What does the +85 in front of the SMS number mean?

That's the area code representing the country+* * * Different numbers call different countries.

It's the same as adding the area code in front of a long distance call.

The international, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan telephone area codes are as follows

China 86 Afghanistan 93 Albania 355

Algeria 2 13 Andorra 376 Angola 244

Anguilla (UK) 1264 Antigua and Barbuda 1268 Argentina

Armenia 374 Aruba 297 Ascension (UK) 247

Australia 6 1 Austria 43 Azerbaijan 994

Bahamas 1242 Bahrain 973 Bangladesh 880

Barbados 1246 Belarus 375 Belgium 32

Belize 50 1 Benin 229 Bermuda (UK) 144 1

Bhutan 975 Bolivia 59 1 Botswana 267

Brazil 55 Brunei 673 Bulgaria 359

Burkina Faso 226 Burundi 257 Cameroon 237

Canada 1 Canary Islands (West) 34 Cape Verde 238

Chad 235 Central Africa 236 Chile 56

Cayman Islands (UK) 1 345 Christmas Island 6 19 164 Corcos Island 6 19 162.

Colombia 57 Commonwealth of Dominica 1767 Comoros 269

Congo 242 Cork Islands (New) 682 Costa Rica 506

Croatia 385 Cuba 53 Cyprus 357

Czech 420 Denmark 45 Diego Garcia 246

Faroe Islands 298 Greenland 299 Djibouti 253

Dominica 1809 Ecuador 593 Egypt 20

El Salvador 503 Equatorial Guinea 240 Estonia 372

Ethiopia 25 1 Eritrea 29 1 Falkland Islands 500

Fiji 679 Finland 358 France 33

French Guiana 594 Gabon 24 1 Gambia 220

Georgia 995 Germany 49 Ghana 233

Gibraltar (UK) 350 Greece 30 Grenada 1473

Guam (USA) 167 1 Guatemala 502 Guinea Bissau 245

Guadeloupe (France) 590 Guinea 224 Guyana 592

Haiti 509 Honduras 504 Hungary 36

Iceland 354 Ireland 353 India 9 1

Indonesia 62 Iran 98 Iraq 964

Israel 972 Italy 39 C? te d 'Ivoire 225

Jamaica 1876 Japan 8 1 Jordan 962

Cambodia 855 Kazakhstan 7 Kenya 254

Kyrgyzstan 996 Kiribati 686 North Korea 850

Kuwait 965 Laos 856 Latvia 37 1

Lebanon 96 1 Lesotho 266 Liberia 23 1

Libya 2 18 Liechtenstein 4 175 Lithuania 370

Luxembourg 352 Madagascar 26 1 Malawi 265

Malaysia 60 Maldives 960 Mali 223

Malta 356 Marianas 1670 Marshall Islands 692

Martinique (France) 596 Mauritius 230 Mayotte 269

Mauritania 222 Micronesia 69 1 Mexico 52

Midway Island (USA) 180 .....