Numbering Plan
01x(x) to 05x(x) and 07x: geographical area codes 06: mobile phone number 066: mobile pagers 06760: internet access number 0800: toll free number 084: location independent, premium rate (used mostly for fax-to-email and voicemail services) 085: location independent, basic rate (for private use) 087: location independent, premium rate 088: location independent, basic rate (for companies) 0900: premium rate, information 0906: premium rate, adult content 0909: premium rate, entertainment 112: emergency services number 14xxx(x): public authorities, where xxxx is the three- or four-digit area-code of the municipality 16xx: carrier select prefixes 18xx: number information066, 084 and 087 are often used by scammers, because they are easy and cheap to register and make identification very hard.
Previously, 06-0, 06-1000 and 06-4 were used for toll-free numbers, 06-8 for shared cost, 06-9 for premium rate, and other 06 for mobile numbers. 0011 and later 06-11 was used for emergency services before this changed to 112. 09 was used as the international access code before this changed to 00.
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