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What does a plus sign in front of a phone number mean?

Someone called my cell phone and the number had a plus sign in front of it, followed by a 12 digit number. I'm guessing the first two to be a country access code? The number started as +44144, and then a 7 digit number.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    + sign is an Exit Code,it is used by telephone company to identify that the number is outside the country then the calls are routed EXIT out this country to the country specified with the country code.

    BTW,+4414xxxxxx is a landline number for UK.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    Plus Sign On Phone

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

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    like 1 800 555 5555

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Can mean one of two things The number is international or You sent a text and they replied without you adding them as a contact. Well, as far as I know but Im interested to see what else that could mean

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    sign front phone number

  • 5 years ago

    plus 3 is from what country

  • 1 decade ago

    I think it means it's a free call

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