Talk:E.164
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[edit] Aware
Is anybody aware where the phone providers usually buy the phone numbers from? I am looking for a telephone equivalent of InterNIC. Template:Wk muriith
- First the ITU assigns country codes, then there will be some regulatory body that manages the national numbering plan i.e. phone number/area code assignment etc. For information about your country's numbering plan check out the ITU national numbering plans. If you're in North America, then check out Nanpa Template:134.226.1.62
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- Unlike IP addresses which are fixed length and space is given out as nessacery, each "country" (sometimes for historical or political reasons country codes don't quite line up with independent countries) gets a prefix from the ITU and then gets to do pretty much what they like with the numbers after it (there is an overall length limit on the international number but its at least a couple of digits longer than most actual phone numbers are so its hardly a pressing limitation). So there is no need for an international body to enforce efficiant use (like there is with IP addresses) just to make very occasional new allocations when countries split. Plugwash 21:46, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Example needed
An example or two would be helpful in explaining the standard to the reader. -- Beland (talk) 00:54, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
