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Canadian (and other North American Numbering Plan) telephone numbers are usually written as (NPA) NXX-XXXX. For example, 250 555 0199, a fictional number, could be written as (250) 555-0199, 250-555-0199, 250-5550199, or 250/555-0199. The Government of Canada's Translation Bureau recommends using hyphens between groups; e.g. 250-555-0199. [4]
This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phone numbers in use. Note that it is not the number of phone devices that are being given here, but the number of phone numbers in a country. In some countries, one person might have two mobile phones. Also, some mobile phone numbers may be used by machines as a modem (examples ...
Mobile numbers start with the mobile operator code (which begins from 07X, followed by seven digits for the main telephone number). Format: (XXX ZZZZZZZ) where: When dialing a mobile number, "xxx" represents the mobile operator code. All mobile operator codes begin with the number 07. "zzzzzzz" represents the main telephone number of seven digits.
The expansion of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is the anticipated requirement for providing more telephone numbers to accommodate future needs beyond the pool of ten-digit telephone numbers. Ten-digit telephone numbers have been in use in the United States and Canada in long-distance telephone service since the 1950s.
The presentation of a telephone number with the plus sign indicates that the number should be dialed with an international calling prefix, in place of the plus sign. The number is presented starting the country calling code. This is called the globalized format of an E.164 number, and is defined in the Internet Engineering Task Force RFC 2806.
In Canada, area code 600 is used for non-geographic applications. Area code 900 has been used for high-toll 900 numbers. Cellular mobile services. The North American Numbering Plan does not reserve special non-geographic area codes exclusively for cellular phones, as is customary in some other national telephone administrations.
History. The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.
Canada +1: n/a 10: Mobile phones use geographic area codes. Exchanges may service on mobile devices; local numbers are portable between wired and wireless carriers. While area code 600 has been established as a non-geographic code that can be used by mobile phones, the only significant mobile usage has been for satellite phone service in remote ...