[Tom2007]

It's

+44 and 7 digits, anyone know?

Cheers

[hermaphrodite]

that it's a UK number, i think

[Tagit]

+44 is the same as 0044 used when calling international numbers. Texts often do it, its just saying its a mobile number in the UK.

[Gareth-Lee Smith]

Only 7 digits?That's odd

[hermaphrodite]

+44 is the equivalent of 07, i think

[Gareth-Lee Smith]

(Original post by hermaphrodite)
+44 is the equivalent of 07, i think

I'm not sure what you mean? If you were writing out a phone number you only drop the '0'

[Cortez]

Nah it's the equivilant of 0 if you are in the UK.

e.g. +447979 instead of 07979

[e-lover]

+44 is the international way of telling that the number is from the United Kingdom. similarly +1 is the international code for the United States.

I.E.

+4420222143 = 020 222 143

Cheers!

[Font]

basically its the international dialing code for the uk. so say ones number is 07712341234 or whatever if u were to call this from usa you'd dial 00447712341234

[Dionysus]

It's the UK dialling code Oh, and allegedly, if you use +44 it actually sometimes works out slightly cheaper.

[hermaphrodite]

(Original post by Gareth-Lee Smith)
I'm not sure what you mean? If you were writing out a phone number you only drop the '0'

oh yeah. oops. read cortez's post.

i keep writing i think at the end - cos i've never been abroad - so i've never had to make international calls to the UK- otherwise i would have been certain

[omicronlyrae]

an just FYI, 0044 and +44 are the same thing - the + simply replaces the 00

[tommorris]

The point of it is that if you put your phone numbers into a mobile phone address book, you can use them from outside the UK.

So if you put in +44207..., it'll work when you are roaming abroad, but if you put in 0207... you'd have to redial it.

[pumpkin7]

7 digits? hmmm.

SMAP.

[iliketurtles]

(Original post by olileauk)
an just FYI, 0044 and +44 are the same thing - the + simply replaces the 00

Or rather the + means to insert the international dialing code. For most of Europe this is 00, but for other countries this can be different. America uses 011 for example.

[SunburnedCactus]

For those that care, http://www.kropla.com/dialcode.htm has a comprehensive list for the world, including area codes inside countries.

[anonymous1985]

+44 is the international code for the UK.

[Ghost]

(Original post by The Anthropologist)
+44 is the international code for the UK.

Thanks for that! We discovered that 4 days ago, but your reiteration just made it so much clearer.

[anonymous1985]

(Original post by Ghost)
Thanks for that! We discovered that 4 days ago, but your reiteration just made it so much clearer.

No problem, glad i could be of some help

[cutandpasteandtwisty]

(Original post by Dionysus)
Oh, and allegedly, if you use +44 it actually sometimes works out slightly cheaper.

I don't believe it.