Telephone numbers in the Faroe Islands

Telephone numbers in the Faroe Islands have used a closed numbering plan, with 6-digit subscriber numbers, since 1998.^[1] Numbers are usually printed in three groups of two digits; for example, Tórshavn municipality's city hall has the telephone number 30 20 10.^[2]

Telephone numbers in Faroe Islands

Location of Faroe Islands
Country	Faroe Islands
Continent	Europe
Format	+298 NX XX XX
Country code	+298
International access	00

Unusually for countries in Europe, the International Telecommunication Union assigned to the Faroe Islands a country calling code beginning with the digit "2", usually allocated to countries in Africa.^[3] At the time, all country codes beginning with "3" and "4", reserved for countries in Europe, were already in use.^[4] Originally, telephone numbers in the Faroe Islands could be reached using the country code for Denmark, +45, followed by the area code 42.^[5]

Calls to Denmark require the use of the international access code 00 and country code 45; previously, only the digit 0 was required before the subscriber's eight-digit number, with calls to the rest of the world using the international access code 009 and the country code.^[6]

Allocations

Number range	Usage[7][8]
12xx	SMS/MMS short codes
19xx
20 xx xx	Fixed Network
21 xx xx–29 xx xx	GSM Mobile
3x xx xx	Fixed Network
4x xx xx
5x xx xx	GSM Mobile
6x xx xx	Fixed Network (including VoIP)
70 xx xx	Shared Cost Numbers
71 xx xx–79 xx xx	GSM Mobile
80 xx xx	Freephone numbers
81 xx xx–89 xx xx	Fixed Network (including VoIP)
90 xx xx	Premium rate numbers
91 xx xx–99 xx xx	Mobile (reserved for 3G)

Special Numbers

Number range	Owner	Usage[7]
112	Faroese Telecom	Neyðarkall / Emergency
114	Faroese Telecom	Løgreglan / Police (non-emergency)
118	Faroese Telecom	Nummarupplýsing / Number Information