European telephone numbering area

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The European Telephone Numbering Space (Engl. European Telephony Numbering Space, ETNS) was a telephone number range for Europe . It existed in parallel with the area codes for each country and served to provide Europe-wide telephone numbers for internationally operating companies, services and individuals.

The ETNS started in 2001 and was discontinued in early 2010. The prefix + 388-3, which was assigned by the International Telecommunication Union ITU in recommendation E.164 for Europe, was reclaimed for the end of 2010.

Participating countries

The following countries were involved in the ETNS: Belgium , Bulgaria , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Croatia , Luxembourg , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Poland , Portugal , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , the Czech Republic , United Kingdom , Cyprus

ETNS services

Four ETNS services were available:

service Area Code Group Identification Service Code
Public Service Application (PSA) + 388-3-1
Customer Service Application (CSA) + 388-3-3
Corporate Network (CN) + 388-3-5
Personal numbering (Personal) + 388-3-7

Public Services + 388-3-1

This included non-profit and community services for the general public, which by their nature are designed to be Europe-wide; for-profit or competitive applications fell under the customer service application number range. Public services were identified by the service code 1 following the ETNS code. The three-digit phone number followed the service code. The service identification code 1 in connection with a short number is intended to ensure that these numbers can be easily remembered.

Format: 00-3883-1-XXX

Customer Service Applications + 388-3-3

This area was reserved for clients of corporations and other organizations, including nonprofits. To the customer service applications included, among others:

  • Sales preparation and sales promotion
  • distribution
  • Customer service and customer care
  • Dealer support
  • international and intergovernmental services

Customer service applications were identified by the service code 3 following the ETNS code. The seven-digit phone number followed the service code.

Format: 00-3883-3-XXX-XXXX

Company networks + 388-3-5

This service category was intended for businesses and other organizations, including nonprofits and government organizations. The “company networks” category should enable organizations to map their networks, for example virtual private networks ( VPN ), to the 3883 number range. They were not for customer service applications or for use by individuals. Company networks were identified by the service code 5, which followed the ETNS code. The service code was followed by a nine-digit phone number.

Format: 00-3883-5-XXX-XXX-XXX.

The extent of the assigned number pad should depend on the size of the applicant organization.

Personal numbers + 388-3-7

This area was intended for private and business use by individuals. The personal numbers were identified by the service code 7, which followed the ETNS code. The service code was followed by a nine-digit phone number.

Format: 00-3883-7-XXX-XXX-XXX.

technology

You could apply for a European phone number from network operators. These also set up call forwarding to a number in Europe, e.g. B. to a call center or a cell phone number . The costs for a call within Europe to a +3883 number should be identical to the costs for a national long-distance call, the costs for call forwarding should be borne by the owner of the European number. The number of the room was NeuStar, Inc. managed.

Technical implementation

Although the area code was officially introduced in 2000, according to a survey by the c't in January 2005, no German-speaking network operator offered + 3883 numbers. Neither could any network operator guarantee accessibility from its network if connections with the area code were to be reached in other networks.

In July 2005 the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) decided to suspend all activities as administrator of the European Telephone Numbering Space until the identified weaknesses of the ETNS have been resolved. This decision was made because the ECC was confronted with new requirements on the telecommunications market and saw no possibility of its own to change the situation of the ETNS at that time. If the recognizable weaknesses (e.g. lack of commercial interconnection arrangements and market demand) had been resolved, the ECC would have resumed the ETNS administration function. In January 2010, however, the ETNS was discontinued.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Withdrawal of Assigned ETNS Numbers. (No longer available online.) European Communications Office, May 28, 2009, archived from the original on May 14, 2011 ; accessed on November 15, 2019 (English): "No ETNS number shall be active or in operation on January 1, 2010 and onwards."
  2. ↑ Reclamation of the ETNS Code 388 3. (No longer available online.) European Communications Office, September 3, 2008, archived from the original on May 28, 2011 ; accessed on November 15, 2019 (English): "... reclaims the ETNS code 388 3 as of December 31, 2010"
  3. ↑ a b c d Daniel AJ Sokolov: No connection under ... Europe's dialing code in deep sleep . In: c't . No. 3/2005 . Verlag Heinz Heise , January 24, 2005, ISSN  0724-8679 , p. 74 ( heise.de [accessed November 15, 2019]).
  4. ^ Suspension of ETNS Activities. (No longer available online.) European Communications Office, July 8, 2005, archived from the original on May 14, 2011 ; accessed on November 15, 2019 (English).

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