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Published October 12, 2026.

Forwarding Index 2026

63 of the 66 phone companies we checked in 15 countries let you forward only missed calls with a dial code.

66 phone companies, 15 countries, 38 sources, last checked on .

can forward only missed calls
95%
let you set the ring time
88%
publish a price abroad
2 of 66
countries with another off code
3 of 15

Missed calls only

63 of 66 phone companies (95%) take a code that forwards only the calls you miss.

  • The rest can’t: Google Fi, Straight Talk and Total Wireless.
  • 59 have a separate code for each case: busy, no answer and phone off.
  • Verizon, Visible, Xfinity Mobile and Spectrum Mobile have no code for a phone that is off.
  • 46 turn on all missed-call cases with a single code.
How each phone company takes call forwardingOf 66 phone companies: The shared network codes (**61*, **67*, **62*), 58; Verizon’s star codes (*71, *72, *73), 4; Jio’s own codes (*401 to *413), 1; Phone settings only, no codes, 2; Only in the company’s app, every call or none, 1.The shared network codes (**61*, **67*, **62*): 58 of 66The shared network codes (**61*, **67*, **62*)58Verizon’s star codes (*71, *72, *73): 4 of 66Verizon’s star codes (*71, *72, *73)4Jio’s own codes (*401 to *413): 1 of 66Jio’s own codes (*401 to *413)1Phone settings only, no codes: 2 of 66Phone settings only, no codes2Only in the company’s app, every call or none: 1 of 66Only in the company’s app, every call or none1
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Ring time

58 of 66 companies (88%) let you choose how long the phone rings before a call is forwarded.

  • Where it can be set, it runs from 5 to 30 seconds, in steps of 5.
  • Türk Telekom writes it differently: **61*number*seconds#.

Turning it off

In 3 of 15 countries, a phone company’s own code to turn forwarding off is not the network default, ##002#.

  • United States: ##004# and *73.
  • Canada: ##004#.
  • India: *413.
  • ##002# clears every forward on any standard network; ##004# clears only the missed-call ones.
The code each phone company gives to turn forwarding offOf 66 phone companies: ##002#, 46; ##004#, 12; *73, 4; No code (settings or app), 3; *413, 1.##002#: 46 of 66##002#46##004#: 12 of 66##004#12*73: 4 of 66*734No code (settings or app): 3 of 66No code (settings or app)3*413: 1 of 66*4131
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Forwarding abroad

8 of 66 companies say they block forwarding to a number in another country, and 48 don’t say at all.

  • Allowed: 9.
  • Allowed as a paid extra: 1.
  • Blocked: 8.
  • Not stated by the company: 48.
  • Blocked: O2, Free, Movistar, Vodafone, Airtel, Vi, Jio and BSNL.
Forwarding to a number in another countryOf 66 phone companies: Allowed, 9; Allowed as a paid extra, 1; Blocked, 8; Not stated by the company, 48.Allowed: 9 of 66Allowed9Allowed as a paid extra: 1 of 66Allowed as a paid extra1Blocked: 8 of 66Blocked8Not stated by the company: 48 of 66Not stated by the company48
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What it costs

Only 2 of 66 companies publish a price for forwarding a call abroad; 47 publish nothing.

  • EE (United Kingdom): £4.64 a minute to a US number.
  • Turkcell (Türkiye): 13.00 TL a call plus 7.50 TL a minute to a US number.
  • 9 say it is billed like an international call.
What phone companies publish about the price of forwarding abroadOf 66 phone companies: Publishes a price, 2; Billed like an international call, 9; Can’t forward abroad, 8; Publishes nothing, 47.Publishes a price: 2 of 66Publishes a price2Billed like an international call: 9 of 66Billed like an international call9Can’t forward abroad: 8 of 66Can’t forward abroad8Publishes nothing: 47 of 66Publishes nothing47
What phone companies publish about the price of forwarding abroad. Download the chart

One standard, a few exceptions

58 of 66 companies take the shared network codes.

  • The shared network codes (**61*, **67*, **62*): 58.
  • Verizon’s star codes (*71, *72, *73): 4.
  • Jio’s own codes (*401 to *413): 1.
  • Phone settings only, no codes: 2.
  • Only in the company’s app, every call or none: 1.
  • In 13 of 15 countries, every company listed takes them.

For the press

Summary

The Forwarding Index 2026 reads the published call forwarding codes of 66 phone companies in 15 countries, each checked against the company’s own page or the network standard. 63 let people forward only the calls they miss with a dial code, and 58 let them set how long the phone rings first. Only 2 publish a price for forwarding a call abroad, and in 3 countries the code to turn forwarding off differs from the network default. The full data is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.

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63 of the 66 phone companies we checked in 15 countries let you forward only missed calls with a dial code.

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Only 2 of 66 phone companies publish what it costs to forward a call abroad.

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8 of 66 phone companies say they block forwarding to a number in another country.

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In 3 of 15 countries, a phone company’s own code to turn off call forwarding is not the network default, ##002#.

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58 of 66 phone companies let you choose how long your phone rings before a call is forwarded.

Free to quote and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Credit the Forwarding Index 2026 by Vicem and link this page.

How we counted

Every number on this page is computed from the open forwarding codes data, version 1.0.0. It is the same data our code generator and forwarding guides use.

We count 66 named phone companies. Each country’s row for any other network is left out, because it is a fallback, not a company.

The codes come from each company’s own help pages where it publishes them. Where it doesn’t, they come from the network standard (3GPP TS 22.030) or a current guide in the country’s language, as each row says.

Forwarding abroad and charges are what each company states, read for a call forwarded to a US number. “Publishes nothing” means we found no such statement.

The data covers public pages only. No call, customer or Vicem account data is used.

Sources

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Vicem (2026). Call forwarding codes by phone company and country (version 1.0.0) [Data set]. https://vicem.ai/data. CC BY 4.0.