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why is there a + in front of my phone number?

in itunes summary or in settings on my phone it shows my number as +1-...-...-....
what does the + mean? thanks.

MACBOOK PRO 13 MID 10, Mac OS X (10.6.5), iPhone 4 / iPod touch 4g

Posted on Feb 5, 2011 3:13 PM

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Feb 5, 2011 6:26 PM in response to iinami

In North America, the phone number of the form 1-areacode-number is interpreted as:
1 - North America (and some of the island territories, I believe)
areacode - your general geographic area
number - you phone number

Somebody calling you from overseas has to dial a code before the '1' to call you. With a mobile phone, they can simply dial a +. '+' is used to indicate that you must dial the international access code.

For example, somebody calling you from the UK would dial 00-1-areacode-number. From South Africa they would dial 09-1-areacode-number. You would publish your number as +1-areacode-number.

Generally, from a cellphone you can simply dial + before the country code.

why is there a + in front of my phone number?

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