Telephone Numbers in Switzerland - National Destination Code

National Destination Code

The national destination code (NDC) is the area code prefix for Swiss telephone numbers. Within Switzerland the trunk code 0 must be dialed before the NDC, while it is not needed from international locations.

The closed numbering plan prescribes that subscribers are assigned telephone numbers of a standard length of nine digits. Two formats are distinguished: 2 digits for the NDC and 7 digits for the subscriber number, and 3 digits for the NDC and 6 digits for the subscriber number. A few exceptions exist as described in the following table.

The numbers are portable between numbering zones (ZN) or between GSM/UTMS mobile operators, and therefore an NDC does not imply that the subscriber is in a particular zone or that he uses a particular mobile operator.

The national destination codes are the following.

  • 1 – ZN Zurich (until 1 April 2007, replaced by 44)
  • 21 – ZN Lausanne
  • 22 – ZN Geneva
  • 24 – ZN Yverdon, Aigle
  • 26 – ZN Fribourg
  • 27 – ZN Sion
  • 31 – ZN Bern and surrounding areas.
  • 32 – ZN Biel/Bienne, Neuchâtel, Solothurn, Jura
  • 33 – ZN Berner Oberland
  • 34 – ZN Region Bern-Emme
  • 41 – ZN Central Switzerland (Luzern etc.)
  • 43 – ZN Zurich
  • 44 – ZN Zurich (formerly 1)
  • 51 – all of Switzerland
  • 52 – ZN Winterthur
  • 55 – ZN Rapperswil
  • 56 – ZN Baden
  • 58 – business telecommunication networks
  • 61 – ZN Region Basel
  • 62 – ZN Region Olten-Langenthal(Oberaargau)-Aargau-West
  • 71 – ZN Region Eastern Switzerland (St. Gallen etc.)
  • 74 – mobile services: paging services
  • 76 – mobile services: GSM / UMTS - Sunrise (with Yallo, Cablecom, talktalk)
  • 77 – mobile services: GSM / UMTS - various (M-Budget, Tele2)
  • 78 – mobile services: GSM / UMTS - Orange (with CoopMobile)
  • 79 – mobile services: GSM / UMTS - Swisscom
  • 800 – freephone numbers
  • 81 – ZN Chur
  • 840 – shared-cost numbers
  • 842 – shared-cost numbers
  • 844 – shared-cost numbers
  • 848 – shared-cost numbers
  • 860 – voice mail access (+ 9 digits phone without the initial 0, i.e. +41 860 66 555 44 33 is the voice mail of +41 66 555 44 33)
  • 868 – test numbers - Not accessible from abroad
  • 869 – VPN access code ( + 3 - 10 digits)
  • 878 – personal numbers (UPT)
  • 900 – Premium rate service for business, marketing
  • 901 – Premium rate service for entertainment,
  • 906 – Premium rate service for adult entertainment
  • 91 – ZN Bellinzona
  • 98 – Inter-network routing numbers - Not accessible from abroad - Non diallable
  • 99 – Internal network numbers - Not accessible from abroad - Non diallable

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