All of

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, including

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, has the same

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, +358.

's numbering plan was reorganised in 1996, with the number of area codes being reduced, and the trunk code being changed from 9 to 0. This meant that the area code for

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also changed:

Geographic area codes

''Source:''
Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority
'

Non-geographic numbers

Mobile numbers

Finnish mobile numbers start with 04x, 0457 or 050. The format for mobile telephone numbers is ''04x 123 45 67'' or ''0457 123 45 67'' or ''050 123 45 67''. When called from a different country, the format is ''+ 358 4x 123 45 67'' or ''+ 358 50 123 45 67''. Most commonly 7 digits are used for the subscriber number. The first three digits previously indicated the mobile operator but

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has been implemented and any prefix can now be associated with any operator, 040 (was owned by

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) and 050 (was owned by Elisa, formerly Radiolinja) are the most common prefixes. 042 and 045 0 were also owned by TeliaSonera, whereas 046 was owned by Elisa. Other major networks are DNA Finland (using then 041, 044 and other numbers in the 045 range) and

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(using numbers in the 045 range). Former operator codes include 043, which was used in DCS "city phones". Some of these may still be in use. The former

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network numbers used operator code 049. Most NMT numbers were transferred to

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numbers with format 04x0 123 456 or 0500 123 456, as there were only 6 digit subscriber numbers in NMT number 358

Short numbers

Upon launching the world's first

network in 1991, operator

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(later merged with

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) issued short phone numbers in the format 050 XXXX and 050 XXXXX to their employees and shareholders until the early 2000s. New shareholders purchasing 5000

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(about 1101 EUR in 2021) or more worth of shares could request a number. Only 280 four-digit numbers and 6,800 five-digit numbers were issued. Such numbers continue to be in use and can be transferred between operators just like longer numbers.

International access

The default

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is 00, although when dialing the Telex number, the prefix 99 is required. When dialing from a mobile phone, + (a plus sign) can be used as a substitute for keying in the international access code.

References

* http://www.viestintavirasto.fi/attachments/muutpaatokset/Suomen_numerointisuunnitelma.pdf * http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164D-2016-PDF-E.pdf * http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-E.164C-2011-PDF-E.pdf * http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-t/opb/sp/T-SP-LT.1-2015-PDF-E.pdf * http://www.wtng.info * https://www.viestintavirasto.fi/internetpuhelin/puhelinverkonnumerointi.html {{Telephone numbers in Europe