Special characters in phone numbers
You can use special characters to dial or save phone
numbers of automated services such as bank account
information. When entering numbers, press the
key
repeatedly until you see the character you want.
Character
Use
*
This character is used to request services
from the network. Contact your service
provider for details.
+
This character is not currently used.
p
This character creates a pause. Digits to the
right of the p are sent as touch tones after a
2.5-second pause.
Use this character to save phone numbers of
automated services that require you to enter
a password or other information after the
call is answered. For example, if your voice
mail number at work is 555-1212 and you
need to enter your extension (1234) and then
a password (5678) in order to listen to your
messages, you could save this phone number
as 5551212p1234p5678.
w
This character creates a wait. It works
similarly to the pause character except that
digits to the right of the w are not sent until
you press Send.
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