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Telephone numbers in Australia

January 19, 2024

The Australian telephone numbering plan governs the allocation of telephone numbers in Australia. It has changed many times, the most recent major reorganisation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority taking place between 1994 and 1998.[1]

Telephone numbers in Australia
Location of Australia (dark green)
Location
CountryAustralia
ContinentOceania
RegulatorAustralian Communications and Media Authority
TypeOpen
Access codes
Country code61
International access0011
Long-distance0

Overview edit

For landline telephony, Australia is geographically divided into four areas, three of which cover more than one state or territory. All local telephone numbers within the four areas have eight digits, consisting (mainly) of a four-digit exchange code and a four-digit local line number. The national significant number consists of a single-digit area code followed by the local eight-digit number, a total of nine digits. Calling within Australia a landline telephone in an area other than that of the caller, the telephone number is preceded by the Australian trunk prefix 0 and the area code: 0x xxxx xxxx.

  • 00 International and Emergency access (see below for details)
  • 01 Alternative phone services
    • 014 Satellite phones
    • 0163 Pager numbers
    • 0198 Data numbers (e.g. 0198 308 888 is the dial-up PoP number for Telstra)
  • 02 Geographic: Central East region (NSW, ACT, small parts of Victoria)
  • 03 Geographic: South-east region (VIC, TAS)
  • 04 Digital Mobile services (3G, 4G, 5G and GSM)
  • 0550 Location Independent Communication Services
  • 07 Geographic: North-east region (QLD)
  • 08 Geographic: Central and West region (SA, NT, WA, small part of NSW)
  • 1 Non-geographic numbers (mostly for domestic use only; see below for details)

The current numbering plan would appear to be sufficient to cope with potential increase in demand for services for quite some time to come.[citation needed] The 06 and 09 area codes are unused. In addition, each other area code has large number ranges unallocated.[citation needed]

When dialling from outside Australia, after dialling the appropriate international access code, it is necessary to dial the country code for Australia (61) followed by the nine digit national significant number. (The + symbol is used to represent the International Access Code, e.g. +61 3 xxxx xxxx for a number in Victoria/Tasmania or +61 4xx xxx xxx for a mobile number). Some numbers beginning with a 1 may be dialled without any replacement, after dialling the required international access code and the country code.

Australian local numbers have eight digits, conventionally written in the form xxxx xxxx. Mobile numbers are written in the form of ten digits, when dialed within Australia, the 0 must be included, and 4, which indicates the service required is a mobile number. Mobile numbers are conventionally written 04xx xxx xxx. If a landline or mobile number is written where it may be viewed by an international audience (e.g. in an email signature or on a website) then the number is often written as +61 x xxxx xxxx or +61 4xx xxx xxx respectively.

The Australian national trunk access code, 0, is not used for calls originated from locations outside Australia.

Geographic numbers edit

Fixed-line telephone numbers edit

Within Australia, dialing a number in another area requires dialing the trunk code 0, followed by the area code, and then the local number.

In major centres, the first four digits specify the CCA (Call Collection Area, also known as an exchange), and the remaining digits specify a number at that exchange, up to 10,000 of which may be connected. Smaller exchanges in more remote areas may mean that no more than 100 numbers could be connected to such exchanges.

To access numbers in the same area, it is necessary only to dial the eight digits concerned. To access a number in another area it is first necessary to dial the trunk code of 0, followed by the area code (2, 3, 7 or 8) and then the specific local number.

The area codes do not exactly match state/territory boundaries. Notable are the part of New South Wales around Broken Hill (a large part of the state's area but less than 1% of its population), which uses (08) 80xx numbers,[2] and Wodonga, which is in Victoria but is within the New South Wales (02) area code. Similarly New South Wales border towns including Deniliquin and Buronga are within the South East (Victorian) (03) area code, and Tweed Heads within the North East (Queensland) (07) area code. Physical exchanges can be allocated one or more prefixes and modern technology allows sub-sets of these number ranges to be allocated to switching entities physically located at a distance from the exchange in which their controlling terminal is located. (Thus, the concept of what a "telephone exchange" is can become somewhat blurred.)

Landlines use an open dialling plan: if the caller's phone shares the same area code as the called phone, the area code may be omitted. For example, a call from the number (02) 5551 5678, to the number (02) 7010 1111, will be connected if the caller dials only 7010 1111. Similarly, a person who dials 7010 5678 on a land-line or mobile phone in Melbourne (i.e., within the 03 area) will be connected to 03 7010 5678. For this reason, landline numbers are often specified without the area code. If a person's number and the destination number share the same area code, then the area code is not required, even if it is not a local (untimed) call.

However, the full international number must always be dialled, since the Australian telephone network has the capability to recognise when the destination required is either international, in a different national area or within the local area and to switch and charge the call accordingly. Thus, it is strongly recommended that telephone numbers should be stored in mobile phones in the form of the full international number, should the owner of the phone be likely to use the phone concerned in an area away from home, either within Australia or internationally.

Mobile phones edit

Within Australia, mobile phone numbers begin with 04 or 05 – the Australian national trunk code 0, plus the mobile indicator 4 or 5 – followed by eight digits. This is generally written as 04XX XXX XXX within Australia, or as +61 4XX XXX XXX for an international audience. This format is the result of mobile carriers advertising numbers in such a way so as to clearly identify the owning telco prior to mobile number portability, introduced on 25 September 2001. Prior to MNP, mobile operators generally reserved number ranges in blocks of 04 xy z.

The xy-digit codes (sometimes xy z) are allocated per network. Since the introduction of number portability, there is no longer a fixed relationship between the mobile phone number and the network it uses.

In 2015 the 05 prefix (other than 0550) was also reserved for digital mobile phones as a part of the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015. However, as of 2019 no numbers have been allocated with this prefix.

Within Australia, mobile numbers must always be dialed with all 10 digits, regardless of the caller's location.

List of geographic numbers edit

Geographical areas are identified by the first few digits of the local number:

Central-East region (02) edit

South-east region (03) edit

North-east region (07) edit

Central and West region (08) edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o New in 2012
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Prefixes proposed by ACMA and legislated in early 2008.[3] Note, some of these numbers are now actually in use
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al Added since renumbering
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h 0x 5550 and 0x 7010 reserved for fictitious use.[4]

List of non-geographic numbers edit

Mobile phone numbers (04, 05) edit

Each mobile phone company is allocated numbers in blocks, which are listed below. However mobile number portability means an individual number might have been "ported". There are also many MVNOs which use numbers from their wholesaler or might have their own ranges.

ACMA planned to introduce the "05" range for mobile numbers in 2017, when the "04" range was expected to be exhausted.[5] So far, no such numbers have been introduced.

