(keitai-l) Re: Japanese phone numbers

From: Jani PATOKALLIO <jpatokal_at_iki.fi>
Date: 01/24/01
Message-ID: <3A6E42F9.E594B77D@iki.fi>
Darlington wrote:
> From: Jani PATOKALLIO <jpatokal@iki.fi>
> > there are dozens of ways of writing
> > Japanese phone numbers, both with single- and dual-byte characters to
> > boot.  The two numbers in my sig are the same, the first is for overseas
> > callers and the second for locals.  I could also write it 090-7722-3557,
> > (090) 7722-3557, 09077223557, or even the spectacularly perverse
> > 090(7722)3557 often spotted on forms and questionnaires...
> 
> OK, but are all those fomats valid in tel links? Does the handset ignore
> spaces, dashes, plusses and parens?

My understanding is that all non-numeric characters are omitted.
This is certainly the case for spaces and dashes, but I can't say
I'm sure about the rest.

> And how are international numbers formatted in a tel link?

You're unlikely to find them preformatted, since most Japanese
cellphones are not capable of placing international calls.

Cheers,
-- 
Jani PATOKALLIO / jpatokal@iki.fi / +81 90 7722 3557
Sanpo Laboratory, Mechano-Informatics Dept., University of Tokyo
ヤニ・パトカリオ / jani@sanpo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp / 090 7722 3557
東京大学、工学系研究科、機械情報工学科、算法設計研究室

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Received on Wed Jan 24 04:28:19 2001