Hello Iain, Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 9:58:14 AM, you wrote:
ID> right, sorry what i meant to write was is it always country code followed ID> by mobile prefix followed by 8 digits? given i have lists of country codes ID> and mobile prefixes i can easily validate that first part, however i'd ID> also like to be able to check the number of digits the rest of the phone ID> number[...] That's not always true. - in Germany the Network local part can be 7 or 8 digits, depending on the network code. 49-179 has 7 digits whereas 49-176 has 8 digits following. (both are assigned to o2 Germany, but may be ported to another MNO). - in Austria I have seen anything between 7 and 9 (!) digits in the local part. Also be careful, some 'mobile' numbers may be historically allocated to paging services. In Germany the 49-150 to 49-179 range is generally allocated to some MNO, with a few spares in it. Numbers starting with 49-169 however are for cityruf and other broadcast paging services by e*message. There is a similar number range for the Commercial Radio Trunking Network (formerly operated by Dolphin, now carried on by several regional operators). In Switzerland numbers with 41-74 are allocated to Telepage (Swissphone) paging services. So although the number may look like a mobile number, it's actually the access number for a paging device or a radio 'phone' without SMS support. -- Best regards, Thomas mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