Allocation for numbers in the range 04xy z00 000 – 04xy z99 999
y 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
040yz Telstra Optus Vodafone Telstra
041yz Vodafone Optus Vodafone Telstra
042yz * Vodafone Optus Vodafone Telstra
043yz Vodafone Optus Vodafone Optus Telstra
044yz Spare T * Spare Telstra Vodafone
045yz Vodafone Spare Telstra
046yz Telstra Spare Optus Telstra Optus Lycamobile
047yz Lycamobile Spare Telstra Optus
048yz T Spare Optus Spare Telstra Spare Telstra P T * * P
049yz Telstra * Telstra Spare Telstra
*Allocation of numbers in these ranges
Multi Range Provider
04200 0420 000 000 – 0420 019 999 RailCorp
0420 020 000 – 0420 029 999 Dialogue Communications Pty Limited
0420 030 000 – 0420 039 999 Symbio Network Pty Ltd
0420 040 000 – 0420 089 999 Spare
0420 090 000 – 0420 099 999 CLX
04201 0420 100 000 – 0420 109 999 Pivotel Satellite Pty Ltd
0420 110 000 – 0420 119 999 COMPATEL Limited
0420 120 000 – 0420 199 999 Spare
04445 0444 500 000 – 0444 599 999 MBLOX
04888 0488 800 000 – 0488 899 999 Pivotel (abbreviated as "P" above)
04890 0489 000 000 – 0489 099 999 Novatel Telephony Pty Ltd
04898 0489 800 000 – 0489 839 999 Spare
0489 840 000 – 0489 849 999 VicTrack
0489 850 000 – 0489 899 999 Spare
04899 0489 900 000 – 0489 999 999 Pivotel (abbreviated as "P" above)
04915 0491 500 000 – 0491 519 999 Messagebird
0491 520 000 – 0491 569 999 Spare
0491 570 000 – 0491 579 999 Australian Communications & Media Authority
0491 580 000 – 0491 599 999 Spare

The numbers 0491 570 156, 0491 570 157, 0491 570 158, 0491 570 159 and 0491 570 110 are reserved for fictitious use.[6]

Satellite phone numbers (014) edit

Numbers beginning with 014 are predominantly used for satellite services. Parts of the 014 prefix had previously been used as a 9 digit, AMPS mobile phone access code.

The 01471 prefix is the ten-digit replacement for the previous, nine-digit ITERRA satellite phone code 0071 xxxxx. Prior to its use for ITERRA (and other satellite services). These numbers were allocated in March 1999.

0145xxxxxx numbers are used for services utilised on the Optus network in Australia. This is predominantly used for MobileSat and Thuraya mobile satellite services. These numbers were allocated in December 1992: 222,000 with the rest "spare".

The prefixes 0141, 0142, 0143, 0145 and 0147 are set aside for satellite systems; the rest of the 014 prefix range is currently not allocated to any other service type. There is not a lot of demand for these services, and many satellite phones now have normal mobile phone numbers (prefix 04), so it is not likely for the entire 014 range to be allocated to satellite services.

Location independent communications service (0550) edit

These numbers are designed for VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) systems, where they work like a fixed number but not allocated on a geographical level. It is possible that LICS numbers will be absorbed into mobile numbers in the future, as they provide similar features. Indeed, the July 2012 variation of the numbering plan allocated the rest of the 05 range to digital mobile numbering.[7]

Data numbers (0198) edit

All calls to 0198 numbers are a "local call" cost like 13 and 1300 numbers but are used for Internet service provider access numbers. They are used both with dial-up modems and ISDN.

Obsolete numbers edit

Most numbers that are no longer used have been removed from the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015, whether in previous variations or in this complete replacement. (See below)

However, the 0163 prefix is still allocated for use with pagers. This was reduced from 016 in a variation to the previous numbering plan. As of March 2011 only 1000 numbers were allocated, and by the end of 2012 there were none allocated.

List of non-geographic numbers (domestic use) edit

The following codes are not generally dialable from international points, but used in domestic dialling:

  • 000 – Emergency (Police, Fire, Ambulance)
  • 106 – TTY emergency (for the hearing-impaired)
  • 11 – Community services
    • 1100 – Before You Dig Australia (to prevent inadvertent damage to underground cables or infrastructure)
    • 112 – Alternative access to Emergency Services (Police, Fire, Ambulance; diallable from GSM mobile phones only)
    • 119x – Information services (e.g. 1194 was time and 1196 was weather (both disabled from 1 October 2019))
  • 12 – Network services
    • 1221 – International faults reporting service
    • 1222 – Call costs and enquiries service
    • 1223 – Directory assistance
    • 1225 – International directory assistance
    • 123x – Premium operator services (e.g. 1234 is Sensis personal assistance)
    • 124xx – Other operator services (e.g. 12456 is Sensis Call Connect)
    • 125xxx – Telstra mobile services (e.g. 125111 is Telstra mobile customer service)
    • 1268x, 1268 xxxx and 1268 xxx xxx – Internal network services
    • 127 – Testing numbers (e.g. 12722123 reads your number from a Telstra line, 12723123 reads your number for an Optus line) (length varies), dial 12722199 then hang up and the call is returned by the exchange (used to test handset functionality)
    • 1282 – Call information service
    • 128xx – Call information service
  • 13 xx xx and 1300 xxx xxx – "Local Rate" calls, except for VoIP and mobile phone users
  • 1345 xxxx – Local rate calls (only used for back-to-base monitored alarm systems)
  • 14xx – Carrier override prefixes (e.g. 1411 is the override prefix for the Telstra network; see below for details)
  • 180 xxxx and 1800 xxx xxx – FreeCall
  • 183x – Caller identification override prefixes (1831 blocks caller-id sending while 1832 unblocks caller-id sending)
  • 188 xxxx – Premium SMS (since moved to 19 range)
  • 189 xx – Calling card service
  • 19 xx xx and 19xx xxxx – Premium SMS
  • 190x xxx xxx – Premium rate services (usually 1902 and 1900)

Some notes:

  • These numbers do not have a Trunk Access Code prefix (0).
  • The 106 number is believed to be the first nationwide TTY emergency service in the world.
  • 13 xx xx, 1300 xxx xxx and 1800 xxx xxx numbers can provide source-based routing, used by organisations such as pizza chains that advertise one number nationwide that connects customers to their nearest store.
  • Virtually all FreeCall numbers in use are 1800 xxx xxx, though some organisations do use the shorter 7-digit version.[8]
  • Some of these numbers are dialable from locations outside Australia. It is up to the individual owner to set this up correctly (for 13 and 18 numbers at least) (e.g. +61 13x xxx)
  • 911 will not re-route to triple zero as the prefix 911x has been allocated to landlines under the current numbering plan.[9] 911 may redirect to 000 when using a mobile phone, like 112, but it is not encouraged as knowledge of these numbers causes confusion

Emergency services numbers (000, 106, 112) edit

000 is the primary emergency telephone number in Australia.[10] Secondary emergency numbers are 106 (for use by the hearing impaired with a TTY terminal) and the international GSM mobile emergency telephone number 112.

