

#Telephone number code#
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. To access numbers in the same area, it is necessary only to dial the eight digits concerned. Smaller exchanges in more remote areas may mean that no more than 100 numbers could be connected to such exchanges. 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. Within Australia, dialing a number in another area requires dialing the trunk code 0, followed by the area code, and then the local number. Geographic numbers Fixed-line telephone numbers The Australian national trunk access code, 0, is not used for calls originated from locations outside Australia. 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. If a landline or mobile number is written where it may be viewed by an international audience (e.g. Mobile numbers are conventionally written 04xx xxx xxx. 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.

Some numbers beginning with a 1 may be dialled without any replacement, after dialling the required international access code and the country code.Īustralian local numbers have eight digits, conventionally written in the form xxxx xxxx. +61 3 xxxx xxxx for a number in Victoria/Tasmania or +61 4xx xxx xxx for a mobile number). (The + symbol is used to represent the International Access Code, e.g. 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. In addition, each other area code has large number ranges unallocated.

The current numbering plan would appear to be sufficient to cope with potential increase in demand for services for quite some time to come.
