Hi, I do it my way:
fon/fax: ++49+69-722012
ie: 722012 in Frankfurt
069 722012 from elsewhere in Germany
0049 69 722012 from most/ITU-T countries abroad
note: - separates distant-local code
+ fill in 0 for national call
++ fill in 00 for international call
and I think it fits well for the job to be done!
Herbert Elbrecht
elbrecht@csi.com
www.elbrecht.de/
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> Your company would write
>
> +1 715 362-9586
>
> The purpose of the + is to remind you to enter at this point the
> escape sequence that lifts you onto the international level.
> This escape sequence is
>
> 00 in most countries (as recommended by ITU-T E.163)
> 19 in France (I think)
> 011 in North America (I think)
>
> There exists an ITU-T E.something document that lists them all.
> See also <http://www.itu.ch/>.
>
> My phone number is +44 1223 334676. 44 is the country code of Great
> Britain, 1223 is the area code of Cambridge, and 334676 is my local
> number in Cambridge. Dialing a 0 prefix lifts you out one level.
> I have to dial 0 to get to the national level where I can now enter
> an area code. I can also enter a second 0 to get to the international
> level where I can enter a country code. Therefore to reach me, dial
>
> 334676 in Cambridge
> 0 1223 334676 from elsewhere in Britain
> 00 44 1223 334676 from most countries
>
> 011 44 1223 334676 from the US
> 19 44 1223 334676 from France
>
> +44 1223 334676 standard notation
>
> It would all be so easy if France, US, Canada, etc. would finally adopt
> the 0 and 00 as their area code and country code introducers as it is
> the international recommendation (ITU-T E.163), instead of complaining
> that the bloody Europeans still have non-standard phone numbers (which
> as shown is not true!).
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