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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:

 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 (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.

[edit] Mobile Phone codes

In ascending numeric order

Mobile Providers with own Networks
Provider		Code
Drei		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.

[edit] 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
free services	800
dial-up / ISP	804
dial-up / ISP	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

[edit] References

Austrian Numbering Plan