How to Place Calls

Place Calls
Local - 911 - LD - International
Local area calls

• To reach another Ohio Agency
  Dial the eleven digits; the full telephone number, for example, if the number is 5-4357, dial 1-614-555-4357.

NOTE: The NGTS system serves the State of Ohio Agencies and Boards and Commissions. Ohio phones have 11-digit numbers beginning with 614, 513, 216, 330, 440, 567, 740, 234, 419, or 937. Note that from a NGTS phone, a caller must dial your full 11-digit phone number to reach you; non-NGTS callers cannot dial a five-digit number to reach you.

• To reach an off-net phone within the local area
  Dial 1 + area code + seven-digit telephone number.

To reach 9-1-1 emergency services

• Dial 911.

Long Distance Calls

• Area code xxx outside the local area
  Dial 1 + xxx + seven-digit telephone number

Outside Ohio within the U.S.

Dial 1 + area code + seven-digit telephone number

International: direct dial countries

Dial 011 + country code + city code + telephone number 
*An authorization code means the line is restricted from dialing international calls