A quick look for tel
in the plugin gives me this check for telephone numbers:
function wpcf7_is_tel( $tel ) {
$result = preg_match( '%^[+]?[0-9()/ -]*$%', $tel );
return apply_filters( 'wpcf7_is_tel', $result, $tel );
}
Using the above function the plugin is validating whether the user input is a valid tel
or not. So the above regex is the one that is used for validation.