Telephone numbers in Austria
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To call an Austrian phone number from outside Austria, you will need to dial: International access code + 43 (country code) + area Code + Telephone Number.
If calling a phone number within another area from inside Austria, you need to dial 0 + area code + phone number.
If calling a phone within the same area code, you do not need to dial an area code.
If calling from a mobile phone, you always need to dial 0 + area code + phone number, usually even if calling a number of the same mobile network.
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[edit] Overview
There are no standard lengths for either area codes or subscribers' numbers in Austria, meaning that some subscribers' numbers may be as short as three digits. Larger towns have shorter area codes permitting longer subscriber numbers in that area. Some examples:
00 International call prefix 112 general emergency call 118xxx directory assistance services 122 fire 133 police 140 mountain rescue 144 medical emergency 147 telephone counseling for children (Rat auf Draht) 15xx generic information services (time, ...) 01 Wien/Vienna 0316 Graz 0463 Klagenfurt 050x virtual private network (VPN) 0512 Innsbruck 0662 Salzburg 0650 cell phones (Telering) 0660 cell phones (Drei) 0664 cell phones (A1) 0676 cell phones (T-Mobile) 0680 cell phones (BoB) 0681 cell phones (Yesss) 0688 cell phones (Tele2) 0699 cell phones (One / Yesss) 0718 internet dial-up numbers 0720 location independent landline numbers 0732 Linz 0780 convergent services with ENUM (VoIP) 0800 national free call 00800 international free call 0804 internet dial-up numbers 08xx service numbers 09xx premium rate
The number-assignment of the cell phones can vary, due to number portability.
- Yesss and Tele2 are using the network-infrastructure of One. Yesss is a discount-offer of One.
- BoB is a discount-offer of A1 and therefore uses its network-infrastructure.
- Since 2006 Telering is fully owned by and integrated into T-Mobile and therefore uses its network-infrastructure.
[edit] Area codes
In alphabetic order, umlauts last, German names (e.g. "Wien" means "Vienna", etc.). Attached "(de)" means Link to the German Wikipedia.
[edit] Mobile Phone codes
In ascending numeric order
| Provider | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Drei | 660 | |
| A1 | 664 | |
| T-Mobile | 676 | |
| One | 699 | |
| Provider | Network | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Telering1 and Schwarzfunk2 | T-Mobile | 650 |
| BoB2 | A1 | 680 |
| Yesss2 | One | 681 |
| Eety2 | One | 68183 |
| Tele2 | One | 688 |
| eTel | One | 6991599 |
| Yesss2 | One | 6998 |
- 1 Telering was bought by T-Mobile in 2005. As of 2006, Telering uses the network-infrastructure of T-Mobile. As a special requirement of the European commission, many of the former transmitters and frequencies previously operated by Telering were given to One and Drei.
- 2 BoB is a discount service of A1, Yesss and Eety is a discount service of One. Schwarzfunk is a discount service of T-Mobile.
Due to number portability, the code is not a safe way to evaluate the provider of a phone number. The providers assign only in exceptional cases (special sort of custom numbers, more expensive) non-existing numbers with a different prefix, and this is handled similar as porting an existing number from the desired network. However, the providers still have the administrative sovereignty over their own prefix.
[edit] Special / Service codes
| Service | Code |
|---|---|
| call-by-call providers | 10 |
| public (emergency) services | 1xx |
| phone breakdown advice | 111 |
| generic emergency service | 112 |
| directory service | 118 |
| car breakdown assistance (ÖAMTC) | 120 |
| fire department (emergency) | 122 |
| car breakdown assistance (ARBÖ) | 123 |
| police (emergency) | 133 |
| mountain rescue | 140 |
| ambulance (emergency) | 144 |
| telephone counseling for children (Rat auf Draht) | 147 |
| public services | 1xxx |
| current time | 1503 |
| free services | 802 |
| 800 | |
| dial-up / ISP | 804 |
| 718 | |
| personal services | 710 |
| 730 | |
| 740 | |
| premium rate | 901 |
| 930 | |
| 931 | |
| 900 | |
| premium rate dialers | 939 |
| services with regulated max. tariffs | 820 |
| 828 | |
| 810 | |
| 821 | |
| telekom austria premium rate services | 711 |
| numbers for convergent services | 780 |
| virtual private network (VPN) | 50x |
