How many digits are there is a mobile phone number?

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Reply 20

Bagration

imtired

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that's 11, just checked mine

inb4 personal army

Reply 21

imtired

ooops

don't prank it pls guise

Reply 22

paperclip

SpiritedAway

but even if it had +44 the number would have 12 digits, not 10. Or am I having another epic math fail moments again? :P

Usually is has 11 OP, the number could be from overseas though :h:

Haha, yeah it would have 12. No idea how it's possible to get 10 because all international codes would be 2/3 digits.

Dom1989

Argh O.K so really it should be 044 even though it says 44. ? Thanks for your help, I'm new to it all!

No, it should be 44 + 11 digits, or 0 + 11 digits.

44 is the international code which makes the 0 unnecessary.

Reply 23

anonymouz

paperclip

No, it should be 44 + 11 digits, or 0 + 11 digits.

44 is the international code which makes the 0 unnecessary.

Do you not mean +44 + last 10 digits of mobile number. If it begins with 07 on the other hand it should be full 11 digits.

It can be 12 though, i know 1 person with one.

Reply 24

20083

DanielWhit

If its international... then 00 44... but to be honest, mobiles sometimes do weird things and make "07....." equal "+447....."

07 does equal +447 though.

Reply 25

Dom1989

I'm really confused now, but I'll just assume it's a 10 digit number, thanks everyone :smile:

Reply 26

theronkinator

A number is 10 digits, it is then prefixed with either 0 or +44, if you're ringing from abroad to the UK number you need to use +44(UK ccountry code), or if ringing from within the UK, then you just need a 0.

Reply 27

Mad Vlad

Dom1989

I'm really confused now, but I'll just assume it's a 10 digit number, thanks everyone :smile:

Tell us the first 5 numbers and we'll tell you if it's right.

Reply 28

ThisNameNowTaken

0118 999 881 999 119 725 3

Its 20 digits if you wanna call the new emergency services ^^

Reply 29

Andylol

Number could be 00447_______, +447________, 07________ but it should be minimum of 11? Right?

Reply 30

TheTallOne

ThisNameNowTaken

0118 999 881 999 119 725 3

Its 20 digits if you wanna call the new emergency services ^^

Do you know it off by heart? It can be very important. Apparently it's a wrong number when I tried dialing it. I guess the number is: 01189 998819 (Burghfield Common, Berks)

Anyway, a mobile number goes as follows:

Lets use: 07123 456789

When we call the number from the UK, we dial 07123 456789 (where 07123 is the area code).

When we call an international number from the UK, we first dial 00 (the access code) and then the country code (in the UK it's 44). We then dial the area code, but without the 0 (eg 7123) and then we dial the number (456789).

So we have the number: 00 44 7123 456789

But this will only work in countries where the access code is 00, such as the UK. Dialing this number in the US will not work you will have to dial 011 instead of 00.

For this reason, mobile phones show an internationally unique number:
+44 7123 456789

You have to enter the access code (00 in the UK, 011 in the US) before you dial the +44....

The reason we have the 0 at the start of the number for local calls is to keep more important numbers (eg 112 or 999) separate and not to take up too much number space. We then have 01, 02 and 03 numbers for land lines, 07 for mobiles, 08 for free phone/fixed rate and 09 for premium rate numbers.

We also then have 00 for international calls. This way, all international calls can be recognised (only 1% of all possible numbers are taken up).