[dba-Tech] Foreign phone number

+ is the international convention for "country code".  It can stand for a multitude of different 
numbers - even on the same phone.

Every country uses a different scheme for actually dialling an internation number.  You may 
use 00, but in PNG, it is  05, in Australia it is 0001.
 
Every entry in my phone's contact list starts with a +.

A PNG  number would by +675 XXX XXXX
An Australian number would be +61 XXXX XXXX

By using the internatrional convention, it doesn't matter whether I an in PNG or Australia, nor 
whether I have my PNG or Australian SIM card inserted in the phone.    Without it, I would 
need to use different phone book entries for every  country I may be  dialling from. 

>  It only can dial numbers

and * and # which also have assigned DTMF codes and are generally on a phone's keypad.  

(Actually, A,B,C and D also have assigned DTMF codes, but you will probably never see a 
phone with keys for these characters)


-- 
Stuart

On 12 Oct 2012 at 0:09, Helmut Kotsch wrote:

> 
> The + in +44 stands for 00. New phones dial 00 when you push the + button.
> There is no way that a dialing system could dial a +. It only can dial
> numbers.
> 
> Helmut
> 
> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]Im Auftrag von Stuart
> McLachlan
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Oktober 2012 23:52
> An: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Betreff: Re: [dba-Tech] Foreign phone number
> 
> 
> That is not an intenational dial code, none start with 0.
> 
> If it is a UK number (it is the right format for one) , "01661" is Prudhoe
> in North East England.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudhoe
> 
> Internationally, it would be
> +44 16618745123
> 
> Located using:
> http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/search/uk_codes/search.pu
> blisha?Sea
> rch=01661&x=42&y=16
> 
> --
> Stuart
> 
> On 11 Oct 2012 at 17:08, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> 
> > It looks like Canada. The international code for Canada is 1 or 01.
> > Arthur
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Rocky Smolin
> <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Lists:
> > > I get leads from all over the world and normally the web can ferret out
> the
> > > location of number.  But this one stumped me:
> > >
> > > 016618745123
> > >
> > > Anybody know where this might be?  I think it's a Spanish speaking
> country.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Rocky
> > >
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