How to fix iphone's telephone number formatting?

While my iphone displays US phone numbers in a readable format: +1 (123) 456-7890 it doesn't do that for international numbers though Address book can.
For example, it removes all spaces and dashes in international numbers so they are less readable such as: +44 1234567890.

Try these links, ones for facetime troubleshootings and the other is for firewall issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3367
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4245

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