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Universal International Shared Cost Number (UISCN) is part of the E.164 telephone numbering space that includes international telephone numbers where the call costs are split between the caller and the called. An international shared-cost number allows the calling party to make the call at national rates, since the costs of any international routing will be borne by the called party. The
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(ITU) has allocated the
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''808'' to this service. As of 2023, the only companies that had requested UISCN number allocation were
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(Switzerland), SMSRelay (Switzerland, now defunct) and Mr Next Id (now DTMS; Germany).


See also

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Shared-cost service {{Use dmy dates, date=December 2023 Shared-cost service is a type of telephone call billing where the charge for calling a particular telephone number is split between the caller and the called party. Typically, the caller is charged the equivalen ...
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List of country calling codes Telephone country codes are telephone number prefixes for reaching subscribers in foreign countries or areas by international direct dialing (IDD). Country codes are defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in ITU-T standard ...


References

International telecommunications Telephone numbers


Further reading

* {{Cite web , title=E.154: International Shared Cost Service , url=https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-E.154-199803-I/en , date=March 1998 , access-date=19 December 2023 , publisher=
International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)In the other common languages of the ITU: * * is a list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information ...