Increased awareness of the 112 emergency number[10] in Australia has led to the potential for confusion over which number to call in an emergency. As a secondary emergency number, 112 is not guaranteed to work from all technologies; most notably, it does not work from landlines.[11] In order to encourage use of 000, mobile telephones imported commercially into Australia are required to be programmed to treat 000 in the same fashion as 112 (i.e. dialling with key lock enabled, use of any carrier, preferential routing, etc.).[12] On older or privately imported (e.g. roaming from another country) telephones, 000 may not receive such preferential treatment.

Local Rate and FreeCall numbers (13, 180) edit

Australia uses the free call prefix 1800 for 10 digit freecall numbers. This is similar to the North American or NANPA prefix 1–800, but while in North America, the 1 is the long-distance or toll prefix and 800 is the area code; 1800 in Australia is itself a "virtual area code" (prior to the introduction of 8-digit numbers, the free call code was 008). There are also seven digit freecall numbers beginning with 180 – the only numbers currently allocated begin with 1802.

The 13 and 1300 numbers are known as Local Rate Numbers or SmartNumbers.[13] They are also known as priority 13, and priority 1300 numbers. These work across large areas (potentially the whole of Australia) and charge the caller only a low cost, routing the call to the appropriate place in a given area. For example, a company could have the number 139999 and have the telephone company set it up so that calls made in Melbourne would route to their Melbourne number, calls made in Brisbane to their Brisbane number, and calls made anywhere else in Australia route to their Sydney number, all at a local charge cost to the caller. 13 numbers were not available before the introduction of the current 8-digit local numbering plan. Businesses looking for local callers tend to connect to a "1300" number. Note that these numbers are called "Local Rate" and not "Local" numbers, so do not necessarily cost the same as a local call: Indeed, many (landline and mobile) phone plans do not even include them in the "included" credit and/or charge them at a higher rate than "normal" numbers.

Though promoted as "local call rate" calls, calls to 13 and 1300 numbers cost more than a local call fee for those people using VoIP and having all local and national calls free.[citation needed]

1800, 1300 and 13 numbers are reverse charge networks. Other than the length of the number, the differences between a 13 number and a 1300 number is that the shorter number has a higher fee for the owner of the number: there should be no difference in cost to the caller. A call to an 1800 is free when dialled from a landline, and mobile phones since 2014.[14] It depends on the individual mobile plan as how 13 and 1300 numbers are charged: all plans no longer charge for 1800 but 13 and 1300 may still be charged at a high rate, or outside included calls.

These numbers "forward" to a geographic or mobile number. The recipient is usually charged at a set rate per second for each call, depending on plan and destination.

Premium numbers (19) edit

190x (not to be confused with 0198) is the prefix for premium rate services (e.g. recorded information, competition lines, psychics, phone sex, etc.). (Prior to the introduction of 8-digit local numbers, the prefix was 0055.) 190 numbers incur a rate as charged by the provider – either at a per-minute rate (limited at $5.50 per minute) or a fixed rate (up to $38.50 per call). The latter method is most often used for fax-back services, where a timed charge is not appropriate. Costs of 190 calls for competitions involving chance are also often limited by state legislation to $0.55 per call. (In the previous numbering plan, 0055 numbers were limited to three bands: Premium Rate, Value Rate and Budget Rate, with per minute rates of $0.75, $0.60 and $0.40 respectively.)

Other numbers beginning with 19 are used for premium-rate SMS services. These were originally trialled using the 188 prefix. These can range from a standard SMS cost (usually 25c), up to 55c for competition use, to several dollars for other uses, such as unique bid auctions.

International access edit

The main international prefix is 0011. (E.164 international format is supported from phones with the ability to dial the '+' symbol.[15])

There are other codes for using a non-default carrier or a special plan:

  • 0014 will route through the Primus network
  • 0018 will route through the Telstra network
  • 0019 will route through the Optus network

Formerly, 0015 would route through Telstra on a special mode for international faxing. Telstra has retired this code.

Carrier selection codes (14xx) are now also used, and carrier pre-selection is widely used.

Carrier selection codes edit

These four-digit numbers are dialled before the destination number to complete and bill a call by a carrier other than the subscriber's service provider. For example, to use AAPT to call a number in Tokyo, Japan, subscribers would dial 1414 0011 81 3 xxxx xxxx, or to use Optus to call a number in Perth they would dial 1456 08 xxxx xxxx. It is not clear if all these prefixes will actually work. Not all carriers have interconnect agreements with each other

  • 1410 – Telstra
  • 1411 – Telstra
  • 1412 – TPG (Was Chime)
  • 1413 – Telstra
  • 1414 – TPG (Was AAPT)
  • 1415 – Vodafone
  • 1422 – Premier Technologies
  • 1423 – TPG (was Soul Pattinson)
  • 1428 – Verizon Australia
  • 1431 – Vodafone Hutchison
  • 1434 – Symbio Networks
  • 1441 – TPG (was Soul Pattinson)
  • 1447 – TransACT
  • 1450 – Pivotel
  • 1455 – Netsip
  • 1456 – Optus
  • 1464 – TPG (Was Agile)
  • 1466 – Primus
  • 1468 – Telpacific
  • 1469 – Lycamobile
  • 1474 – Powertel
  • 1477 – Vocus
  • 1488 – Symbio Networks
  • 1499 – VIRTUTEL

Supplementary control services edit

  • 1831 – Block Caller ID sending
  • 1832 – Unblock Caller ID sending

Other numbers and codes edit

Test numbers edit

  • Telstra Landline Test numbers
    • 12722123 – Playback the last connected or current landline number (add 1832 in front for private numbers)
    • 12722199 – Ringback the current landline number
  • Telstra payphone test numbers
    • 12722101 - will only take 1¢ per metering pulses
    • 0488076353 - will test the SMS function of the phone
  • Optus landline test numbers
    • 1272312 – Playback the last connected or current landline number
    • 1272399 – Ringback the current landline number
  • From other subscribers including VoIP providers
    • 1800801920 – Playback the last connected or current landline number
  • Other
    • 12711 – Current long-distance Carrier Name

Historical numbering plans edit

Main article: Former Australian dialling codes

2010s edit

Many old numbers were officially removed from the Telecommunications Numbering Plan in the 2015 version, whether in the replacement version or a previous variation.

