phoneRegex = re.compile(r'''(
    (^\+\d{2})?             # area code(not neccessarely)
    (\s|-|\.)
    (\()?
    \d{3}                     #carrier code
    (\))?
    (\s|-|\.)?                         # separator
    (\d{3})                # first 3 digits
    (\s|-|\.)                          # separator
    (\d{2})
    (\s|-|\.)?
    (\d{2})|(0\d{9})$                       # last 4 digits
    (\s*(ext|x|ext.)\s*(\d{2,5}))?     # extension
)''', re.VERBOSE)