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Number Format

Area Code:            1-2 digits
Subscriber Number:    4-9 digits (see note below)
Trunk Prefix:         0
International Prefix: 00

Area code information

• Numbering in the Finnish telecommunications network
• DCCL

(Numbering in the Finnish Telecommunications network describes all available PTN access codes, area codes and prefixes in Finland. Courtesy Kimmo Ketolainen.)

Other Changes

• "Finland now has the first 9 digit subscriber lines (in Lapland and in the capital area)"
• "Shortest subscriber line numbers have 5 digits, shortest corporate switches only 4 digits. Most subscriber line numbers have 7 digits."
• "Geographic area codes have two or three signifying numbers (02 ... 019)" (including initial 0 trunk digit - DL)
• Long-term plans are to drop area codes and establish national subscriber numbers. However, these will not be standardised at 8 digits as previously thought, due to the introduction of 9-digit subscriber numbers.

• "Finland is ready to adopt European jump codes: 1xx to another European country, such as 146 to Sweden (+46, in future apparently +346)."

12 October 1996 - national renumbering

Finland's telecom regulator has a page of numbering information.

See also Bell Canada's news release.

Other Information

• Telecommunications Administration Centre (regulatory agency, formerly THK / thk.fi)
• Sonera (formerly Telecom Finland) (major carrier)
• Finnet Group (major carrier)
• Telia (Sweden's national telecom, very active in Finland)

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