>> These days, more and more businesses outside of the US and Canada are
>> listing their full international number in adverts and such. You are
>> seeing more numbers displayed on the Internet and elsewhere (if you
>> see non-US/Canadian ads and such), as +44 etc (for the UK) or +81 etc
>> (for Japan), +33 etc (for France) etc.
> I pretty much agree with your comments, and would add another bit, mainly
> for NANP readers. The access code for domestic long distance in Europe,
> and a number of other areas, is 0. This isn't part of the international
> number, so if you see a number like +44 (0)20 ..., the zero in parentheses
> should be dropped. Similarly, where a national number is referenced, the
> leading zero should be dropped before prepending the international access
> code and country code.
The other day one of the guys in my office had to fax something to the U.S. Embassy in Katmandu, Nepal. He kept keying in country/city/number and it would get refused until I told him that international access code for the U.S. was 011.