The '+' sign simply means use the international access code from the country you're in. In most cases that's 00 - but there are many exceptions. If you are using a GSM mobile phone, or most other types of mobile phone, storing telephone numbers in international format, using the plus symbol, ensures that they will be dialed correctly, even if you are traveling in a different country. For example, if you program a number in the UK as 00 44 1632 900123 and then try to dial that number from the United States (where the international dialing prefix is 011 instead of 00) or Japan (010) or Australia (0011) or Nigeria (009) or Kenya (000) or Russia (8~10), your call will likely fail.
It represents the need to put the international dialing prefix in there. The same number needs to be dialed differen ways when calling from different countries. It is usually the exit code for dialing internationally (from Canada and the US it is 011, from the UK it is 00) and then the country's country code (39 for Italy).
To dial from India to Australia you would need to dial: 00-61-fax number 00 is to dial internationally from India 61 is the international country code for Australia Remove any + or 0 from the start of the number when dialing.
00 44, plus the UK number without the leading 0.
To fax from the Philippines to Moscow you would need to dial: 00-7-fax number 00 is to dial internationally 7 is the international country code for Russia. (if you're dialing to Moscow, Idaho, you would need to dial 00-1-fax number, if you're dialing to Moscow, Scotland, you would need to dial 00-44-fax number) Drop any + or 0 from the start of the number.
If dialing from the US or Canada you would need to dial: 011-679-fax number 011 is to dial internationally from the US or Canada. (If dialing from the UK or Germany, it would be 00 instead of 011, if dialing from Australia it would be 0011, other countries may have different codes) 679 is the international calling code for Fiji. Drop any + or 0 that the fax number may start with.
00 to dial internationally 1 to reach the USA and Canada then the ten digit Canadian number. For example, Canada number 346-123-4567 would be dialled from England as: 00 1 346 123 4567.
If you are looking to fax to Rome, Italy, the international country code for Italy is 39. To fax internationally, you'd need to dial your country's international dialing code (in the US and Canada it is 011, in most of Europe it is 00), then 39, then the fax number.
The dialing code for the USA from the UK is 00 1 The area codes for Houston, Texas, are 713, 281, and 832
To call from Spain to Gibraltar, you now must use the full international number, 00 350 followed by the Gibraltar number.
Anywhere in the United States, you can reach a local operator by dialing 0 (or 0#), or a long distance operator by dialing 00.
To fax to Sweden from the USA or Canada, you would need to dial: 011-46-fax number 011 is to dial internationally, 46 is the international country code for Sweden. If you were dialing from the UK, it would be 00-46-fax number, and if you were dialing from Australia it would be 0011-46-fax number. Drop any + or 0 from the start of the fax number.
The dialling code from UK to Australia is 00 61.