  • 018 AMPS phone numbers are completely removed.
  • 0500 Personal Numbers are removed.
  • Unused prefixes such as 114 mass calling service are removed.

1990s edit

0055 numbers were previously premium-rate numbers, but have been moved into 190 numbers before 1999.

The original toll-free area code was 008, but the format was changed to 1800.

Directory assistance used various numbers: 013 for local calls, 0175 for other national calls, and 0103 for international. The two domestic numbers have been replaced with 1223, while 0103 was replaced with 1225. Other numbers for directory assistance, often with a call connection option, exist depending on the carrier.

011 was initially the code for the operator, 0011 later became the international exit code.

014 was originally the number for the time, (later 1104), which was changed to 1194 in 1976.

0176 was originally the code for the operator when calling from a Public Telephone. It became the code for the reverse-charge call operator, which was moved to 12550. Alternatively 3rd-party companies exist. See Collect call#Australia

1960s edit

Up to this time, the maximum size of an Australian telephone number was six digits.

Until the early 1960s, the first one or two digits of telephone numbers in metropolitan areas were alphabetic, with each letter representing a distinct number on the telephone dial. Each one-letter or two-letter code signified an exchange within an urban area. Rural and regional areas typically relied on manual exchanges, or only one automatic exchange for the whole town, so rural and regional numbers did not feature these letter prefixes. The use of a letter-number combination also served as a memory aid as it was easier to remember than a string of digits in the days when such things were not as common.

Unlike the three (or fewer) letters associated with each of the numbers on the dials of telephones of the UK Director telephone system, which was used in London and other large British cities, Australia used a system of letters associated with the ten digits available on a telephone dial, where each of these letters were chosen because their "name" (when pronounced, in English) could not be confused with any of the other nine letters of the English/Latin alphabet which were also used.

Since the initial digits of 1 and 0 (ten) were not used, this gave the telephone company concerned up to 8 regions with main exchanges and up to ten sub-exchanges in each metropolitan area – a total of up to 80 individual exchanges of 10,000 numbers in each with up to only 800,000 individual "numbers" in any metropolitan area concerned. This limited capacity led to the need for a seven- or eight-digit numbering system, to allow for more "numbers" within a given area.

Because of the growth of the telephone network, Australia now has eight-digit telephone numbers within four areas.

This former alphanumeric scheme was significantly different from the current system used for SMS messages.

The former alphanumeric scheme was:

  • A = 1;
  • B = 2;
  • F = 3;
  • J = 4;
  • L = 5;
  • M = 6;
  • U = 7;
  • W = 8;
  • X = 9;
  • Y = 0

The letters did not relate to any exchange name. For example, the exchange prefix for Essendon was FU (which translated to 37 and later became the 37x [then 937x] exchange used by the whole City of Essendon [which became the City of Moonee Valley in late 1994]). Although Melbourne city numbers began with 6, it was only rarely, and probably by accident, that any other exchanges had matching letters. Numbers using the old alphanumeric scheme were written as ab.xxxx, for example FU 1234 (the actual train of digits sent to the phone was "371234") or MW 5550 (685550). Seven-digit numbers started appearing as early as 1960, and were all numerical from the start. There were still some six-digit numbers and at least one five-digit number in Melbourne as late as 1989, but by the 1990s, they all had been converted to seven-digit numbers. Footscray used six-digit numbers in exchange code 68 until 1987, when they were changed to 687 or 689.

The old call back number was 199, and could be used on public payphones, and private numbers too. This was moved to a new number 12722199.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Telecommunications Numbering Plan – 1944 as amended 4 August 2008
  2. ^ With no new range allocated http://www.acma.gov.au/sitecore/content/Home/Industry/Telco/Numbering/IPND/numbers-specified-for-use-numbering-i-acma 22 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Telecommunications Numbering Plan Variation 2007 (draft)" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2007.
  4. ^ ACMA: Fictitious numbers for radio, books, film & TV 10 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Australia to assign '05' mobile numbers to prevent run out". Computerworld. 18 July 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 28 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Telecommunications Numbering Plan Variation 2012 (No. 1)".
  8. ^ Telephone numbering plan 14 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine p224
  9. ^ . www.triplezero.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  10. ^ a b (PDF). Australian Communications Authority. May 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2006.
  11. ^ . Archived from the original on 27 February 2012.
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 5 August 2013.
  13. ^ "smartnumbers.com.au". www.smartnumbers.com.au.
  14. ^ . Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  15. ^ "The plus (+) sign and international calling".
  • ITU allocations list

External links edit

  • List of Telephone Exchanges
  • Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997
  • Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015
  • All Areas by Prefix (official site - expand heading Geographic numbers)
  • All Areas by Prefix (ATO) 18 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine
  • Australia Phone Number


