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Telephone numbering in the Faroe Islands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Telephone numbers in the Faroe Islands have used a closed numbering plan, with 6-digit subscriber's numbers since 1998.[1] Numbers are usually printed in three groups of two digits. E.g. Tórshavn municipality's city hall has the telephone number 30 20 10.[2]
Location | |
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Country | Faroe Islands |
Continent | Europe |
Format | +298 NX XX XX |
Access codes | |
Country code | +298 |
International access | 00 |
Unusually for countries in Europe, the Faroe Islands were assigned the country calling code by the International Telecommunication Union beginning with the digit "2", in common with countries in Africa.[3] At the time, however, all country codes beginning with "3" and "4", reserved for countries in Europe, were already in use.[4] Originally, telephone numbers in the Faroe Islands could be reached using the country code for Denmark, +45, followed by the area code 42.[5]
Calls to Denmark require the use of the international access code 00 and country code 45; previously, only the digit 0 was required before the subscriber's eight-digit number, with calls to the rest of the world using the international access code 009 and the country code.[6]
Number range | Usage[7][8] |
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12xx | SMS/MMS short codes |
19xx | |
20 xx xx | Fixed Network |
21 xx xx–29 xx xx | GSM Mobile |
3x xx xx | Fixed Network |
4x xx xx | |
5x xx xx | GSM Mobile |
6x xx xx | Fixed Network (including VoIP) |
70 xx xx | Shared Cost Numbers |
71 xx xx–79 xx xx | GSM Mobile |
80 xx xx | Freephone numbers |
81 xx xx–89 xx xx | Fixed Network (including VoIP) |
90 xx xx | Premium rate numbers |
91 xx xx–99 xx xx | Mobile (reserved for 3G) |
Number range | Owner | Usage[7] |
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112 | Faroese Telecom | Neyðarkall / Emergency |
114 | Faroese Telecom | Løgreglan / Police (non-emergency) |
118 | Faroese Telecom | Nummarupplýsing / Number Information |
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