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Geographic numbers. Standard geographic numbers. Geographic telephone numbers in the UK always have nine or ten digits after the 0 trunk code or +44 international dialling prefix. Four-digit area codes have either six-digit subscriber numbers or a mix of five- and six-digit subscriber numbers. (01xxx) xxx xxx. This is the format used by most areas.
Telephone numbers were displayed preceded by the exchange name, with the first three letters highlighted to indicate the code, and number, such as WHI tehall 1212 . Director schemes were gradually introduced in other major cities of the UK — Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester .
- Emergency services, (police, fire, ambulance, coastguard, mountain rescue, cave rescue)
Prefixes. 01 and 02 - Geographic Numbers. Numbers beginning 01 or 02 are normal phone numbers for home and business telephone lines. These numbers are always split into two parts: The area code comes first, and is linked to a specific part of the country. For example, the 020 area code is for London and the 0121 code is for Birmingham.
Telephone dialling codes in the United Kingdom. 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 ...
History. Company logo on porch of 17 & 19 Newhall Street, Birmingham (former Central exchange) National Telephone Company (NTC) was a British telephone company from 1881 until 1911, which brought together smaller local companies in the early years of the telephone.
With the increased price differential, the use of non-geographic telephone numbers in the United Kingdom has been a major cause of bill shock. Pollster YouGov found that 49% of mobile users have been surprised to see how much they have been charged for calling non-geographic numbers and 90% believe organisations should make the cost of these calls clearer. [71]
References. Other websites. List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom. This is a list of dialling codes for telephones in the United Kingdom. Dialling codes are the basis for the national telephone numbering plan. They are prefixed to all telephone numbers, generally depending on the type of number and its geographic location.