Italian Phone numbers - one for Barbara Vaughan perhaps
Jun 24th 2003, 12:19 am
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Italian Phone numbers - one for Barbara Vaughan perhaps
I've been given two emergency contact numbers in Italy for use in the
summer.
One is 0575 xxxxxx and the other is 3393 xxxxxx.
Would I be right in supposing that the first is a land line and the
second a mobile? And after +39 do I dial the whole of each number
exactly as quoted above(i.e. including the "0" in the first number)?
TIA
Jonathan
summer.
One is 0575 xxxxxx and the other is 3393 xxxxxx.
Would I be right in supposing that the first is a land line and the
second a mobile? And after +39 do I dial the whole of each number
exactly as quoted above(i.e. including the "0" in the first number)?
TIA
Jonathan
Jun 24th 2003, 12:29 am
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Re: Italian Phone numbers - one for Barbara Vaughan perhaps
Jonathan Morton wrote:
> One is 0575 xxxxxx and the other is 3393 xxxxxx.
>
> Would I be right in supposing that the first is a land line and the
> second a mobile? And after +39 do I dial the whole of each number
> exactly as quoted above(i.e. including the "0" in the first number)?
Exactly. The first is a land line in the Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro
area. The second is a TIM cellular phone.
Do not drop the 0 in the first number.
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Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy e-mail: [email protected]
> One is 0575 xxxxxx and the other is 3393 xxxxxx.
>
> Would I be right in supposing that the first is a land line and the
> second a mobile? And after +39 do I dial the whole of each number
> exactly as quoted above(i.e. including the "0" in the first number)?
Exactly. The first is a land line in the Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro
area. The second is a TIM cellular phone.
Do not drop the 0 in the first number.
--
Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy e-mail: [email protected]
Jun 24th 2003, 1:20 am
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Re: Italian Phone numbers - one for Barbara Vaughan perhaps
Jonathan Morton wrote:
>
> I've been given two emergency contact numbers in Italy for use in the
> summer.
>
> One is 0575 xxxxxx and the other is 3393 xxxxxx.
>
> Would I be right in supposing that the first is a land line and the
> second a mobile? And after +39 do I dial the whole of each number
> exactly as quoted above(i.e. including the "0" in the first number)?
You're correct on both points. Actually, I'm sure you realize that you
don't actually dial the "+" and that if you're in Italy, you don't dial
the "39".
Barbara
>
> I've been given two emergency contact numbers in Italy for use in the
> summer.
>
> One is 0575 xxxxxx and the other is 3393 xxxxxx.
>
> Would I be right in supposing that the first is a land line and the
> second a mobile? And after +39 do I dial the whole of each number
> exactly as quoted above(i.e. including the "0" in the first number)?
You're correct on both points. Actually, I'm sure you realize that you
don't actually dial the "+" and that if you're in Italy, you don't dial
the "39".
Barbara
Jun 24th 2003, 2:35 am
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Re: Italian Phone numbers - one for Barbara Vaughan perhaps
Barbara Vaughan wrote in
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>> 3393 xxxxxx
Question: Does this mean the mobile prefix has no leading 0 and you reach
it by dialling 33 ... right way? That would imply that no landline phone
numbers starting with 33 ... would be allowed.
Or was the leading 0 merely omitted in the quote?
> Actually, I'm sure you realize that you
> don't actually dial the "+"
Actually sometimes you can. Mobiles allow you to "dial" the +. (00 also
works).
> and that if you're in Italy, you don't dial the "39".
You may though, it'll work. With mobiles, it's even recommended that you
store all phone numbers in international format, so you don't have to
change them when you're going abroad.
Regards
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news:[email protected]:
>> 3393 xxxxxx
Question: Does this mean the mobile prefix has no leading 0 and you reach
it by dialling 33 ... right way? That would imply that no landline phone
numbers starting with 33 ... would be allowed.
Or was the leading 0 merely omitted in the quote?
> Actually, I'm sure you realize that you
> don't actually dial the "+"
Actually sometimes you can. Mobiles allow you to "dial" the +. (00 also
works).
> and that if you're in Italy, you don't dial the "39".
You may though, it'll work. With mobiles, it's even recommended that you
store all phone numbers in international format, so you don't have to
change them when you're going abroad.
Regards
--
Ich gebe zu ich war am Anfang entzückt
http://www.wschwanke.de/
Jun 24th 2003, 3:00 am
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Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
> Question: Does this mean the mobile prefix has no leading 0 and you reach
> it by dialling 33 ... right way? That would imply that no landline phone
> numbers starting with 33 ... would be allowed.
>
> Or was the leading 0 merely omitted in the quote?
Some years ago it was decided that the area code would be part of the
phone number, and you had to dial it (including the leading 0) no matter
where you were phoning from.
So now all Italian land line phone numbers begin with 0, and all cell
phone numbers begin with 3. (Most TIM numbers begin with 33, as well as
most omnitel numbers begin with 34 - this will not be true in the
future, as number portability between cell phone providers was recently
enforced, and so the number will be more an hint to the provider).
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Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy e-mail: [email protected]
> Question: Does this mean the mobile prefix has no leading 0 and you reach
> it by dialling 33 ... right way? That would imply that no landline phone
> numbers starting with 33 ... would be allowed.
>
> Or was the leading 0 merely omitted in the quote?
Some years ago it was decided that the area code would be part of the
phone number, and you had to dial it (including the leading 0) no matter
where you were phoning from.
