Lithuania uses an open

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with all phone numbers having nine digits, including the prefix "0", a 1–3 digit area code, and a 5–7 digit subscriber telephone number.

Overview

Lithuania uses a total of 47 area codes for landline phones, all beginning with 3, 4 or 5. Within same area code, landlines can be dialed without the prefix and the area code. Area codes for mobile numbers begin with 6, corporate or state institution numbers with 7,

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, reverse-charge and shared-cost numbers with 8, and premium-rate numbers with 9. Network services numbers begin with "1", dialed without a prefix. This includes numbers beginning with "11", reserved for emergency and special services, such as: * 112 – National emergency number * 113 – Non-emergency medical number * 116 xxx –

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* 117 – Telecommunication helpline * 118 – Directory assistance * 119 – Fault registration

Prefixes

Since 1 March 2024, Lithuania uses "0" as a

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. The international dialling prefix is "00". Lithuania uses +370

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. During the

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and for a period after it, the country used the Soviet numbering: +7 012 area code was used until 1993; the legacy numbering was used for the national area codes until it was replaced in 2001–2003; the domestic prefix "8" was replaced with "0" in 2024 (and fully deactivated in 2025), despite being planned since 2001. The delay was due to legacy emergency numbers 01, 02 and 03, which were kept active until 1 April 2022.

National area codes (with prefix)

References

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

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