New area code for mobile prepaid customers
In Switzerland, you have to get used to a new mobile prefix: Swisscom is now assigning mobile numbers with the 075 area code to new prepaid customers.
The number blocks with the 079 area code are gradually being used up, the telecommunications group announced on Tuesday. For the time being, new prepaid customers with a combined offer of SIM card and device will receive a 075 number. The communiqué stated that these will probably be issued to all new prepaid customers from the fall.
The prefix will then also be introduced for subscription customers over the course of next year. Subscription customers can already purchase particularly memorable numbers on request. According to Swisscom, the 075 numbers have so far only been allocated to business customers with data subscriptions.
Sunrise also has a second mobile prefix in operation: Since the takeover of its competitor Tele2, Sunrise has been operating the 077 prefix in addition to the usual 076 prefix. However, new customers will continue to receive 076 numbers, said Sunrise spokesman Roger Schaller. In addition to Sunrise, M-Budget and Lycamobile also use the 077 prefix.
Salt (ex-Orange) does not have another number block in addition to the 078 area codes. "We still have enough numbers available for the foreseeable future," said Salt spokeswoman Therese Wenger. According to the Federal Office of Communications (Bakom), the 073 area code numbers have not yet been allocated. (SDA)
