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Area Code: 1-3 digits Subscriber Number: 6-7 digits Trunk Prefix: 0 International Prefix: 00Area code plus subscriber number (excluding trunk prefix or country code) should total 9 digits, except Zurich +41 1 until its area code conversion to +41 43 or +41 44 is complete.
(with report courtesy Peer M. Künstler)
Short code Carrier ---------- ------- 1800 Genki 1801 BNS 1802 Tele2 1810 11880 telegate * 1811 Swisscom Fixnet 1812 Swisscom Information Gate 1818 1818 Auskunft 1819 Digicall 1822 11883 Telecom 1828 AMK-Media * 1848 Cablecom * 1850 Conduit Europe 1855 Yellow Gateway 1880 Orange Communications 1881 Telegate Auskunftsdienste * 1888 Fournir 1889 Infonova 1898 First Early Bird * 1899 TDC SwitzerlandThe change also affected the previous 115x international enquiry numbers. Swisscom's 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1159 international enquiry codes were also consolidated under 1811.
Carriers implemented 18xx numbers prior to December 2006 - for example, Swisscom's 1811 began 3 April 2006.
* - this carrier does not appear on the eofcom.ch list of allocated 18xx information service providers as of May 2007.
Note that most of Europe tends to use 118xx for the information numbers, but 118 has long been used for fire emergency calls in Switzerland, so implementation of the enquiry services on 118xx would not have been practical.
Sources: eOFCOM list of 18xx information numbers
admin.ch: Allocation of new directory enquiry numbers (7 November 2006)
Tele 2 announcement: 111 becomes 1802
Swisscom announcement - introduction of 1811 on 3 April 2006
OFCOM information on 18xx enquiry service short codes
(with report courtesy Peer M. Künstler)
March 2002: New subscribers may be assigned under area codes 043 (+41 43) or 044 (+41 44). Early requests for 044 (+41 44) numbers were not to conflict with another subscriber's existing 01 (+41 1) number.
1 March 2004: 044 (+41 44) may be used to call 01 (+41 1) subscribers as parallel running of both area codes begins. Existing subscribers in 01 (+41 1) may now publish their numbers as 044 (+41 44) area code instead.
March 2005: throughout this month, existing 01 (+41 1) numbers will formally be changed to the new area code 044 (+41 44). After end of March, the calling number display/identification from all affected subscribers will display 044 (+41 44).
31 March 2007: end of Zurich renumbering; operation of 01 (+41 1) is discontinued
digitalphone.ch news item.
(Additional update courtesy Ken Westmoreland)
The new plan is to take effect 29 March 2002, by introducing a closed dialling plan. Subscriber numbers would incorporate the trunk prefix and area code, which effectively means all calls will be dialled in the long distance format. This will affect local calls, but not long distance or calls from other nations, but this will open additional numbering ranges for future assignment.
Domestically, this will mean 9 digits would be dialled for calls to Zurich subscribers (01 + existing 7-digit subscriber number), and 10 digits for other areas of the country (0xx + existing 7-digit subscriber number). However, BAKOM (OFCOM) wants Zurich to match the 10-digit format by 2007, to ensure a constant national number length.
The previous plan to restructure the numbering plan (to 9-digit national phone numbers as of 29 March 2002) was delayed from the original 12 April 2001 start. Information is available from a BAKOM (OFCOM) press release.
Some information from Switzerland's national telecom regulator BAKOM was available regarding the major national renumbering, but details may no longer be available online. There have already been numerous regional numbering changes, mainly consolidations of regions into existing area codes.
Other details on numbering may be available from Swisscom's page.
(Additional update courtesy Ken Westmoreland)
Prior to the activation of country code +423, Liechtenstein was called via Switzerland's area code 75 (i.e. +41 75 ...).
There was a reference to some recent telephone number changes.
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