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The Government of Canada's Translation Bureau recommends using hyphens between groups; e.g. 250-555-0199. [2] Using the format specified by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Recommendation E.164 for telephone numbers, a Canadian number is written as +1NPANXXXXXX, with no spaces, hyphens, or other characters; e.g. +12505550199.
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 0800 range can have NSN length as 10, 9, or 7 digits. The 0845 range can have NSN length as 10 or 7 digits. The 0500 range had NSN length as 9 digits only, and was withdrawn from use on 3 June 2017. All other UK numbers have NSN length of 10 digits. There are no telephone numbers in the UK with an NSN length of 8 digits.
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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. [6]
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E.164 specifies that a telephone number consist of a country code and a national telephone number. National telephone numbers are defined by national or regional numbering plans, such as the European Telephony Numbering Space, the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), or the UK number plan.
Microsoft canonical address format for telephone numbers [2] [3] derives from E.123 international notation by allowing explicit indication of area code with parentheses. The canonical format is used by the Telephony API (TAPI) , a Windows programming interface for dial-up fax, modem, and telephone equipment.