Telephone numbers in Austria
The area code zones approximately follow the boundaries of the states, but Burgenland, Vorarlberg, East Tyrol and the western part of Lower Austria are assigned to other areas.
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| Location | |
|---|---|
| Country | Austria |
| Continent | Europe |
| Access codes | |
| Country calling code | +43 |
| International call prefix | 00 |
| Trunk prefix | 0 |
This article details the use of telephone numbers in Austria.
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:
| Prefix | Service type |
|---|---|
| 00 | International call prefix |
| 112 | General emergency |
| 118 xxx | Directory assistance services |
| 122 | Fire brigade |
| 133 | Police |
| 140 | Mountain rescue |
| 144 | Ambulance |
| 147 | Telephone counselling for children (Rat auf Draht) |
| 15xx | General information services (time etc.) |
| 01 | Vienna |
| 0316 | Graz |
| 0463 | Klagenfurt |
| 050x | Virtual private network (VPN) |
| 0512 | Innsbruck |
| 0662 | Salzburg |
| 0650 | Mobile phones (Telering) |
| 0660 | Mobile phones (Hutchison 3G / 3) |
| 0664 | Mobile phones (A1) |
| 0676 | Mobile phones (T-Mobile Austria) |
| 0677 | Mobile phones (HoT) |
| 0680 | Mobile phones (BoB) |
| 0681 | Mobile phones (yesss!) |
| 0688 | Mobile phones (Previously Tele2) |
| 0699 | Mobile phones (Previously Orange Austria and 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 assignment of mobile phone numbers can vary, due to number portability.
Mobile phone codes
In ascending numeric order:
| Provider | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 660 and 699 | |
| A1 Telekom Austria | 664 | |
| T-Mobile | 676 | |
| Provider | Network | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Telering1 and Schwarzfunk2 | T-Mobile | 650 |
| BoB2 | A1 | 680 |
| yesss!2 | A1 | 681 and 6998 |
| Eety2 | 3 | 68183 |
| Tele2 | A1 | 688 |
- 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 Orange and Drei.
- 2 BoB is a discount service of A1. yesss! was a discount service of Orange, now sold to A1. Eety is a discount service of Orange (now 3). Schwarzfunk was 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.
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 |
