Telephone numbers in Greece

Geographical area codes start with the digit 2. There are currently two-, three-, and four-digit area codes. The only two-digit area code is 21 for the Athens Metropolitan area; three-digit codes are used for the cities Thessaloniki, Patras, Larissa, Heraklion, Kavala, and Tripoli. The rest of the codes are four-digit codes.

Generally speaking, the second digit of a geographical area code signifies a broader geographical area of Greece, That is how area codes are sorted in this article.

Two-digit codes are used with eight-digit subscriber numbers, three-digit codes with seven-digit numbers, and four-digit codes with six-digit numbers so the full telephone number is always ten digits.

Subscriber numbers in most areas start with 0. That is the digit that was inserted between the area code and the subscriber number to form the new ten-digit numbering plan back in 2002. Thus, many Greeks erroneously think that the area codes include this leading 0. For example, they think that Athens's area code is 210 while, actually, Athens's area code is 21, 0 being the first digit of the subscriber number.

Subscriber numbers starting with 0 are assigned to the former monopoly OTE. In bigger cities like Athens and Thessaloniki, subscriber numbers starting with other digits except 0 are becoming more and more common, especially amongst business subscribers. In this case many people think that the area code is different. For example, a subscriber number in Athens might start with 211, with people thinking that 211 is a distinct area code from 210 while, in reality, both numbers are in the 21 area code and the third digit of the number belongs to the subscriber number.

The international call prefix depends on the country from which you are calling, for example, 00 for most European countries and 011 from North America.

In 2001-2002, Greece moved to a closed ten-digit numbering scheme in two stages, with the result that subscribers' numbers changed twice. For example, before the change, a number in Athens would have been dialed as follows:

In 2001, a '0' was added after the area code, which was incorporated into the subscriber's number:

Finally, in 2002, the leading '0' was changed to a '2' (for geographic numbers) :

For mobile phone numbers, the leading '0' was changed to a '6'.

Note that because of number portability, for both geographical and non-geographical (mobile, toll-free, premium rate) numbers, one cannot be sure about the operator that a number belongs to. All geographical codes (21x, 231x) end in a number from 0 to 6 (210 or 212 for Athens, 2310 or 2312 for Thessaloniki). Numbers whose code ends in "0" are or were originally operated by OTE. The same applies to mobile phones: All mobile codes (69x) end in 0,3,4,5,7,8 or 9 (690, 698). Mobile code "696" is assigned to OTE pagers. Numbers starting with 690 and 693 were originally assigned to WIND, with 694 and 695 to Vodafone, with 697 and 698 to Cosmote and with 699 to Q-Telecom until 2007 when it merged with WIND.

100 - Hellenic Police

101x up to 103x

105x up to 107x

102xx up to 107xx

108 - Hellenic Coast Guard

109 - Hellenic Police - Drugs-related issues

110xx

111xx

11188 - Cyber Crime Division of Hellenic Policy

11185 - Athens Urban Transport Organisation (OASA) & Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization (OASTH)

110x, 111x

112 - European emergency number

113xx up to 116xx

113x up to 118x

116xxx - Pan-European numbers[1]

117xx

118xx - Directory services

119

12x, 12xx, 13x, 13xx - Network customer services (specific to each carrier)

137xx - Toll Free Technical Support (free from all carriers)

13777 Yuboto Telephony Support

138xx - Customer service and sales for telephone companies (accessible from all networks)

14xx - Telephone companies' music voice portals

140xx

142xx up to 149xx- Information services (weather, news etc.)

15xx - National public services (public sector numbers)

151xx up to 156xx

1571 - Hellenic Policy. A service available in Greek, English, French and German. Greek and foreign tourists can use it to solve problems they may encounter.

