Under RFC 3966, two tel URIs can be equivalent only if both are global numbers or both are local numbers, so a global number never equals a local number.

Checked 2026-09-23

Both must be either a 'local-number' or a 'global-number', i.e., start with a '+'.
Vendor
IETF
Product
tel URI
Subsystem
comparison
Deployment
standard
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3966
Checked
2026-09-23

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 23). E.164 numbering and dial string normalization: source note e164-numbering-tel-global-local-unequal. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/e164-numbering-tel-global-local-unequal

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-e164-numbering-tel-global-local-unequal,
  title  = {E.164 numbering and dial string normalization: source note e164-numbering-tel-global-local-unequal},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/e164-numbering-tel-global-local-unequal},
  note   = {Source note e164-numbering-tel-global-local-unequal, checked 2026-09-23}
}

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