+ 353 ???

iMax

I've noticed on some of my phone number entries the "+353" prefix. Does this make any difference at all if I'm in Ireland ? i.e. does the phone work it out it'self ?


Also, if I'm using a spreadsheet to create my contacts, does it matter if I leave out the leading zeros & plus sympols ? i.e. will the phone work it out (again)

declanoneill

iMax wrote:

I've noticed on some of my phone number entries the "+353" prefix. Does this make any difference at all if I'm in Ireland ? i.e. does the phone work it out it'self ?


Also, if I'm using a spreadsheet to create my contacts, does it matter if I leave out the leading zeros & plus sympols ? i.e. will the phone work it out (again)

The +353 makes no difference when dialing in Ireland, just means if you call the number when roaming, it'll work.

If you're using a spreadsheet either have the number in the format +353 or 08x, it doesn't need to be consistant for it to work in Ireland but just putting 353 may mess things up (not actually sure if this answers your question)

colster

iMax wrote:

I've noticed on some of my phone number entries the "+353" prefix. Does this make any difference at all if I'm in Ireland ? i.e. does the phone work it out it'self ?


Also, if I'm using a spreadsheet to create my contacts, does it matter if I leave out the leading zeros & plus sympols ? i.e. will the phone work it out (again)

You can specify a mobile number in 3 ways.
08* - the local number and will only work in ireland
+3538* - alias for international number
003538* - full international number.

When you make a call/send a text using 08* or +3538* the number may be expanded to it's full number.

wolfman

i did a spreadsheet with just 3538******* before and it works fine
if you dont put in the 353 you cant dial them from outside of ireland

byrnefm

wolfman wrote:

i did a spreadsheet with just 3538******* before and it works fine. if you dont put in the 353 you cant dial them from outside of ireland

True - but you also need the + or 00 in front of the 353 if dialing from outside the Republic. Unfortunately, O2's webtxts fail to put 00 in front of the number of the sender, so if you text someone in England via webtext, they can't reply back directly. It works from within Ireland itself, though.

The Corinthian

Dialling "+353xxxxxxx" within Ireland makes no difference and is recommended if you are likely to roam, as you will need the international prefix to call your Irish numbers in that case.

The reason the "+" is used rather than "00" is because while most countries use "00" for international calls, some (such as the US and South Africa) will use other prefixes (e.g. "011").

iMax

OK, the new problem is that the spreadsheet is converting the "+353" to "+I7353"...

Any ideas ?

Stark

I also notice that you can send text messages fine to a number of the form 35386xxxxxxx, but you run into trouble ringing it, even from within the Republic. Numbers of the form +35386xxxxxxx or 086xxxxxx work fine though.

Pythia

iMax wrote:

OK, the new problem is that the spreadsheet is converting the "+353" to "+I7353"...

Any ideas ?

Highlight the cells, then right click and click on 'format cells'. Change this to text. That should work??

fletch

declanoneill wrote:

The +353 makes no difference when dialing in Ireland, just means if you call the number when roaming, it'll work.

No it won't, you'll need to prefix it with 00

The Corinthian

fletch wrote:

No it won't, you'll need to prefix it with 00

Not on a GSM network.

BrianD

iMax wrote:

OK, the new problem is that the spreadsheet is converting the "+353" to "+I7353"...

Any ideas ?

Put an apostrophe in front of the plus ie. '+3538xxxxxxx You won't see the apostrophe in the cell but the plus will show

BrianD

The Corinthian wrote:

Not on a GSM network.

In australia the international code is 011 and the + doesn't work. Least it didn't in the past when you were replying to texts or missed calls.

theothernt

Hi,

From my experience, using +35386 didn't work in Paris about 3 year ago so it would seem that some networks support it and some don't. Works fine in the states though.

- Neil

The Corinthian

BrianD wrote:

In australia the international code is 011 and the + doesn't work. Least it didn't in the past when you were replying to texts or missed calls.

theothernt wrote:

From my experience, using +35386 didn't work in Paris about 3 year ago so it would seem that some networks support it and some don't. Works fine in the states though.

Worked for me in Sydney, Paris, Melbourne and La Rochelle within the last three years.

kasintahan

The Corinthian wrote:

Worked for me in Sydney, Paris, Melbourne and La Rochelle within the last three years.

Works in Croatia, Hong Kong, Canary Islands, UK for me too.

otron

kasintahan wrote:

Works in Croatia, Hong Kong, Canary Islands, UK for me too.

Using a + to denote international numbers should work all over the world, on GSM networks as mentioned. It's defined in (I think) the GSM association specs (and maybe even by the ITU). Using the number 112 (rather then 999, for emergency services) is a similar example of this.

If you were on a network that didnt allow you to dial with a +, it was probably an error on the part of that network.