U5434122@ucsvc.unimelb.edu.au (08/14/89)
Recently Denmark changed its system of telephone numbers and area codes, going through a stage where the area code was compulsory even for local calls. They moved to 8 digit numbers recently, I think, although that seems excessive for a country of only 5 million people. ( 7 digits will serve about 15 million people, if pushed to the limit, and that is without area codes) Can anyone give details of the Danish situation now, please? Thanks, Daniel U5434122@ucsvc.dn.mu.oz.au
sergej@diku.dk (S|ren Oskar Jensen) (08/16/89)
U5434122@ucsvc.unimelb.edu.au writes: >Recently Denmark changed its system of telephone numbers and area codes, going >through a stage where the area code was compulsory even for local calls. >They moved to 8 digit numbers recently, I think, although that seems excessive >for a country of only 5 million people. ( 7 digits will serve about 15 million >people, if pushed to the limit, and that is without area codes) >Can anyone give details of the Danish situation now, please? The main reason for the change was a shortage of numbers in the central Copenhagen (our capitol - it has a population of approx. 1.2 million). Especially some of the centrals in the office district had a shortage of numbers (the two first digits of the six digit number was a central prefix). What the telcos have done is to implement a three step plan: 1) make the area code compulsory - ie. 01 for Copenhagen. 2) differentiate the area code - the 01 for Copenhagen has been split into 31,33,35,36,38,39 (no I don't know why they haven't used 32,34,37) 3) change the last 6 digits of the numbers in areas where this is needed. So far step 2 is implemented but you can still use the old area codes inside Denmark 'til next year. Sergej