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national significant number consists of a single digit area code followed by the local eight digit number a total of nine digits Calling within Australia a landline telephone in an area other than that of the caller the telephone number is preceded by the Australian trunk prefix 0 and the area code 0x xxxx xxxx 00 International and Emergency access see below for details 01 Alternative phone services 014 Satellite phones 0163 Pager numbers 0198 Data numbers e g 0198 308 888 is the dial up PoP number for Telstra 02 Geographic Central East region NSW ACT small parts of Victoria 03 Geographic South east region VIC TAS 04 Digital Mobile services 3G 4G 5G and GSM 0550 Location Independent Communication Services 07 Geographic North east region QLD 08 Geographic Central and West region SA NT WA small part of NSW 1 Non geographic numbers mostly for domestic use only see below for details The current numbering plan would appear to be sufficient to cope with potential increase in demand for services for quite some time to come citation needed The 06 and 09 area codes are unused In addition each other area code has large number ranges unallocated citation needed When dialling from outside Australia after dialling the appropriate international access code it is necessary to dial the country code for Australia 61 followed by the nine digit national significant number The symbol is used to represent the International Access Code e g 61 3 xxxx xxxx for a number in Victoria Tasmania or 61 4xx xxx xxx for a mobile number Some numbers beginning with a 1 may be dialled without any replacement after dialling the required international access code and the country code Australian local numbers have eight digits conventionally written in the form xxxx xxxx Mobile numbers are written in the form of ten digits when dialed within Australia the 0 must be included and 4 which indicates the service required is a mobile number Mobile numbers are conventionally written 04xx xxx xxx If a landline or mobile number is written where it may be viewed by an international audience e g in an email signature or on a website then the number is often written as 61 x xxxx xxxx or 61 4xx xxx xxx respectively The Australian national trunk access code 0 is not used for calls originated from locations outside Australia Geographic numbers editFixed line telephone numbers edit Within Australia dialing a number in another area requires dialing the trunk code 0 followed by the area code and then the local number In major centres the first four digits specify the CCA Call Collection Area also known as an exchange and the remaining digits specify a number at that exchange up to 10 000 of which may be connected Smaller exchanges in more remote areas may mean that no more than 100 numbers could be connected to such exchanges To access numbers in the same area it is necessary only to dial the eight digits concerned To access a number in another area it is first necessary to dial the trunk code of 0 followed by the area code 2 3 7 or 8 and then the specific local number The area codes do not exactly match state territory boundaries Notable are the part of New South Wales around Broken Hill a large part of the state s area but less than 1 of its population which uses 08 80xx numbers 2 and Wodonga which is in Victoria but is within the New South Wales 02 area code Similarly New South Wales border towns including Deniliquin and Buronga are within the South East Victorian 03 area code and Tweed Heads within the North East Queensland 07 area code Physical exchanges can be allocated one or more prefixes and modern technology allows sub sets of these number ranges to be allocated to switching entities physically located at a distance from the exchange in which their controlling terminal is located Thus the concept of what a telephone exchange is can become somewhat blurred Landlines use an open dialling plan if the caller s phone shares the same area code as the called phone the area code may be omitted For example a call from the number 02 5551 5678 to the number 02 7010 1111 will be connected if the caller dials only 7010 1111 Similarly a person who dials 7010 5678 on a land line or mobile phone in Melbourne i e within the 03 area will be connected to 03 7010 5678 For this reason landline numbers are often specified without the area code If a person s number and the destination number share the same area code then the area code is not required even if it is not a local untimed call However the full international number must always be dialled since the Australian telephone network has the capability to recognise when the destination required is either international in a different national area or within the local area and to switch and charge the call accordingly Thus it is strongly recommended that telephone numbers should be stored in mobile phones in the form of the full international number should the owner of the phone be likely to use the phone concerned in an area away from home either within Australia or internationally Mobile phones edit Within Australia mobile phone numbers begin with 04 or 05 the Australian national trunk code 0 plus the mobile indicator 4 or 5 followed by eight digits This is generally written as 04XX XXX XXX within Australia or as 61 4XX XXX XXX for an international audience This format is the result of mobile carriers advertising numbers in such a way so as to clearly identify the owning telco prior to mobile number portability introduced on 25 September 2001 Prior to MNP mobile operators generally reserved number ranges in blocks of 04 xy z The xy digit codes sometimes xy z are allocated per network Since the introduction of number portability there is no longer a fixed relationship between the mobile phone number and the network it uses In 2015 the 05 prefix other than 0550 was also reserved for digital mobile phones as a part of the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015 However as of 2019 no numbers have been allocated with this prefix Within Australia mobile numbers must always be dialed with all 10 digits regardless of the caller s location List of geographic numbers editGeographical areas are identified by the first few digits of the local number Central East region 02 edit 02 37 Armidale Tamworth Northern Tablelands geo 1 02 38 Bowral Crookwell Goulburn Marulan geo 2 02 39 Griffith Wagga Wagga Riverina geo 1 02 40 Newcastle Lower Hunter geo 3 02 41 Newcastle Lower Hunter geo 2 02 42 Wollongong 02 43 Gosford Central Coast 02 44 Batemans Bay Moruya Nowra 02 45 Windsor Richmond 02 46 Campbelltown 02 47 Penrith Blue Mountains 02 48 Bowral Crookwell Goulburn Marulan 02 49 Newcastle Lower Hunter 02 50 Albury Corryong Wodonga geo 2 02 51 Canberra Queanbeyan Yass geo 2 02 52 Canberra Queanbeyan Yass geo 2 02 53 Bathurst Orange geo 3 02 54 Bega Merimbula Tathra Cooma geo 1 02 55 Port Macquarie Kempsey Taree Lord Howe Island Muswellbrook geo 3 geo 4 02 56 Murwillumbah Grafton Lismore geo 3 02 57 Armidale Tamworth Northern Tablelands geo 3 02 58 Bourke Dubbo Far West geo 3 02 59 Griffith Wagga Wagga Riverina geo 3 02 60 Albury Corryong Wodonga 02 61 Canberra Queanbeyan Yass geo 3 02 62 Canberra Queanbeyan Yass 02 63 Bathurst Orange Cowra 02 64 Bega Merimbula Tathra Cooma 02 65 Port Macquarie Kempsey Taree Lord Howe Island Muswellbrook 02 66 Coffs Harbour Grafton Lismore Murwillumbah 02 67 Armidale Glen Innes Gunnedah Inverell Moree Narrabri Tamworth 02 68 Bourke Dubbo Cobar 02 69 Griffith Wagga Wagga Riverina 02 7 Sydney geo 2 geo 4 02 8 Sydney geo 3 02 9 SydneySouth east region 03 edit 03 32 Geelong Colac geo 1 03 33 Ballarat geo 1 03 34 Bendigo geo 1 03 40 Mildura Balranald