Why is a + needed for a phone number? What does it mean and why can’t it be omitted if the full number follows after anyway?

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Why is a + needed for a phone number? What does it mean and why can’t it be omitted if the full number follows after anyway?

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Answer 1

The + symbol indicates that you should replace the ‘+” with the code for dialling international numbers – whatever that code is in your country. In the U.S. it is ’00’, here it is ‘0011’

Many phones follow this standard, meaning that you can dial a number including the + and the phone does the right thing.