UK telephone numbering plan - Geographic numbering

The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. UK telephone numbering plan - History. 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, Yorkshire and Guernsey had been bought out by the Post Office. Post Off ...

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• UK telephone numbering plan - History
• UK telephone numbering plan - Director system
• UK telephone numbering plan - Introduction of area codes
• UK telephone numbering plan - All figure dialling
• UK telephone numbering plan - Calls to the Republic of Ireland
• UK telephone numbering plan - Number shortage
• UK telephone numbering plan - 01 for London
• UK telephone numbering plan - PhONE Day
• UK telephone numbering plan - Big Number Change
• UK telephone numbering plan - Format
• UK telephone numbering plan - Geographic numbering
• UK telephone numbering plan - National Dialling Only ranges
• UK telephone numbering plan - Nongeographic numbering
• UK telephone numbering plan - Crown dependencies
• UK telephone numbering plan - Drama numbers
• UK telephone numbering plan - Special service numbers

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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, Yorkshire and Guernsey had been bought out by the Post Office. Post Office Telephones also operated telephone services in Jersey and the Isle of Man until 1969 when the islands took over responsibility for their own postal and telephone services. Post Office Telephones was reorganised in 1980–81 [2] as British Telecommunications (British Te ...

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Short codes beginning with 1 are reserved for telecom service providers' own functionality; some of the most well-known are codes for use with Caller ID, known in the UK as "Caller Display": The UK has two emergency numbers — the traditional 999, which is still widely used, and the EU standard 112, which can be used in all member states of the European Union. Both 999 and 112 are used to contact all emergency services: Police, Fire S ...

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Following the changes in 1995, 2000 and 2001, the numbering range in use is as follows. Note that the initial '0' of a telephone number (called the trunk prefix) is not properly considered part of the area code, and thus (for example) 023 is a "two-digit" area code. UK telephone numbering plan - Geographic numbering. (01xxx) xxxxxx — a four digit area code and six digit subscriber number, e.g: 01x1-xxx xxxx — the geographical number format for the larger cities, ...

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With growth in second phone lines, direct dial-in (DDI) lines, fax machines and multiple telecoms operators during the 1980s the demand for telephone numbers exceeded the available number ranges. A number of changes were made to the UK numbering plan. UK telephone numbering plan - 01 for London. The first major change was in May 1990, when the London 01 area code was replaced with 071 and 081. Exchanges in central London used the 071 code with the remaining exchanges using the 081 code and formed a ring around the 071 area. Although this effectively doubled the ava ...

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The Crown Dependencies of the Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey etc.) and the Isle of Man are not part of the UK but, as a legacy of their postal and telephone services being operated by the UK GPO until 1969, they continue to form part of the UK numbering plan, using the following ranges: Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man On the Isle of Man, both fixed and mo ...

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