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This is a list of telephone dialling codes in the United Kingdom, which adopts an open telephone numbering plan for its public switched telephone network. The national telephone numbering plan is maintained by Ofcom , an independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries.
In the United Kingdom, telephone numbers are administered by the Office of Communications (Ofcom). For this purpose, Ofcom established a telephone numbering plan, known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, which is the system for assigning telephone numbers to subscriber stations. Telephone numbers are of variable length.
979 – Universal International Premium Rate Service (UIPRS); (formerly assigned to Abu Dhabi, now part of 971 United Arab Emirates) 98 – Iran. 990 – unassigned. 991 – unassigned (formerly used for International Telecommunications Public Correspondence Service) 992 – Tajikistan.
In the UK, there were 35 million (2002) mainline telephones. The telephone service in the United Kingdom was originally provided by private companies and local city councils, but by 1912–13 [14] all except the telephone service of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire and Guernsey had been bought out by the General Post Office.
Service numbers. These are the non-geographic numbers starting 084, 087 and 09. They are also known as premium rate numbers. Until 2015, 084 and 087 numbers were called special rate or business rate numbers. Since 2015 these numbers have a two-part charging structure.
Origins. The telephone service in the United Kingdom was originally provided by private companies and local councils. But by 1912–13 [1] all except the telephone service of Kingston upon Hull and Guernsey had been bought out by the Post Office.
From 1 June 1999, the new 020 code for London was introduced to replace the 0171 and 0181 codes, re-unifying the London telephone area under one code as it had been under the 01 area code. All the previous seven-digit numbers had a 7 or 8 prefixed to them: (0171) xxx xxxx became (020) 7xxx xxxx. (0181) xxx xxxx became (020) 8xxx xxxx.
Calling codes in Europe. Telephone numbers in Europe are managed by the national telecommunications authorities of each country. Most country codes start with 3 and 4, but some countries that by the Copenhagen criteria are considered part of Europe have country codes starting on numbers most common outside of Europe (e.g. Faroe Islands of Denmark have a code starting on number 2, which is most ...