geo 3 03 41 Traralgon Bairnsdale geo 2 03 42 Geelong Colac geo 2 03 43 Ballarat geo 3 03 44 Bendigo geo 3 03 45 Warrnambool geo 2 03 47 Wangaratta geo 3 03 48 Deniliquin Numurkah Shepparton geo 2 03 49 Mornington geo 3 03 50 Mildura Balranald 03 51 Traralgon Bairnsdale 03 52 Colac Geelong 03 53 Ballarat 03 54 Bendigo 03 55 Warrnambool Casterton Portland geo 4 03 56 Drouin Foster Warragul Wonthaggi 03 57 Wangaratta 03 58 Deniliquin Shepparton 03 59 Mornington Pakenham Rosebud Warburton Yarra Ranges 03 61 Hobart geo 3 03 62 Hobart 03 63 Launceston 03 64 Devonport Burnie Queenstown 03 65 Devonport Burnie Queenstown geo 2 03 67 Launceston geo 2 03 7 Melbourne geo 2 geo 4 03 8 Melbourne geo 3 03 9 MelbourneNorth east region 07 edit 07 2 Brisbane Bribie Island geo 2 07 3 Brisbane Bribie Island 07 40 Cairns Far North Queensland 07 41 Bundaberg Kingaroy Maryborough 07 42 Cairns geo 3 07 43 Bundaberg Kingaroy geo 2 07 44 Townsville North Queensland geo 3 07 45 Toowoomba Roma south west geo 3 07 46 Toowoomba Roma South West 07 47 Townsville North Queensland 07 48 Rockhampton Mackay geo 3 07 49 Rockhampton Mackay Gladstone 07 52 Sunshine Coast Esk Nambour Gatton Caboolture geo 2 07 53 Sunshine Coast Esk Nambour Gatton Caboolture geo 3 07 54 Sunshine Coast Esk Nambour Gatton Caboolture 07 55 Gold Coast Tweed Heads NSW Beaudesert geo 4 07 56 Gold Coast Beaudesert geo 3 07 57 Gold Coast Beaudesert geo 2 07 70 Cairns Far North Queensland geo 1 geo 4 07 75 Inglewood Toowoomba geo 1 07 76 Inglewood Toowoomba geo 2 07 77 Townsville North Queensland geo 1 07 79 Rockhampton Mackay Gladstone geo 1 Central and West region 08 edit 08 25 Riverland Murraylands geo 1 08 26 Ceduna geo 1 08 51 Port Hedland geo 2 08 52 Perth geo 2 08 53 Perth geo 2 08 54 Perth geo 2 08 55 Bullsbrook East Northam Pinjarra Mandurah geo 1 geo 4 08 58 Albany geo 1 08 60 Kalgoorlie Merredin Goldfields Esperance geo 3 08 61 Perth geo 3 08 62 Perth geo 3 08 63 Perth geo 3 08 64 Perth geo 3 08 65 Perth geo 3 08 66 Moora geo 2 08 67 Bridgetown Bunbury geo 2 08 68 Albany geo 3 08 69 Geraldton geo 1 08 70 Adelaide geo 3 geo 4 08 71 Adelaide geo 3 08 72 Adelaide geo 3 08 73 Adelaide geo 3 08 74 Adelaide geo 3 08 75 Riverland Murraylands geo 3 08 76 Ceduna geo 3 08 77 South East geo 2 08 78 Mid North geo 2 08 79 Northern Territory Alice Springs Darwin geo 3 08 80 Broken Hill NSW 08 81 Adelaide geo 3 08 82 Adelaide 08 83 Adelaide 08 84 Adelaide 08 85 Riverland Murraylands 08 86 Ceduna 08 87 South East 08 88 Mid North 08 89 Northern Territory Alice Springs Darwin 08 90 Kalgoorlie 08 91 Derby inc Cocos Keeling amp Christmas Islands 08 92 Perth 08 93 Perth 08 94 Perth 08 95 Bullsbrook East Northam Pinjarra Mandurah 08 96 Moora 08 97 Bunbury Busselton Bridgetown Collie Harvey 08 98 Albany 08 99 GeraldtonNotes edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o New in 2012 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Prefixes proposed by ACMA and legislated in early 2008 3 Note some of these numbers are now actually in use a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al Added since renumbering a b c d e f g h 0x 5550 and 0x 7010 reserved for fictitious use 4 List of non geographic numbers editMobile phone numbers 04 05 edit Each mobile phone company is allocated numbers in blocks which are listed below However mobile number portability means an individual number might have been ported There are also many MVNOs which use numbers from their wholesaler or might have their own ranges ACMA planned to introduce the 05 range for mobile numbers in 2017 when the 04 range was expected to be exhausted 5 So far no such numbers have been introduced Allocation for numbers in the range 04xy z00 000 04xy z99 999 y 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9040yz Telstra Optus Vodafone Telstra041yz Vodafone Optus Vodafone Telstra042yz Vodafone Optus Vodafone Telstra043yz Vodafone Optus Vodafone Optus Telstra044yz Spare T Spare Telstra Vodafone045yz Vodafone Spare Telstra046yz Telstra Spare Optus Telstra Optus Lycamobile047yz Lycamobile Spare Telstra Optus048yz T Spare Optus Spare Telstra Spare Telstra P T P049yz Telstra Telstra Spare Telstra Allocation of numbers in these ranges Multi Range Provider04200 0420 000 000 0420 019 999 RailCorp0420 020 000 0420 029 999 Dialogue Communications Pty Limited0420 030 000 0420 039 999 Symbio Network Pty Ltd0420 040 000 0420 089 999 Spare0420 090 000 0420 099 999 CLX04201 0420 100 000 0420 109 999 Pivotel Satellite Pty Ltd0420 110 000 0420 119 999 COMPATEL Limited0420 120 000 0420 199 999 Spare04445 0444 500 000 0444 599 999 MBLOX04888 0488 800 000 0488 899 999 Pivotel abbreviated as P above 04890 0489 000 000 0489 099 999 Novatel Telephony Pty Ltd04898 0489 800 000 0489 839 999 Spare0489 840 000 0489 849 999 VicTrack0489 850 000 0489 899 999 Spare04899 0489 900 000 0489 999 999 Pivotel abbreviated as P above 04915 0491 500 000 0491 519 999 Messagebird0491 520 000 0491 569 999 Spare0491 570 000 0491 579 999 Australian Communications amp Media Authority0491 580 000 0491 599 999 SpareThe numbers 0491 570 156 0491 570 157 0491 570 158 0491 570 159 and 0491 570 110 are reserved for fictitious use 6 Satellite phone numbers 014 edit Numbers beginning with 014 are predominantly used for satellite services Parts of the 014 prefix had previously been used as a 9 digit AMPS mobile phone access code The 01471 prefix is the ten digit replacement for the previous nine digit ITERRA satellite phone code 0071 xxxxx Prior to its use for ITERRA and other satellite services These numbers were allocated in March 1999 0145xxxxxx numbers are used for services utilised on the Optus network in Australia This is predominantly used for MobileSat and Thuraya mobile satellite services These numbers were allocated in December 1992 222 000 with the rest spare The prefixes 0141 0142 0143 0145 and 0147 are set aside for satellite systems the rest of the 014 prefix range is currently not allocated to any other service type There is not a lot of demand for these services and many satellite phones now have normal mobile phone numbers prefix 04 so it is not likely for the entire 014 range to be allocated to satellite services Location independent communications service 0550 edit These numbers are designed for VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol systems where they work like a fixed number but not allocated on a geographical level It is possible that LICS numbers will be absorbed into mobile numbers in the future as they provide similar features Indeed the July 2012 variation of the numbering plan allocated the rest of the 05 range to digital mobile numbering 7 Data numbers 0198 edit All calls to 0198 numbers are a local call cost like 13 and 1300 numbers but are used for Internet service provider access numbers They are used both with dial up modems and ISDN Obsolete numbers edit Most numbers that are no longer used have been removed from the Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015 whether in previous variations or in this complete replacement See below However the 0163 prefix is still allocated for use with pagers This was reduced from 016 in a variation to the previous numbering plan As of March 2011 only 1000 numbers were allocated and by the end of 2012 there were none allocated List of non geographic numbers domestic use editThe following codes are not generally dialable from international points but used in domestic dialling 000 Emergency Police Fire Ambulance 106 TTY emergency for the hearing impaired 11 Community services 1100 Before You Dig Australia to prevent inadvertent damage to underground cables or infrastructure 112 Alternative access to Emergency Services Police Fire Ambulance diallable from GSM