Telephone numbers in Austria

Austria telephone numbers

Location of Austria (dark green)
Location
Country	Austria
Continent	Europe
Access codes
Country code	+43
International call prefix	00
Trunk prefix	0

Area codes in Austria: The area code zones approximately follow the boundaries of the states, but Burgenland, Vorarlberg, the state of Tyrol and the western part of Lower Austria are assigned to other areas.

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 call
118xxx	Directory assistance services
122	Fire
133	Police
140	Mountain rescue
144	Medical emergency
147	Telephone counselling for children (Rat auf Draht)
15xx	Generic information services (time etc.)
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 (Orange Austria / 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 Orange. Yesss is a discount-offer of Orange.
• 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.

Mobile phone codes

In ascending numeric order:

Mobile Providers with own Networks

Provider		Code
3		660
A1		664
T-Mobile		676
Orange Austria		699

Mobile Providers without own Networks

Provider	Network	Code
Telering1 and Schwarzfunk2	T-Mobile	650
BoB2	A1	680
Yesss2	Orange Austria	681
Eety2	Orange Austria	68183
Tele2	Orange Austria	688
eTel	Orange Austria	6991599
Yesss2	Orange Austria	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 Orange and Drei.
• ² BoB is a discount service of A1, Yesss and Eety is a discount service of Orange. 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.

Special / Service codes

Special Services

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

References

• Austrian Numbering Plan