category: Country Codes for SMS

Do i need to use 00 at the start of an international SMS?

In short, no.

for eg, to message to the UK mobile 07778123456 you would remove the leading zero and add the country code (44). Thus the number would be

447778123456

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Different Types Of Codes

There are different codes that are used in telephony systems.

The one most people will be familiar with is the National Direct Dialing Prefix.
This is the number that is commonly used when dialing any non-local number. This is not
used when dialing internationally. In the UK it is '0'

E.G. 01229 123 456

Also familiar may be the International Direct Dialing Code. This is dialled to get access
to an international number, and is followed by the Country Code.

The majority of countries use the IDD '00' (but not USA) and to dial to the UK from another country, the
Country Code is '44'.

E.G. To Dial to the UK from Germany, you would dial 00 44 1229 123 456



Sending International SMS

This works in a similar way. All SMS sent via sms2email should be put in international format,
even if sending to the UK.

International Format: International format is ' '

E.G. 447766404142

For more information on dialling codes, please see www.kropla.com.
This site shows a list of all country codes (e&oe).

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