US Mobile Prefixes

irishproduce

Hi Lads,

I need to know, is anyone familiar with USA Network provider prefixes.
Also, typically how many digits are in a us mobile number

Thanks

spurious

My brother's mobile number is in the format
001 - 917 - 123 4567
001 is for the US
917 is for his provider which is (I think) Cingular
the rest is his actual number.

Ruu_Old

Yep mine would be for example (123,that is the area code)+(123-4567), so 10 digit number incl. the area code . If you wanted to call or text you would enter (001, that is the countrycode)+(123)+(123-4567). 217 is what my area code is (for IL)

irishproduce

So for instance a typical american mobile would be along the lines of 001 091 1234567, correct??

Thanks

spurious

irishproduce wrote:

So for instance a typical american mobile would be along the lines of 001 091 1234567, correct??

I don't think any of the providers begin with a 0, but essentially that's the format, yes.

Ruu_Old

irishproduce wrote:

So for instance a typical american mobile would be along the lines of 001 091 1234567, correct??

Thanks

Correct, that would be it.

elderlemon

All US and Canadian (and some outlying Islands like bermuda, US Virgin Islands etc) mobile numbers are 1+3 digit area code + 7 digit subscriber number.

There is usually no way to distinguish between a fixed line and a mobile number as the area codes are by state (with some exceptions) and not by network.

irishproduce wrote:

Hi Lads,

I need to know, is anyone familiar with USA Network provider prefixes.
Also, typically how many digits are in a us mobile number

Thanks

elderlemon

elderlemon wrote:

There is usually no way to distinguish between a fixed line and a mobile number as the area codes are by state (with some exceptions) and not by network.

Yeah this is correct. Mobiles tend to use geographic "landline" area codes. I wasn't aware there were exceptions though.