Telecommunications system with improved country codes and area codes

An apparatus and/or method for routing international telephone calls to a communications device of a particular subscriber in a country and in an area of the country having an area code. A illustrative embodiment is a system for routing an international telephone call from a caller to a specific communications device situated in a country identified by a country calling code and in an area of the country identified by an area code, said system comprising: means for assigning a first telephone number to a particular subscriber; and means for routing the telephone call to the specific communications device of the particular subscriber; wherein the country calling code is a first two-character abbreviation for a country or dependent area; and wherein the area code is a second two-character abbreviation for a state, province, possession or military state.