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Phone

Identification Analysis Definition

Phone
Description

The Phone identification analysis definition determines the type of phone number.

Possible Output Landline
Mobile
Multiple
Foreign
Legacy
Invalid
Examples Input Output
2111206500 Landline
695 509 9230 Mobile
00302105562000-1 Multiple
00302106479341/7236207 Multiple
+1 (919) 457-7000 Foreign
01 0 4020430 Legacy
041 252768 Legacy
694642006 Invalid
21112065002 Invalid
Remarks Numbers identified as Legacy refer to phone numbers that pre-date the 2002 switch to a closed telephone system. Numbers identified as Invalid either have too many or too few digits according to the length of a valid Greek phone number.