Telephone numbers in Germany
The telephone dialing codes in Germany 5200 include local area networks, five number ranges for mobile communication and several special numbers. They are organized and awarded by the Federal Network Agency ( FNA ).
Composition
The primaries are including the national access code (prefix ) " 0" is specified, as they are usually chosen for phone calls within Germany. In official parlance primaries are further differentiated content. Examples:
- 030 12345678 local number (Berlin) The area code 030 is composed of the prefix "0 " area code ( ONKZ ) " 30"
- 0170 1234567 Mobile Number ( T-Mobile) The area code 0170 consists of prefix " 0 " service code " 17 " block identifier "0"
- 0180 1 123456 special phone number (Shared -cost 3.9 cents / minute) The area code 01801 consists of the prefix "0 " service code " 180 " tariff code " 1"
If calling from abroad, the national prefix " 0" omitted. Examples:
- 49 30 12345678 local number (Berlin)
- 49 170 1234567 Mobile Number ( Telekom )
- Special phone number 49 1801 123456 (Shared -cost 3.9 cents / minute)
The plus sign " " must be replaced by the caller through the international access code currently valid; For example, "00" for calls from Europe to foreign countries or " 011" if calling from North America abroad.
In the fixed network can be dialed without the area code, a number within the same local network in most cases. In mobile networks, this is not working.
Since the introduction of number portability, the selected network or the terminal operator can not be determined with certainty based on the area code. As often, however, depends on the fare thereof, many port operators provide information services ( eg via free call or SMS ), which output the relevant collective membership of a phone number.
The combined under one area code field is not always consistent with city and town limits. So in some cases several municipalities are grouped together under one code. Among other things, through incorporations it may happen that certain parts of a municipality have its own code or share this even with a neighboring municipality. In some cases, even the borders of the states are exceeded.
Area codes
Area codes are for historical reasons only in area codes 02 to 09 special numbers are mainly in the area code 01 settled. Important exceptions are the area codes 032, 0700, 0800 and 0900th 00 is the international access code.
- Area code 00 - International Dialing Codes
- Area Code 01 - Call-by -Call, MABEZ, mobile, special numbers, Service services
- Area code 02 - North Rhine -Westphalia (except north-east), Rhineland -Palatinate (North), Hesse ( Dillenburg space )
- Prefix area 03 - Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony -Anhalt, Saxony, Thuringia, Lower Saxony ( Amt Neuhaus ) 032 - National subscriber numbers
- 0700 - Personal phone numbers
- 0800 - Free phone numbers
- 0900 - Chargeable numbers, " value added services "
Short numbers
Short numbers can be selected within the whole of Germany, and most also have an origin -dependent routing ( eg 110 ). They have bucked the general telephone number space with prefix own number range, such as the penalty Alley.
Changes in the wake of German reunification
Until German unification were in both German states each have their own systems for telephone area codes. A reform remained here, however, since by extending the code to six digits ( including leading zeros ) sufficient code numbers in the range "03" (previously only used in the form of " 030 " for Berlin) were available. The international dialing code " 37 " for the GDR was attributable to the reform. Reform of primary elections to be made generally very restrictive and were rare in the Federal Republic before 1990. When you change the primaries in the new countries, the numbers were preserved, as far as this was possible, so that the conversion effort similar to the ZIP code covered only the primaries.