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  2. Telephone numbers in Canada - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Seven-digit dialing - Wikipedia

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    new market entrants leaving the business. With overlays in several areas (the relief method of choice in Canada since 2000), ten-digit local numbers were supplanting seven-digit dialing; by 2019, only four Canadian area codes (506, 709, 807 and 867) were still single-code areas (no overlay) and allowed seven-digit local dialing. Although fewer ...

  4. Fictitious telephone number - Wikipedia

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    In Hungary, telephone numbers are in the format 06 + area code + subscriber number, where the area code is a single digit 1 for Budapest, the capital, followed by a seven digit subscriber number, and two digits followed by either seven (for cell phone numbers) or six digits (others). for other areas, cell phone numbers or non-geographic numbers ...

  5. North American Numbering Plan - Wikipedia

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    This rounded the total number of digits in a subscriber telephone number to ten: a three-digit area code, three-digit central office code, and four digits for each line. This fixed format defined the North American Numbering Plan as a closed numbering plan , [ 25 ] as opposed to developments in other countries where the number of digits was not ...

  6. Telephone number - Wikipedia

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    Modern smart phones have added a built-in layer of abstraction whereby individuals or businesses are saved into a contacts application (akin to an electronic address book) and the numbers no longer have to be written down or memorized. A telephone number serves as an address for switching telephone calls using a system of destination code ...

  7. North American Numbering Plan expansion - Wikipedia

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    The North American Numbering Plan is based on a ten-digit telephone number assigned to each telephone in the telephone network. The number is composed of the three-digit numbering plan area code, a three-digit central office code, and a four-digit station or line number. Certain rules govern the numerical format of each part.

  8. Telephone prefix - Wikipedia

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    A telephone prefix is the first set of digits after the country, and area codes of a telephone number. In the North American Numbering Plan countries (country code 1), it is the first three digits of a seven-digit local phone number, the second three digits of the 3-3-4 scheme. In other countries, both the prefix and the number may have ...

  9. National conventions for writing telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    Russia has an open numbering plan with 10-digit phone numbers. Trunk prefix is 8 (or 8~CC when using alternative operators, where CC is 21–23, 52–55). International call prefix is 8~10 (or 8~CC when using alternative operators, where CC is 26–29, 56–59). The country code is 7.