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This leads to a restriction as to which initial digits can be used for subscriber numbers within those four-digit area codes, e.g. in the 01387 four-digit area code, subscriber numbers cannot begin with a 3 because 013873 is a separate five-digit area code; likewise in the 01946 four-digit area code, subscriber numbers cannot begin with a 7 ...
In 1995 the UK telecoms regulator, Oftel (now Ofcom), moved geographic area codes starting 0x1 to new 01x1, and starting 02xx to 09xx to new 012xx to 019xx, thus freeing many of the former 02xx to 09xx codes for new uses. Oftel reserved the whole of the 070 xxxx xxxx range exclusively for personal numbering, imitating the USA area code 700 ...
The price for calling 0870 numbers continued at roughly the same levels as before - and as they were not usually included in calling packages or free minutes, they effectively became more expensive to call than regular geographic numbers in most cases. Mobile operators also began to charge a higher rate for 0870 calls than for geographic numbers.
This is a list of telephone dialling codes in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, 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. This list is ...
Mobile phones use geographic area codes (two digits): after that, all numbers assigned to mobile service have nine digits, starting with 6, 7, 8 or 9 (example: 55 15 99999–9999). 90 is not possible, because collect calls start with this number. [5] xx 7: xx 8: xx 9: British Indian Ocean Territory +246: 380 7 387 British Virgin Islands +1: 284: 10
Messages sent to a short code can be billed at a higher rate than a standard SMS and may even subscribe a customer to a recurring monthly service that will be added to the customer's mobile-phone bill until the user texts, for example, the word "STOP" to terminate the service.
Voice short codes enable UK mobile phone users to dial a 5-digit short code (usually beginning 6, 7 or 8 - e.g. 61500) as an alternative to a standard geographic (e.g. 01 or 02 prefix) or non-geographic (e.g. 03, 08 or 09 prefix) long number.
The ITU-T Recommendation E.212 defines mobile country codes (MCC) as well as mobile network codes (MNC). The mobile country code consists of three decimal digits and the mobile network code consists of two or three decimal digits (for example: MNC of 001 is not the same as MNC of 01). The first digit of the mobile country code identifies the ...