Austria · +43 A real Austria number. Rented for one code.

Austrian mobile numbers start with 06, and from abroad they become +43 6. Since 2019 every Austrian prepaid SIM has had to be registered to a named person, so a local number of your own takes an ID check. A rented Austrian mobile receives one verification code for an app or ticket site that serves Austria, without a SIM or a registration.

A1, Magenta Telekom and Drei run Austria's mobile ranges. The three-digit prefix once pointed to the network, 0664 for A1, 0676 for Magenta and 0660 for Drei, but numbers can move now. Services checking a rented number see an Austrian mobile.

Variable length, fixed prefix

Austrian numbers do not all have the same length, which trips up forms built for fixed formats. A mobile might be 0664 1234567 or one digit longer. Internationally the 0 goes, leaving +43 664 1234567. A form that insists on a set number of digits can reject a valid Austrian mobile, and entering it with +43 in a free-text field usually works.

Landlines use area codes such as 01 for Vienna and 0662 for Salzburg, and they cannot receive a verification text. Only the 06 range is mobile, so check that prefix first when a code fails to arrive.

Austria or Germany

People sometimes assume a German number covers Austria because the language and many brands are shared. Austrian services often check for +43. Classifieds on willhaben, food delivery through foodora, and concert tickets sold for Austrian venues through Ticketmaster usually want a local number.

TikTok and Facebook accounts meant for an Austrian audience are another reason, since a +43 number keeps the account's signals consistent with where its followers are. For services local to Germany, use a German number instead.

Once you are in

Put the account's recovery on an email you control before the activation window closes. An authenticator app, where offered, keeps the account safe after the rented number returns to the pool.

Austrian banks and ID Austria, the state digital identity, check who you are. A rented number covers apps and marketplaces only.