When sending SMS messages, you must comply with the rules of the country you are sending to. So if you send an SMS to a French phone number, you must comply with the rules that apply in France. The same applies in the UK, Germany and all other countries. Each country also has different options for sending. For example, in some countries you cannot use an alphanumeric sender ID (text - e.g. ServiceSMS) and in other countries you must have an authorized sender ID.
Below you can read the rules for each country. It is important that you comply with the laws of each country. If not, we may close your account immediately to avoid our access to that country being blocked.
Country-specific rules and restrictions for SMS
When sending SMS messages, you must follow the rules of the country you are sending to. Below you will find an overview of all countries and their specific rules for sender ID and content.
| Country | Country code | Alpha sender ID | Foreign number | Local number | More details |
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+93 | Registration required | Registration required | Supported | See details → |
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+355 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+213 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+684 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+376 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+244 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+809 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+268 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+1268 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+54 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+374 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+297 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+61 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+43 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+994 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+1242 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+973 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+880 | Registration required | Registration required | Supported | See details → |
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+246 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+375 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+32 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+501 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+229 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+809 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+975 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+591 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+387 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+267 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+55 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+284 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+673 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+359 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+226 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+257 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+855 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+237 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+1 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+238 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+345 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+236 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+235 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+56 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+86 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+57 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+269 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+242 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+243 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+682 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+506 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+225 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+385 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+53 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+357 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+420 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+45 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+253 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+767 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+809 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+593 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+20 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+503 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+0001 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+240 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+291 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+372 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+251 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+500 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+298 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+679 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+358 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+33 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+594 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+689 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+241 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+220 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+995 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+49 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+233 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+350 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+30 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+299 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+473 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+590 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+671 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+502 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+224 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+245 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+592 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+509 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+504 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+852 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+36 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+354 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+91 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+62 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+999 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+98 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+964 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+353 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+972 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+39 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+876 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+81 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+962 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+7 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+254 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+686 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+82 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+383 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+965 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+996 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+856 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+371 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+961 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+266 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+231 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+218 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+423 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+370 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+352 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+853 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+261 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+265 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+60 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+960 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+223 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+356 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+692 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+596 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+222 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+230 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+269 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+52 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+691 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+373 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+377 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+976 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+382 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+473 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+212 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+258 | Registration required | Registration required | Supported | See details → |
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+95 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+264 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+674 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+977 | Registration required | Registration required | Supported | See details → |
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+31 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+599 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+687 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+64 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+505 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+227 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+234 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+683 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+672 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+850 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+389 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+47 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+00 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+968 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+999 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+92 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+680 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+970 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+507 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+675 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+595 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+51 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+63 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+48 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+351 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+1787 | Registration required | Registration required | Supported | See details → |
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+974 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+262 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+40 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+7 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+250 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+685 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+378 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+239 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+966 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+221 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+381 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+381 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+248 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+232 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+65 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+421 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+386 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+677 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+252 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+27 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+211 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+34 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+94 | Registration required | Registration required | Supported | See details → |
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+1869 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+1758 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+1784 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+290 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+508 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+249 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+597 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+268 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+46 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+41 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+963 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+886 | Registration required | Registration required | Supported | See details → |
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+992 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+255 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+66 | Registration required | Registration required | Supported | See details → |
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+670 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+228 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+690 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+676 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+1868 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+216 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+90 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+993 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+1649 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+688 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+256 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+380 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+971 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+44 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+1 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+598 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+998 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+678 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+58 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+84 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+1284 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+681 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |
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+967 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+260 | Can be overwritten | Can be overwritten | Supported | See details → |
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+263 | Supported | Supported | Supported | See details → |