Telephone numbers in the Faroe Islands

Telephone numbering in the Faroe Islands

Telephone numbers in Faroe Islands

Location of Faroe Islands

Country| Faroe Islands
Continent| Europe
Format| +298 NX XX XX
Country code| +298
International access| 00

Telephone numbers in the Faroe Islands have used a closed numbering plan, with 6-digit subscriber numbers, since 1998.[1] Numbers are usually printed in three groups of two digits; for example, Tórshavn municipality's city hall has the telephone number 30 20 10.[2]

Unusually for countries in Europe, the International Telecommunication Union assigned to the Faroe Islands a country calling code beginning with the digit "2", usually allocated to countries in Africa.[3] At the time, 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]

## Allocations

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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)

## Special Numbers

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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

## References

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1. ^ 1st APRIL 1998 THE FAROE ISLAND, COUNTRY CODE 298, WILL CHANGE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER LENGTH FROM 5 TO 6 DIGITS
2. ^ Tórshavnar kommuna home page
3. ^ Blue Book, IXth Plenary Assembly, Melbourne, 14–25 November 1988, Volume 2, Issue 2, International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, International Telecommunication Union, 1989 page 132
4. ^ Red Book, VIIIth Plenary Assembly, Malaga-Torremolinos, 8–19 October 1984, Volume 6, Part 1, page 117
5. ^ Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland Staatshandbuch: Teilausgabe Bund, C. Heymanns., 1987, page 93
6. ^ Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands: A Travel Survival Kit, Deanna Swaney, Lonely Planet Publications, 1994, page 539
7. ^ a b "Faroe Islands". itu.int. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
8. ^ "Nummarskipan" [Numbering plan]. Fjarskiftiseftirlitið [Telecommunications Authority of the Faroe Islands]. Retrieved 2020-11-19.

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