mobile phones only 119x Information services e g 1194 was time and 1196 was weather both disabled from 1 October 2019 12 Network services 1221 International faults reporting service 1222 Call costs and enquiries service 1223 Directory assistance 1225 International directory assistance 123x Premium operator services e g 1234 is Sensis personal assistance 124xx Other operator services e g 12456 is Sensis Call Connect 125xxx Telstra mobile services e g 125111 is Telstra mobile customer service 1268x 1268 xxxx and 1268 xxx xxx Internal network services 127 Testing numbers e g 12722123 reads your number from a Telstra line 12723123 reads your number for an Optus line length varies dial 12722199 then hang up and the call is returned by the exchange used to test handset functionality 1282 Call information service 128xx Call information service 13 xx xx and 1300 xxx xxx Local Rate calls except for VoIP and mobile phone users 1345 xxxx Local rate calls only used for back to base monitored alarm systems 14xx Carrier override prefixes e g 1411 is the override prefix for the Telstra network see below for details 180 xxxx and 1800 xxx xxx FreeCall 183x Caller identification override prefixes 1831 blocks caller id sending while 1832 unblocks caller id sending 188 xxxx Premium SMS since moved to 19 range 189 xx Calling card service 19 xx xx and 19xx xxxx Premium SMS 190x xxx xxx Premium rate services usually 1902 and 1900 Some notes These numbers do not have a Trunk Access Code prefix 0 The 106 number is believed to be the first nationwide TTY emergency service in the world 13 xx xx 1300 xxx xxx and 1800 xxx xxx numbers can provide source based routing used by organisations such as pizza chains that advertise one number nationwide that connects customers to their nearest store Virtually all FreeCall numbers in use are 1800 xxx xxx though some organisations do use the shorter 7 digit version 8 Some of these numbers are dialable from locations outside Australia It is up to the individual owner to set this up correctly for 13 and 18 numbers at least e g 61 13x xxx 911 will not re route to triple zero as the prefix 911x has been allocated to landlines under the current numbering plan 9 911 may redirect to 000 when using a mobile phone like 112 but it is not encouraged as knowledge of these numbers causes confusionEmergency services numbers 000 106 112 edit 000 is the primary emergency telephone number in Australia 10 Secondary emergency numbers are 106 for use by the hearing impaired with a TTY terminal and the international GSM mobile emergency telephone number 112 Increased awareness of the 112 emergency number 10 in Australia has led to the potential for confusion over which number to call in an emergency As a secondary emergency number 112 is not guaranteed to work from all technologies most notably it does not work from landlines 11 In order to encourage use of 000 mobile telephones imported commercially into Australia are required to be programmed to treat 000 in the same fashion as 112 i e dialling with key lock enabled use of any carrier preferential routing etc 12 On older or privately imported e g roaming from another country telephones 000 may not receive such preferential treatment Local Rate and FreeCall numbers 13 180 edit Australia uses the free call prefix 1800 for 10 digit freecall numbers This is similar to the North American or NANPA prefix 1 800 but while in North America the 1 is the long distance or toll prefix and 800 is the area code 1800 in Australia is itself a virtual area code prior to the introduction of 8 digit numbers the free call code was 008 There are also seven digit freecall numbers beginning with 180 the only numbers currently allocated begin with 1802 The 13 and 1300 numbers are known as Local Rate Numbers or SmartNumbers 13 They are also known as priority 13 and priority 1300 numbers These work across large areas potentially the whole of Australia and charge the caller only a low cost routing the call to the appropriate place in a given area For example a company could have the number 139999 and have the telephone company set it up so that calls made in Melbourne would route to their Melbourne number calls made in Brisbane to their Brisbane number and calls made anywhere else in Australia route to their Sydney number all at a local charge cost to the caller 13 numbers were not available before the introduction of the current 8 digit local numbering plan Businesses looking for local callers tend to connect to a 1300 number Note that these numbers are called Local Rate and not Local numbers so do not necessarily cost the same as a local call Indeed many landline and mobile phone plans do not even include them in the included credit and or charge them at a higher rate than normal numbers Though promoted as local call rate calls calls to 13 and 1300 numbers cost more than a local call fee for those people using VoIP and having all local and national calls free citation needed 1800 1300 and 13 numbers are reverse charge networks Other than the length of the number the differences between a 13 number and a 1300 number is that the shorter number has a higher fee for the owner of the number there should be no difference in cost to the caller A call to an 1800 is free when dialled from a landline and mobile phones since 2014 14 It depends on the individual mobile plan as how 13 and 1300 numbers are charged all plans no longer charge for 1800 but 13 and 1300 may still be charged at a high rate or outside included calls These numbers forward to a geographic or mobile number The recipient is usually charged at a set rate per second for each call depending on plan and destination Premium numbers 19 edit 190x not to be confused with 0198 is the prefix for premium rate services e g recorded information competition lines psychics phone sex etc Prior to the introduction of 8 digit local numbers the prefix was 0055 190 numbers incur a rate as charged by the provider either at a per minute rate limited at 5 50 per minute or a fixed rate up to 38 50 per call The latter method is most often used for fax back services where a timed charge is not appropriate Costs of 190 calls for competitions involving chance are also often limited by state legislation to 0 55 per call In the previous numbering plan 0055 numbers were limited to three bands Premium Rate Value Rate and Budget Rate with per minute rates of 0 75 0 60 and 0 40 respectively Other numbers beginning with 19 are used for premium rate SMS services These were originally trialled using the 188 prefix These can range from a standard SMS cost usually 25c up to 55c for competition use to several dollars for other uses such as unique bid auctions International access editThe main international prefix is 0011 E 164 international format is supported from phones with the ability to dial the symbol 15 There are other codes for using a non default carrier or a special plan 0014 will route through the Primus network 0018 will route through the Telstra network 0019 will route through the Optus networkFormerly 0015 would route through Telstra on a special mode for international faxing Telstra has retired this code Carrier selection codes 14xx are now also used and carrier pre selection is widely used Carrier selection codes editThese four digit numbers are dialled before the destination number to complete and bill a call by a carrier other than the subscriber s service provider For example to use AAPT to call a number in Tokyo Japan subscribers would dial 1414 0011 81 3 xxxx xxxx or to use Optus to call a number in Perth they would dial 1456 08 xxxx xxxx It is not clear if all these prefixes will actually work Not all carriers have interconnect agreements with each