[1] There were ten area codes at that time: 02 Jerusalem, Bet Shemesh; 03 Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Rehovot, Ashdod; 04 Haifa and western Galilee; 051 Ashkelon; 053 Netanya; 057 Beersheva and most of the Negev; 059 Eilat; 065 Afula, Nazareth; 063 Hadera, Zichron Yaakov; and 067 Tiberias, Zefat and eastern Galilee.

The format for calls to landlines within the same area code is XXX-XXXX (seven digit subscriber number).

Special numbers include emergency and aid services, along with technical support and other provider services:[8] Kosher phones and networks are essentially phones with Haredi rabbinical approval that can be used for communication without entertainment functionality or connectivity.

This is a line that has a pre-defined prefix and it is blocked to content that Haredi activists feel is not appropriate for their community.

The companies who provides "kosher numbers" allocated exclusive ranges for those lines, which are: