The 44 country code means a miniumum of 12 digits to dial plus the IDD prefix, which is variable. The IDD prefix from the UK is '00'.
Do all mobile numbers have 11 digits?
Phone numbers in the US and Canada ALL have 11 digits. They all start with “1”, which is the country code for the North American Numbering Plan Area. We typically don't dial that 1 because our phone networks assume that, unless we tell them otherwise, we are dialing the number of a phone within our own country.
How many digits are in a UK mobile number?
ten
What is a valid UK mobile number?
A mobile phone number in the United Kingdom always starts with the digits '07', for instance '07911 123456'. Adding '+44', the UK's country code makes the number unambiguous; '+44 7911 123456' will always connect to a mobile phone in the UK.
Are all phone numbers 10 digits?
Mobile phone numbers always consist of 10 digits. The first digit of the "zone prefix" of a mobile number is always '4'. Then follows 2 digits indicating to which Mobile Operator's pool the number originally belonged when it was taken into usage.
Can a phone number be less than 10 digits?
No, it depends how many people live in the country and even within a country the number of digits will vary. I live in New Zealand both my mobiles have 10 digits, this includes the network-code. However, there are people with less than 10 digits in their mobile number here as well.
Are there any 9 digit phone numbers?
If you mean 9 digits without including the country code, than there are a lot: Spain, Portugal, Netherlands and much more European countries which has 9 digit phone numbers.
Why are phone numbers only 10 digits?
Thus, if phone numbers were to have 2 digits, how many different number combinations would be available? 10 x 10 = 100. In the same fashion, if phone numbers were to have 9 digits, this would only satisfy 1,000 million (100 crore) subscribers. Hence, the 10-digit mobile number.