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Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom]

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Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:39:21 -0500 John Mayson <john@mayson.us> wrote:

> At home we have AT&T and recently had T-Mobile for our cell service.
> I noticed on all phones, regardless of manufacturer, incoming SMS and
> calls without names assigned displayed in the +1xxxyyyzzzz format.
> Specifically the number is prefaced with the +1.
> 
> I have a Verizon phone at work.  I only see xxx-yyy-zzzz.  What's
> more, I cannot call internationally by using the (+).  The phone
> doesn't recognize that.  I have to use 011.  My attempt to call
> +60-4-yyy-zzzz resulted in a call to Vancouver.
>
> Is this difference due to GSM versus CDMA?

It all depends on what the sending service sends and the capability of
the receiving phone or CID box.  On pretty much all my calls on
T-Mobile calls come in as 1 NXX NXXXXXX.  If I receive a call from a
Netherlands mobile number it comes in as +316NXXXXXXX or if it comes
from an Israeli mobile number it comes in as +97254NXXXXXX.  If you're
receiving the call on a mobile phone it may come in as +country
code/number on a regular CID box if it shows an international number
it may just show the country code.  You say you have a Verizon phone
at work.  Is this a Verizon land line or Verizon Wireless?  If it's
Verizon Wireless then it may not know what to do with a + character
and it's probably due to the difference between how CDMA and GSM
handles calls.

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That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] John Mayson <john@mayson.us> - 2011-04-22 12:39 -0500
  Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] "Gary" <bogus-email@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-22 20:30 -0400
    Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> - 2011-04-23 03:26 +0000
      Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] John Mayson <john@mayson.us> - 2011-04-23 14:02 -0500
      Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] "Gary" <bogus-email@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-24 09:29 -0400
        Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> - 2011-04-24 23:48 +0000
        Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2011-04-24 19:20 +0000
          Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] "Richard Powderhill" <richard_powderhill@btopenworld.com> - 2011-04-26 09:36 +0100
        Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] tlvp <tPlOvUpBErLeLsEs@hotmail.com> - 2011-04-24 15:50 -0400
        Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] David Clayton <dcstarbox-usenet@yahoo.com.au> - 2011-04-25 09:22 +1000
      Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] "Greg Monti" <gmonti@mindspring.com> - 2011-04-26 22:53 -0400
    Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] David Clayton <dcstarbox-usenet@yahoo.com.au> - 2011-04-23 16:11 +1000
    Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] "Harold Hallikainen" <harold@hallikainen.com> - 2011-04-23 11:18 -0700
  Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] Joseph Singer <joeofseattle@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-23 08:23 -0700
    Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] John Mayson <john@mayson.us> - 2011-04-23 23:45 -0500
  Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2011-04-23 00:39 +0000
    Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2011-04-24 19:38 +0000
      Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> - 2011-04-25 14:49 +0000
  Re: That pesky plus signs and mobile phones [telecom] kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2011-04-24 15:48 -0400

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