Calling and Area Codes

Solihull itself is in area code 0121 with Birmingham; in international format, that's +44 121.

Note, however, that Solihull is very close to area codes 01564 (Lapworth) and 01675 (Coleshill) and others.

(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.)

In the United Kingdom, numbers beginning 05 are non-geographic numbers used for special purposes.

Numbers beginning 0500 are old freephone numbers. They are being gradually replaced by 0800 and 0808 numbers, but some still exist.

Numbers beginning 055 are corporate numbers for large businesses. They allow big companies to have a large, dedicated block of numbers that aren't linked to a specific part of the country. For example, Santander's UK bank branches use a block of numbers beginning 05511.

Numbers beginning 056 are for VOIP phones and other similar non-geographic phone services. However, many people prefer to take the option of using a regular, geographic area code instead so these 056 numbers are still quite rare.

Sint Maarten, the Dutch southern half of the island of St. Martin in the Caribbean, is now part of the North American Numbering Plan, using country code +1 along with the USA and Canada and some other islands. Sint Maarten uses area code +1 721. All local numbers are 7 digits long, and at present all numbers begin with '5'.

Calling from the US, Canada, or other islands in the NANP, dial "one plus," just like a domestic long-distance call, although international rates will apply.

(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.)

Note that the French northern half of the island is in international country code +590.

You dial a fax number on a fax machine exactly the same way you would dial the same number from a landline at the same location.

The country code for France is +33, and you must omit the leading 0 of the French domestic number in international format. There should be exactly 9 more digits after country code +33.

(The plus sign means "insert your international access prefix here." 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.)

As written, that would be a number in country code +1, which is North America (USA, Canada, etc.), but there are no valid numbers beginning with +1 491, besides which you have too many digits for a North American number.

However, a number beginning with +49 17 is a mobile in Germany.

(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, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

There is no area code +1 525 in North America (USA, Canada, etc.). It is unassigned.

Telephone country code +52 is Mexico, but there are no valid numbers beginning with +52 5237.

(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 area code for Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, is 05827, which is +92 5827 in international format.

(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, and many other countries use different prefixes.)

There is no area code +1 889 in North America (USA, Canada, etc.). There is also no telephone country code +889. There is also no area code 889 (+52 889 or +52 1 889) in Mexico. However, other countries may have an area code beginning with 889.

(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.)