity | USD $0.4625 | — | |
| keybase | USD $0.4819 | — | |
| weverse | USD $0.5042 | — | |
| aitu | USD $0.5625 | — | |
| payzapp | USD $0.6597 | — | |
| tosla | USD $0.6597 | — | |
| yubo | USD $0.6597 | — | |
| skype | USD $0.7708 | — | |
| dana | USD $1.6833 | — | |
| fruitz | USD $1.6833 | — | |
| leboncoin | USD $1.6833 | — | |
| monese | USD $1.6833 | — | |
| LINE | USD $1.7917 | — |
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Country stock does not mean every app has stock
Tanzania has activation combinations, but check the exact app before selecting a number. WhatsApp and Facebook are separate catalog choices; their geographic limits, sending policies and prices may differ. A directory shows an indicative USD starting price. The picker identifies the country, pool and timer, while the order confirmation gives the actual CNY debit.
Smart, Select, Flex and Global identify product pools, not operators listed by TCRA. A sender requiring a locally registered identity, a voice call or enduring receipt cannot be satisfied by this short SMS product. Reading the sender's current input prompt before buying is more useful than comparing only the cheapest starting price.
Preserve input and dispatch evidence
An app may insert +255 itself or request a full international number. Before sending, compare the complete destination displayed by the app with the order. Afterward, record the time and any error. An immediate invalid-number response points first to format or type; a sent indication with no SMS in the order calls for checking the order timer and status. Repeated requests can trigger sender limits.
Ghana also distinguishes M2M from ordinary mobile numbering in regulator material, but its code and ranges are not the same. Control over a one-time number is not guaranteed after the order ends.
Sources and further reading
Platform rules can change. Follow the verification options shown in your current app session. The following official resources support the specific conditions discussed in this guide.