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Code Purpose 16: Former International Access Code (replaced by EU standard 00) 03: Formerly used for calls to Great Britain. The format was 03 + STD code + local number: 08: Formerly used for Northern Ireland landlines (Now 048). e.g. Belfast 01232 xxx xxx was reached by dialling 08 01232 xxx xxx: 084: Formerly used for Belfast landlines 10
Zone 2 uses two 2-digit codes (20, 27) and eight sets of 3-digit codes (21x–26x, 28x, 29x), mostly to serve Africa, but also Aruba, Faroe Islands, Greenland and British Indian Ocean Territory. Zones 3 and 4 use sixteen 2-digit codes (30–34, 36, 39–41, 43–49) and four sets of 3-digit codes (35x, 37x, 38x, 42x) to serve Europe .
The island of Ireland is divided in two jurisdictions: the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. For the Republic of Ireland, see Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland and List of dialling codes in the Republic of Ireland; For Northern Ireland, see Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom and List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom
All local numbers with the area code 023 changed from 5–digit to 7–digit. Numbers in the Bandon MNA were prefixed by 88. [5] All local numbers with the area code 043 changed from 5–digit to 7–digit. Numbers in the Longford MNA were prefixed by 33 and in the Granard MNA by 66. All local numbers with the area code 052 changed from 5 ...
Mobile phones use geographic area codes (two digits): after that, all numbers assigned to mobile service have nine digits, starting with 6, 7, 8 or 9 (example: 55 15 99999–9999). 90 is not possible, because collect calls start with this number.
This code specifies that the entire number should be 15 digits or shorter, and begin with an international calling prefix and a country prefix. For most countries, this is followed by an area code, city code or service number code and the subscriber number, which might consist of the code for a particular telephone exchange.
For example, for a number in Costa Rica they would write (506) 2222-2222 instead of +506 2222-2222. On the other hand, Guatemala does have the custom of using the + sign. It is quite common for Central American businesses to write the whole phone number, including the country code in parentheses, on business cards, signs, stationery, etc.
MCCs are assigned either by merchant type (e.g., one for hotels, one for office supply stores, etc.) or by merchant name (e.g., 3000 for United Airlines [1]) and is assigned to a merchant by a credit card company when the business first starts accepting that card as a form of payment. [2]