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Lithuania | +370 |
Area Code: 1-2 digits (see note below) Subscriber Number: 5-6 digits (see note below) Trunk Prefix: 8, changing to 0 International Prefix: 00 (formerly 8 (wait) 10)Area Code plus Subscriber Number will total 8 digits when national renumbering of 2001-2003 is completed.
"The Lithuanian National Numbering plan change of 2001-2003 has been completed as of this time, October 15, 2003, with an exception of implementing '0' as trunk access: '8' still serves that purpose.
For international access, the permisive period ended January 1st, 2003, with '00' now being in place.
From the onset of the change to 8 digit National Plan, Vilnius proper was intended to change to 7 digit local numers, being assigned the only single digit area code '5'.
The rest of the country fixed line subscribers use 5 or 6 digit local numbers, thus making area codes 2 and 3 digit length (with the noted exception of Vilnius proper using single-digit area code '5'). The new plan does not foresee usage of fixed-lenght area codes.
There's a notable case about transitioning Vilnius' local numbers to 7 digit local plan. It pertains to local numbers that began with '2', e.g. '2x-xx-xx'. Those had been changed to '21x-xx-xx'.
All other local numbers in Vilnius simply were prepended with '2', thus converting an old 6-digit number 'xx-xx-xx' to '2xx-xxxx'. Therefore, dialing a Vilnius phone today from another country should be formulated as +370-5-XXX-XXXX. It is not excluded, and is rather very likely that the new 7-digit Vilnius local numbers will be assigned '3'+6 digits, '4'+6 digits and so on, a source at AB Lietuvos Telekomas ("Lithuanian Telecom") says."
The end result was national numbers which total 8 digits length (3-digit area codes with 5-digit subscriber numbers, or perhaps 2-digit area codes with 6-digit subscriber numbers - whether area code lengths will be a constant 3-digit length is unclear). However, the plan is not a closed plan, so that local calls can be completed with the subscriber number alone, without need to include the area code into the dialled number.
The numbering changes were being phased in according to region and type of service at various dates during the renumbering period.
+370 2: reserved as of 1 March 2003 - unspecified +370 3: fixed/geographic +370 4: fixed/geographic +370 5: fixed/geographic +370 6: mobile +370 7: personal/universal number +370 8: freephone, special rate +370 9: premium rate
Place Old New ===== === === Birzai +370 20 +370 450 Elektrenai +370 38 +370 528 Jonava +370 19 +370 349 Kaisiadorys +370 56 +370 346 Kaunas +370 7x +370 37x Kedainiai +370 57 +370 347 Kupiskis +370 31 +370 459 Marijampole +370 43 +370 343 Panevezys +370 54 +370 454 Panevezys +370 55 +370 455 Pasvalys +370 71 +370 451 Rokiskis +370 78 +370 458 Sakiai +370 47 +370 345 Silute +370 41 +370 441 Taurage +370 46 +370 446 Trakai +370 38 +370 528 Ukmerge +370 11 +370 340 Vilkaviskis +370 42 +370 342 Vilnius +370 22 +370 521
Mobile carrier Old format New format ============== ========== ========== Nelt (Paging) +370 79 xxxxx +370 679 xxxxx Omnitel (GSM) +370 80 xxxxx +370 680 xxxxx Bit (GSM) +370 81 xxxxx +370 681 xxxxx Omnitel (GSM) +370 82 xxxxx +370 682 xxxxx Tele2 (GSM) +370 83 xxxxx +370 683 xxxxx Tele2 (GSM) +370 84 xxxxx +370 684 xxxxx Bit (GSM) +370 85 xxxxx +370 685 xxxxx Omnitel (GSM) +370 86 xxxxx +370 686 xxxxx Omnitel (GSM) +370 87 xxxxx +370 687 xxxxx Omnitel (GSM) +370 88 xxxxx +370 688 xxxxx Bit (GSM) +370 89 xxxxx +370 689 xxxxx Omnitel (GSM) +370 98 xxxxx +370 698 xxxxx Bit (GSM) +370 99 xxxxx +370 699 xxxxx
Place Old New ===== === === Akmene +370 95 +370 425 Alytus +370 35 +370 315 Anyksciai +370 51 +370 381 Birstonas +370 10 +370 319 Druskininkai +370 33 +370 313 Ignalina +370 29 +370 386 Joniskis +370 96 +370 426 Jurbarkas +370 48 +370 447 Kelme +370 97 +370 427 Klaipeda +370 62 +370 462 Klaipeda +370 63 +370 463 Klaipeda +370 64 +370 464 Kretinga +370 58 +370 445 Mazeikiai +370 93 +370 443 Moletai +370 30 +370 383 Neringa +370 59 +370 469 Pakruojis +370 91 +370 421 Palanga +370 36 +370 460 Plunge +370 18 +370 448 Prienai +370 49 +370 319 Radviliskis +370 92 +370 422 Raseiniai +370 28 +370 428 Skuodas +370 16 +370 440 Salcininkai +370 50 +370 380 Siauliai +370 13 +370 413 Siauliai +370 14 +370 414 Siauliai +370 15 +370 415 Silale +370 69 +370 449 Sirvintos +370 32 +370 382 Svencionys +370 17 +370 387 Telsiai +370 94 +370 444 Utena +370 39 +370 389 Varena +370 60 +370 310 Vilnius +370 23 +370 523 Vilnius +370 24 +370 524 Vilnius +370 25 +370 525 Vilnius +370 26 +370 526 Vilnius +370 27 +370 527 Visaginas +370 66 +370 386 Zarasai +370 70 +370 385
Place Old New ===== === === Lazdijai +370 68 +370 318
RRT announcement (30 August 2001, via ITU)
From www.radio.lt, a report on the 2001-2003 telephone numbering change.
Withdrew from country code +7 (former USSR territory) at an unknown time; ITU assigned country code +370 in January 1993. +7 012 was replaced by +370 in international dialling. Recent reports suggest a restructuring to provide a constant 7-digit total of area code and local number (1-digit area + 6-digit local, or 2-digit area + 5-digit local).