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19-609: In telecommunications, the agency has the authority over the German telephone numbering plan and other technical number assignments. It also regulates the telecommunication market, including termination fees and open access to subscriber lines and licenses telephone companies. In radio communications , the Agency manages the radio frequency spectrum , licenses broadcasting transmitters and detects radio interferences . Licensing radio and TV stations (that is, content providers), however,

38-409: A length of two to five digits. The maximum length of a complete telephone number is eleven digits. Numbers for geographic area codes are assigned to carriers in blocks. Subscriber numbers do not start with 0 or 11 and can be dialled without area code from landlines within the same geographic area code. Originally, the first digits following the area code indicated a smaller service area or the type of

57-502: A result, dialing sequences are generally of a variable length, except for some non-geographic area codes for which subscriber numbers use a fixed-length format. It is not possible to determine unambiguously the end of a phone number from a prefix or the digits already dialed. This feature allows the extension of the length of phone numbers without revoking or changing existing numbers. Mobile telephones are assigned to non-geographic codes, making them readily recognizable. A new numbering plan

76-474: Is the task of State authorities. It is also a root certificate authority for qualified signatures according to the German Signature Act. The Agency's responsibility in the post market include the licensing of companies for postal services and the observation of the market. It also regulates the market, assuring non-discriminatory access to some service facilities, such as PO boxes . In

95-734: The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth . The Advisory Council consists of 16 members of the German Bundestag and 16 representatives of the German Bundesrat ; the Bundesrat representatives must be members or political representatives of the government of a federal state. The members and deputy members of the Advisory Council are appointed by the federal government upon

114-758: The Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts ( Regulierungsbehörde für Telekommunikation und Post , RegTP ) was established, superseding the Federal Office as the supervisor for posts and telecommunications. When the government decided to improve competition for the energy and railway markets as of 13 July 2005 and 1 January 2006, it found that the Regulatory Authority's expertise in enabling open access to telecommunication networks would also be useful in these infrastructure markets. To reflect these new competences,

133-529: The 1990s, the telecommunications and postal services in Germany were privatized . In 1994, the Deutsche Bundespost , was privatised and split into Deutsche Post and Deutsche Telekom , which remained under the supervision of the Federal Office for Post and Telecommunications ( Bundesamt für Post und Telekommunikation , BAPT). When the market was finally opened to competitors on 1 January 1998,

152-572: The Federal Network Agency is responsible for ensuring non-discriminatory access to railway infrastructure. This includes monitoring and regulating the train schedules, allocation of railway track slots, access to service facilities, etc. The agency is not responsible for technical supervision and licensing of railway companies. These tasks remain with the Federal Railway Office ( Eisenbahn-Bundesamt , EBA). In

171-460: The authority was renamed to Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway ( Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen , BNetzA ). To comply with the 2022 EU Digital Services Act , the agency took several steps, including the installation of a Digital Services Coordinator. The Coordinator is responsible for appointing trusted flaggers , people or organisations who roam

190-486: The electricity and gas market, the Agency is responsible for ensuring non-discriminatory third-party access to networks and regulating the fees. The Agency is not responsible for licensing energy companies. These tasks remain with authorities determined by State law. The Bundesnetzagentur has the following roles under the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG): In the area of railway traffic ,

209-433: The former East German area code (without the initial 0) or a code similar to it. Thus, Leipzig , for example, which had used East German domestic area code 41, was assigned the new area code 341 in the unified telephone system. On the other hand, some area codes were changed: for example, the small town of Zossen used to have East German area code 323, but the new area code is 3377. Area code 30, formerly used by West Berlin,

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228-476: The internet looking for "illegal" content as requested by the act and, as interpreted by agency president Klaus Müller, for "hate" and "fake news". Social media platforms are obliged to give trusted flagger reports preferential treatment. The first trusted flagger was the organisation "Respect!", appointed in October 2024 and formed as part of the foundation "Jugendstiftung Baden-Württemberg", ultimately financed by

247-561: The maximum length of eight digits for a subscriber number. The German telephone network uses 5,200 geographical area codes, the length of which varies from two to five digits (not including the trunk code 0), with five-digit area codes being assigned only in the New States (prefix 3). In general, geographic area codes start with digits 2 to 9, whereas other non-geographic area codes (including those for cell phones) are assigned to 1 and network services to 11. Geographic area codes have

266-507: The prefix 00372 (international access code 00, East German country code 37, area code 2), calls from West Berlin required only the short code 0372. Conversely, those made to West Berlin from East Berlin only required the short code 849. In 1992, two years after reunification, the telephone networks were merged under country code +49. Geographic numbers in the New States were assigned area codes starting with 3, in some cases followed by

285-838: The proposal of the German Bundestag and the German Bundesrat. Telephone numbers in Germany The regulation of telephone numbers in Germany is the responsibility of the Federal Network Agency ( German : Bundesnetzagentur, BNetzA ) of the German government . The agency has a mandate to telecommunications in Germany and other infrastructure systems. Germany has an open telephone numbering plan . Before 2010, area codes and subscriber telephone numbers had no fixed size, meaning that some subscriber numbers may be as short as two digits. As

304-413: The subscriber line ( analogue or ISDN ). This is no longer true as subscribers can keep their numbers when moving within an area code or when switching from analogue to ISDN. Furthermore, new carriers assign numbers from different blocks. Non-geographic numbers were originally assigned the prefix 1. However, some of these services have been moved to other area codes. Network services are not dialed with

323-504: The trunk prefix 0. They resemble local numbers that start with 11 but usually cannot be dialed after an area code. Before German reunification , East Germany used country code +37 . West Berlin was integrated into the West German telephone network, using the same international dialling code (+49) of West Germany, with the area code 311, later changed to 030 . Unlike West Germany, from which calls to East Berlin were made using

342-570: Was assigned to the entire reunified Berlin . The released country code +37 was later reused as the initial digits of several new codes for European countries that became independent states at the time (e.g.: +370 for Lithuania , +374 for Armenia , +375 for Belarus , etc.), as well as some microstates whose telephone networks had formerly been integrated to those of surrounding larger countries (e.g. +376 for Andorra , +377 for Monaco and +378 for San Marino ). The German telephone network became fully digital in 1997, allowing more flexible use of

361-404: Was introduced on 3 May 2010. Since then newly assigned landline telephone numbers have a standard length of eleven digits, including the area code. Area codes remained unchanged, variable in length. Exceptions to the eleven-digit rule are the four cities of Berlin , Frankfurt , Hamburg , and Munich , which are the only cities with two-digit area codes and have ten-digit numbers to avoid exceeding

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