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Phone

Identification Analysis Definition

Phone
Description The Phone identification analysis definition determines the type of phone number.
Possible Outputs LANDLINE
MOBILE
MULTIPLE
FOREIGN
INVALID
Examples Input Output
(045) 454 8783 LANDLINE
1401451/دمياط LANDLINE
011/1005002 MOBILE
0100509397-33852428 MULTIPLE
+1 (919) 457-7000 FOREIGN
23927892 LANDLINE
2392789 INVALID
Remarks

NoteNote: To obtain optimal results, before performing data cleansing on phone numbers, the area code or governorate (which are often stored in databases separately from the base number) should first be concatenated with the base number.

The area code or Governorate must be present to be considered a valid domestic phone number, except for eight-digit base numbers, which always imply Cairo.