So now all Italian land line phone numbers begin with 0, and all cell
phone numbers begin with 3. (Most TIM numbers begin with 33, as well as
most omnitel numbers begin with 34 - this will not be true in the
future, as number portability between cell phone providers was recently
enforced, and so the number will be more an hint to the provider).
--
Luca Logi - Firenze - Italy e-mail: [email protected]
Jun 24th 2003, 4:54 am
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Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
>
> Barbara Vaughan wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> >> 3393 xxxxxx
>
> Question: Does this mean the mobile prefix has no leading 0 and you reach
> it by dialling 33 ... right way? That would imply that no landline phone
> numbers starting with 33 ... would be allowed.
>
> Or was the leading 0 merely omitted in the quote?
>
> > Actually, I'm sure you realize that you
> > don't actually dial the "+"
>
> Actually sometimes you can. Mobiles allow you to "dial" the +. (00 also
> works).
>
> > and that if you're in Italy, you don't dial the "39".
>
> You may though, it'll work. With mobiles, it's even recommended that you
> store all phone numbers in international format, so you don't have to
> change them when you're going abroad.
I stored the phone numbers of my American relatives using the
recommended international format. However, when I try to speed dial
them, it doesn't work. I must manually enter the exact number I stored
(without the "+", which doesn't exist on my mobile phone.
Barbara
>
> Barbara Vaughan wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> >> 3393 xxxxxx
>
> Question: Does this mean the mobile prefix has no leading 0 and you reach
> it by dialling 33 ... right way? That would imply that no landline phone
> numbers starting with 33 ... would be allowed.
>
> Or was the leading 0 merely omitted in the quote?
>
> > Actually, I'm sure you realize that you
> > don't actually dial the "+"
>
> Actually sometimes you can. Mobiles allow you to "dial" the +. (00 also
> works).
>
> > and that if you're in Italy, you don't dial the "39".
>
> You may though, it'll work. With mobiles, it's even recommended that you
> store all phone numbers in international format, so you don't have to
> change them when you're going abroad.
I stored the phone numbers of my American relatives using the
recommended international format. However, when I try to speed dial
them, it doesn't work. I must manually enter the exact number I stored
(without the "+", which doesn't exist on my mobile phone.
Barbara
Jun 24th 2003, 6:43 am
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"Barbara Vaughan" wrote in message
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> You're correct on both points. Actually, I'm sure you realize that you
> don't actually dial the "+" and that if you're in Italy, you don't dial
> the "39".
Thanks for this and the other replies. Actually I should have said I'll be
using my (UK-based) mobile so in fact I will be dialing both the + and the
39. As others have said, storing numbers in this way on mobiles saves hassle
when changing networks.
Best wishes
Jonathan
news:[email protected]...
> You're correct on both points. Actually, I'm sure you realize that you
> don't actually dial the "+" and that if you're in Italy, you don't dial
> the "39".
Thanks for this and the other replies. Actually I should have said I'll be
using my (UK-based) mobile so in fact I will be dialing both the + and the
39. As others have said, storing numbers in this way on mobiles saves hassle
when changing networks.
Best wishes
Jonathan
Jun 24th 2003, 6:43 am
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Re: Italian Phone numbers - one for Barbara Vaughan perhaps
"Barbara Vaughan" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I stored the phone numbers of my American relatives using the
> recommended international format. However, when I try to speed dial
> them, it doesn't work. I must manually enter the exact number I stored
> (without the "+", which doesn't exist on my mobile phone.
Barbara, you may find that on older mobiles pressing the * key twice
produces the + symbol. I know on my old phone using "00" didn't actually
work. It didn't have the + sign on the keyboard but ** achieved the right
result. May be worth a try. Apologies if you know this already.
Jonathan
news:[email protected]...
> I stored the phone numbers of my American relatives using the
> recommended international format. However, when I try to speed dial
> them, it doesn't work. I must manually enter the exact number I stored
> (without the "+", which doesn't exist on my mobile phone.
Barbara, you may find that on older mobiles pressing the * key twice
produces the + symbol. I know on my old phone using "00" didn't actually
work. It didn't have the + sign on the keyboard but ** achieved the right
result. May be worth a try. Apologies if you know this already.
Jonathan
Jun 24th 2003, 7:28 am
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Re: Italian Phone numbers - one for Barbara Vaughan perhaps
Jonathan Morton wrote:
>
> "Barbara Vaughan" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > I stored the phone numbers of my American relatives using the
> > recommended international format. However, when I try to speed dial
> > them, it doesn't work. I must manually enter the exact number I stored
> > (without the "+", which doesn't exist on my mobile phone.
>
> Barbara, you may find that on older mobiles pressing the * key twice
> produces the + symbol. I know on my old phone using "00" didn't actually
> work. It didn't have the + sign on the keyboard but ** achieved the right
> result. May be worth a try. Apologies if you know this already.
The + isn't necessary. I have no trouble dialing manually. I actually
suspect that the + stored in the "recommended international format" is
what's causing the problem when I speed dial.
Barbara
>
> "Barbara Vaughan" wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > I stored the phone numbers of my American relatives using the
> > recommended international format. However, when I try to speed dial
> > them, it doesn't work. I must manually enter the exact number I stored
> > (without the "+", which doesn't exist on my mobile phone.
>
> Barbara, you may find that on older mobiles pressing the * key twice
> produces the + symbol. I know on my old phone using "00" didn't actually
> work. It didn't have the + sign on the keyboard but ** achieved the right
> result. May be worth a try. Apologies if you know this already.
The + isn't necessary. I have no trouble dialing manually. I actually
suspect that the + stored in the "recommended international format" is
what's causing the problem when I speed dial.
Barbara
