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Calls between member states would no longer require the international access code 00. Instead the digit 1 was proposed for these calls, replaced by the country code 3 for calls from outside the EU. Each country would have a two-digit country code after the 1 or the 3. Calls within each country would not be affected.
First of all, to reach a toll free number from abroad the same dialing sequence used for calling regular numbers should work: International prefix - Country code - Toll free number. Be sure to leave out any initial zero in the toll free number.
- Calls to a toll free (also known as freephone/freecall) number are paid for by the receiver of the call, making them free for you, the caller. Howe...
- If the call goes through you will incur regular (or sometimes higher) international charges. So, if the company/person you want to reach also has a...
- Normally, to call a toll free number registered in the US, Canada or any other NANP country from another country you should use the dialing instruc...
- International Freephone Numbers are an exception to the rules above. These numbers are assigned a separate country code which is 800. Calls to thes...
From outside Belgium, a caller would dial their international call prefix (typically 00 in Europe and 011 in North America), followed by 32 (the country code for Belgium), then the area code minus the trunk code '0', and finally the local number.
The first 1-800 number was introduced in 1967 by AT&T. The number was initially used for long distance calls, and was known as the “toll-free” number. The toll-free call allowed customers to directly call businesses and other organizations without being charged for it. The first iteration of 800 number technology was fairly rudimentary.
UIFN uses country-level calling code 800 so that no matter where the caller is, only the international access code (IAC), the UIFN country code (800) and the 8-digit UIFN need to be dialed.
From outside Belgium, a caller would dial their international call prefix (typically 00 in Europe and 011 in North America), followed by 32 (the country code for Belgium), then the area code minus the trunk code '0', and finally the local number.
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From outside Belgium, a caller would dial their international call prefix (typically 00 in Europe and 011 in North America), followed by 32 (the country code for Belgium), then the area code minus the trunk code '0', and finally the local number. Dialing from New York to Brussels 011-32-2-555-12-12 - Omitting the leading "0".
