Plus Number Dialing Customization¶
You can make the following customizations to improve + number dialing:
Suppress the outside dial tone, which is unnecessary for + number dialing.
Support Digit by Digit Dialing
The procedures to implement the customizations depend on whether you have deployed country-specific dial plans or not.
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Edit Country Dial Plan Schema to Suppress Outside Dial Tone¶
To suppress an unnecessary outside dial tone for + number dialing, edit the pre-11.5(1) country dial plan schema prior to deploying the country dial plan.
Login as the provider administrator.
Select Dial Plan Management > Advanced Configuration > Dial Plan Schema.
Click the country dial plan schema you want to modify.
Important
Select the country dial plan schema located closest to the customer hierarchy node.
Click the Translation Patterns tab.
For each translation pattern that begins with ‘+’ and that does not contain another ‘+’, uncheck the Provide Outside Dial tone check box.
Click Save.
Edit Country Dial Plan Schema to Enable Digit by Digit Dialing¶
To enable digit by digit dialing for + number calling, edit the country dial plan schema prior to deploying the country dial plan.
Important
Enabling digit by digit dialing also introduces Post Dial Delay.
Login as the provider administrator.
Select Dial Plan Management > Advanced Configuration > Dial Plan Schema.
Click the country dial plan schema you want to modify.
Important
Select the country dial plan schema located closest to the customer hierarchy node.
Click the Translation Patterns tab.
For each translation pattern that begins with ‘+’ and that does not contain another ‘+’, uncheck the Urgent Priority check box.
Click Save.
Edit Cisco Unified CM Translation Patterns to Suppress Outside Dial Tone¶
If pre-11.5.1 country dial plans have been deployed, edit the Cisco Unified CM translation patterns to suppress an unnecessary outside dial tone for + number dialing.
Log in as the provider administrator.
Set the hierarchy path to the customer for which you are suppressing the outside dial tone.
Select Device Management > CUCM > Translation Patterns.
Filter the translation patterns to see only + numbers for a country dial plan.
Click the funnel-shaped filter icon on the Translation Pattern column heading.
Select Starts With as the Filter Type.
Enter + in the Value field.
Click + to add another filter.
Select Partition as the Column.
Select Contains as the Filter Type.
Enter <ISO-CC>DP in the Value field, where <ISO-CC> is the three letter ISO country code for a country dial plan deployed for the customer. For example, for a US customer enter USADP.
Click Apply.
Click each translation pattern except for ones that contain more than one ‘+’.
Uncheck the Provide Outside Dial Tone check box.
Click Save.
Edit Cisco Unified CM Translation Patterns to Enable Digit by Digit Dialing¶
If country dial plans have been deployed, edit the Cisco Unified CM translation patterns to enable digit by digit dialing.
Important
Enabling digit by digit dialing also introduces Post Dial Delay.
Log in as the provider administrator.
Set the hierarchy path to the customer for which you are enabling digit by digit dialing.
Select Device Management > CUCM > Translation Patterns.
Filter the translation patterns to see only + numbers for a country dial plan.
Click the funnel-shaped filter icon on the Translation Pattern column heading.
Select Starts With as the Filter Type.
Enter + in the Value field.
Click + to add another filter.
Select Partition as the Column.
Select Contains as the Filter Type.
Enter <ISO-CC>DP in the Value field, where ISO-CC> is the three letter ISO country code for the country dial plan deployed for the customer.
For example, for a US customer enter USADP.
Click Apply.
Click each translation pattern except for ones that contain more than one ‘+’.
Uncheck the Urgent Priority check box.
Click Save.