159xx

166 - EKAV

170 - Special Suppressive Anti-Terrorist Unit

171 - Tourist Police

186x up to 189x

181xx, 182xx, 183xx - Short codes for private companies

188xx - Short codes for private companies

196x - National public services (public sector numbers)

190xx up to 195xx

197 - National Centre for Social Solidarity (EKKA)

199 - Fire department

50x xxx xxxx - VPNs

54xxx

559xx

685 185 xxxx - CYTA Hellas

685 19x xxxx - CYTA Hellas

685 500 xxxx - CYTA Hellas

685 505 xxxx - CYTA Hellas

685 550 xxxx - CYTA Hellas

685 555 xxxx - CYTA Hellas

685 585 xxxx - CYTA Hellas

690 000 xxxx - BWS

690 002 xxxx - Nova (Forthnet)

690 003 xxxx - Nova (Forthnet)

690 069 xxxx - Nova (Forthnet)

690 100 xxxx - MI CARRIER SERVICES AB

690 200 xxxx - MI CARRIER SERVICES AB

690 300 xxxx - MI CARRIER SERVICES AB

690 400 xxxx - MI CARRIER SERVICES AB

690 500 xxxx - MI CARRIER SERVICES AB

690 555 xxxx - AMD Telecom S.A.

690 6xx xxxx - WIND Hellas

690 7xx xxxx - WIND Hellas

690 8xx xxxx - WIND Hellas

690 9xx xxxx - WIND Hellas

691 000 xxxx - BWS

691 111 xxxx - Interconnect

691 200 xxxx - Yuboto LTD

691 234 xxxx - M-Stat

691 300 xxxx - Viva

691 345 xxxx - Nova (Forthnet)

691 400 xxxx - AMD Telecom S.A.

691 500 xxxx - My Company Projects

691 600 xxxx - Compatel Limited

691 691 xxxx - Mobile Media

691 700 xxxx - Inter Telecom

691 888 xxxx - Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE)

693 xxx xxxx - WIND Hellas

694 xxx xxxx - Vodafone Greece

695 000 xxxx up to 695 199 xxxx - Vodafone Greece

695 200 xxxx - Compatel Limited

695 210 xxxx - MI CARRIER SERVICES AB

695 290 xxxx - MI CARRIER SERVICES AB

695 299 xxxx - BWS

695 30x xxxx - CYTA Hellas

695 310 xxxx - MI CARRIER SERVICES AB

695 330 xxxx - Apifon

695 340 xxxx - AMD Telecom S.A.

695 400 xxxx - AMD Telecom S.A.

695 410 xxxx - MI CARRIER SERVICES AB

695 423 xxxx - Infobip

695 490 xxxx - MI CARRIER SERVICES AB

695 500 xxxx up to 695 999 xxxx - Vodafone Greece

696 01x xxxx - OTE

696 91x xxxx - Greek Ministry of National Defense

696 921 xxxx up to 696 928 xxxx - Greek Ministry of National Defense

697 xxx xxxx - Cosmote

698 xxx xxxx - Cosmote

699 00x xxxx - WIND Hellas

699 1xx xxxx up to 699 999 xxxx - WIND Hellas

70x xxx xxxx - Universal Personal Number Service

800 xxx xxxx - Toll-free numbers

801 xxx xxxx - “ONEphone” shared-cost services (local call charges apply nationwide)

806 xxx xxxx - Calls with maximum charge of 0.06 EUR/minute

807 xxxx - Phonecard services

812 xxx xxxx - Calls with maximum charge of 0.12 EUR/minute

825 xxx xxxx - Calls with maximum charge of 0.25 EUR/minute

850 xxx xxxx - Calls with maximum charge of 0.50 EUR/minute

875 xxx xxxx - Calls with maximum charge of 0.75 EUR/minute

896 xxx xxxx & 899 xxx xxxx - Data services (Dial-up Internet access, Hellaspac packet relay, ERMES email etc.)

901 xxx xxxx - Premium-rate services

909 xxx xxxx - Premium-rate adult-only services

• Telephone numbers in Europe
• OTE

• List of area codes in Greece
• International Dialing Resource Center - Greek area/dialing codes
• EETT (Regulator) page on numbering (English)
• Greece dialing codes
• EETT numbering page (Greek)