There is no telephone country code +292 (or 00 292, 011 292, etc.).

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Country code +7 was originally the entire USSR. Following the breakup of the USSR, most of the republics got their own separate country codes. As of 2012, country code +7 is used by Russia and Kazakhstan.

Numbers beginning with +7 7 are in Kazakhstan (including landlines and mobiles).

Numbers beginning with +7 3 or +7 4, plus some numbers beginning with +7 8 are landlines in Russia.

Numbers beginning with +7 9 are mobiles in Russia, plus premium numbers.

Numbers beginning with +7 0, +7 1, +7 2, and +7 5 are invalid.

The disputed region of Abkhazia uses numbers in +7 840 (landlines) and +7 940 (mobiles), as well as numbers in Georgia's country code +995.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.).

Saudi Arabian area code 06, or +966 6 in international format, serves a region in the center of the country, including Al-Qassim, Buraidah, Majma, and Hail.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Country code +1 is North America (USA, Canada, etc.), but you need the next three digits (the area code) to be specific.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Dubai is part of the United Arab Emirates, which uses telephone country code +971.

Landlines in Dubai are in area code +971 4.

Mobiles throughout the UAE have numbers beginning with +971 5.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Country code +688 (dialed as 00 688 from many places) is Tuvalu.

All numbers are 5 digits after country code +688.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

The Netherlands is country code +31 (not including areas outside Europe; see below).

When calling from outside the Netherlands, you must drop the trunk prefix '0' from the Dutch area code. For example, Amsterdam's area code 020 becomes +31 20. Mobile numbers begin with +31 6. Premium-rate numbers begin with +31 84, +31 87, or +31 9. Geographic landline area codes begin with +31 1 through +31 7.

Curaçao and the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba) use country code +599. Aruba uses country code +297. Sint Maarten uses North American country code +1 with area code 721.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

The entire Northern Territory is in area code 08, which is +61 8. The local number is a further 8 digits.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Guinea-Bissau is country code +245.

Landlines begin with +245 3.

Mobiles begin with +245 5, +245 6, or +245 7.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Country code +98 (dialed as 00 98 or 011 98 from many countries) is Iran. Note that you must drop the trunk prefix 0 from the beginning of the Iranian number when calling internationally. For example, Tehran's area code 021 becomes +98 21.

Tehran is area code +98 21.

Other area codes are three digits, beginning with +98 1 through +98 7.

Mobile numbers begin with +98 9.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Country code +967 (dialed as 00 967 from many places) is Yemen.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Telephone country codes never begin with zero.

Country code +82, dialed as 00 82 from many places, is South Korea.

Country code +2, dialed as 008 2 from many places, is an incomplete code, probably somewhere in Africa. You need one or two more digits to specify the country. For example, +20 is Egypt and +299 is Greenland.

To avoid confusion, it is best to write an international telephone number in correct international format, beginning with the plus symbol and the correct telephone country code (e.g., +82 or +299), omitting any dialing prefix.

(The plus signmeans "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Chapala, Jalisco, is in Mexican area code 376.

Landline numbers are +52 376

Mobile numbers are +52 1 376

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

The United Kingdom uses telephone country code +44, and also you must drop the trunk prefix '0' from the beginning of the UK domestic telephone number. The international access prefix for calls from Nigeria is 009, so, to call London, for example, you would dial 009 44 20 7946 0123:

• 009 = international access prefix from Nigeria
• +44 = country code for UK
• 20 = London's area code 020, minus the trunk prefix 0
• 7946 0123 = (fictional) local number

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

Reynosa, Tamaulipas, is in Mexico's telephone area code 899.

In international format, landlines in Reynosa are +52 899. Mobile phones from Reynosa are +52 1 899. The local number is a further 7 digits in both cases.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." From a GSM mobile phone, you can enter the number in full international format, starting with the plus sign. The most common prefix is 00, but North America (USA, Canada, etc.) uses 011, Japan uses 010, Australia uses 0011, and many other countries use different prefixes.)