other 1410 Telstra 1411 Telstra 1412 TPG Was Chime 1413 Telstra 1414 TPG Was AAPT 1415 Vodafone 1422 Premier Technologies 1423 TPG was Soul Pattinson 1428 Verizon Australia 1431 Vodafone Hutchison 1434 Symbio Networks 1441 TPG was Soul Pattinson 1447 TransACT 1450 Pivotel 1455 Netsip 1456 Optus 1464 TPG Was Agile 1466 Primus 1468 Telpacific 1469 Lycamobile 1474 Powertel 1477 Vocus 1488 Symbio Networks 1499 VIRTUTELSupplementary control services edit1831 Block Caller ID sending 1832 Unblock Caller ID sendingOther numbers and codes editTest numbers edit Telstra Landline Test numbers 12722123 Playback the last connected or current landline number add 1832 in front for private numbers 12722199 Ringback the current landline number Telstra payphone test numbers 12722101 will only take 1 per metering pulses 0488076353 will test the SMS function of the phone Optus landline test numbers 1272312 Playback the last connected or current landline number 1272399 Ringback the current landline number From other subscribers including VoIP providers 1800801920 Playback the last connected or current landline number Other 12711 Current long distance Carrier NameHistorical numbering plans editMain article Former Australian dialling codes 2010s edit Many old numbers were officially removed from the Telecommunications Numbering Plan in the 2015 version whether in the replacement version or a previous variation 018 AMPS phone numbers are completely removed 0500 Personal Numbers are removed Unused prefixes such as 114 mass calling service are removed 1990s edit 0055 numbers were previously premium rate numbers but have been moved into 190 numbers before 1999 The original toll free area code was 008 but the format was changed to 1800 Directory assistance used various numbers 013 for local calls 0175 for other national calls and 0103 for international The two domestic numbers have been replaced with 1223 while 0103 was replaced with 1225 Other numbers for directory assistance often with a call connection option exist depending on the carrier 011 was initially the code for the operator 0011 later became the international exit code 014 was originally the number for the time later 1104 which was changed to 1194 in 1976 0176 was originally the code for the operator when calling from a Public Telephone It became the code for the reverse charge call operator which was moved to 12550 Alternatively 3rd party companies exist See Collect call Australia 1960s edit Up to this time the maximum size of an Australian telephone number was six digits Until the early 1960s the first one or two digits of telephone numbers in metropolitan areas were alphabetic with each letter representing a distinct number on the telephone dial Each one letter or two letter code signified an exchange within an urban area Rural and regional areas typically relied on manual exchanges or only one automatic exchange for the whole town so rural and regional numbers did not feature these letter prefixes The use of a letter number combination also served as a memory aid as it was easier to remember than a string of digits in the days when such things were not as common Unlike the three or fewer letters associated with each of the numbers on the dials of telephones of the UK Director telephone system which was used in London and other large British cities Australia used a system of letters associated with the ten digits available on a telephone dial where each of these letters were chosen because their name when pronounced in English could not be confused with any of the other nine letters of the English Latin alphabet which were also used Since the initial digits of 1 and 0 ten were not used this gave the telephone company concerned up to 8 regions with main exchanges and up to ten sub exchanges in each metropolitan area a total of up to 80 individual exchanges of 10 000 numbers in each with up to only 800 000 individual numbers in any metropolitan area concerned This limited capacity led to the need for a seven or eight digit numbering system to allow for more numbers within a given area Because of the growth of the telephone network Australia now has eight digit telephone numbers within four areas This former alphanumeric scheme was significantly different from the current system used for SMS messages The former alphanumeric scheme was A 1 B 2 F 3 J 4 L 5 M 6 U 7 W 8 X 9 Y 0The letters did not relate to any exchange name For example the exchange prefix for Essendon was FU which translated to 37 and later became the 37x then 937x exchange used by the whole City of Essendon which became the City of Moonee Valley in late 1994 Although Melbourne city numbers began with 6 it was only rarely and probably by accident that any other exchanges had matching letters Numbers using the old alphanumeric scheme were written as ab xxxx for example FU 1234 the actual train of digits sent to the phone was 371234 or MW 5550 685550 Seven digit numbers started appearing as early as 1960 and were all numerical from the start There were still some six digit numbers and at least one five digit number in Melbourne as late as 1989 but by the 1990s they all had been converted to seven digit numbers Footscray used six digit numbers in exchange code 68 until 1987 when they were changed to 687 or 689 The old call back number was 199 and could be used on public payphones and private numbers too This was moved to a new number 12722199 See also editFormer Australian dialling codes Telecommunications in Australia Telephone numbers in Norfolk IslandReferences edit Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1944 as amended 4 August 2008 With no new range allocated http www acma gov au sitecore content Home Industry Telco Numbering IPND numbers specified for use numbering i acma Archived 22 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine Telecommunications Numbering Plan Variation 2007 draft PDF Archived PDF from the original on 29 November 2007 Retrieved 16 October 2007 ACMA Fictitious numbers for radio books film amp TV Archived 10 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Australia to assign 05 mobile numbers to prevent run out Computerworld 18 July 2012 Retrieved 12 December 2018 Phone numbers for fiction ACMA Archived from the original on 28 January 2020 Telecommunications Numbering Plan Variation 2012 No 1 Telephone numbering plan Archived 14 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine p224 Triple Zero 000 www triplezero gov au Archived from the original on 26 March 2016 Retrieved 18 August 2016 a b Awareness of the 112 emergency number PDF Australian Communications Authority May 2004 Archived from the original PDF on 20 February 2006 Using other emergency numbers Archived from the original on 27 February 2012 Calling Triple Zero from a mobile ACMA Archived from the original on 5 August 2013 smartnumbers com au www smartnumbers com au New arrangements for mobile calls to 1800 and 13 1300 numbers consumers set to benefit ACMA Archived from the original on 24 May 2018 Retrieved 24 May 2018 The plus sign and international calling ITU allocations listExternal links editList of Telephone Exchanges Excel file of exchange prefixes via Telstra Wholesale site Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997 Telecommunications Numbering Plan 2015 All Areas by Prefix archive org snapshot of old version of official site All Areas by Prefix official site expand heading Geographic numbers All Areas by Prefix ATO Archived 18 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine Australia Phone Number Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Telephone numbers in Australia amp oldid 1193678088, wikipedia, 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