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  2. Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    07xxx xxx xxx—mobile phones and WiFi numbers. Individual mobile phone companies are allocated different ranges within the 073xx, 074xx, 075xx, 07624, 077xx, 078xx and 079xx area codes. Changes to mobile phone numbers in the Big Number Change were mostly straight replacements, such as Vodafone customers on the 0378 block became 07778.

  3. Non-geographic telephone numbers in the United Kingdom

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    The 0500 number range will be withdrawn during 2017, with users migrated to 0808 5 numbers. Major mobile phone operators went through a period of charging callers to dial most freephone numbers from around 2005 onwards - but this practice largely ceased on 1 July 2015 as 0800 and 0808 numbers became universally free to call from mobiles and ...

  4. List of U.S. states and territories by area - Wikipedia

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    The second largest state, Texas, has only 40% of the total area of the largest state, Alaska. Rhode Island is the smallest state by total area and land area. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous U.S. and is larger than each of the nine smallest states; it is larger than the four smallest states combined.

  5. Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Mobile services. Mobile phone numbers start with the prefix 08x and are part of a closed numbering plan, which means that a mobile phone number must have 10 digits. Calls to landlines and other mobiles require the area code on a mobile phone. New numbers are assigned on prefixes and ranges managed by a specific operator.

  6. List of urban areas in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Most populous[edit] The list below shows the most populated urban areas in the United Kingdom as defined by the Office for National Statistics(ONS), but as readily referenced at Citypopulation.de. The list includes all urban areas with a population in excess of 100,000 at the 2011 census. [3] Area[4][note 1] Population. (2011) Area (km2)[note 2]

  7. History of telephone numbers in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    New mobile numbers start using 077xx, 078xx, 079xx. Geographic numbers had been moved to begin 01 in the PhONEday changes in 1995. Pre-existing mobile phone, non-geographic, premium rate and pager services continued to use the same 9-digit 02xx xxxxxx to 09xx xxxxxx numbers as before.

  8. List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man which use the UK area codes 01534, 01481 and 01624, respectively, telephone numbers in British Overseas Territories do not come under the UK telephone numbering plan. Some are within the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). These calls are treated as international calls.

  9. Geography of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.With a total area of approximately 244,376 square kilometres (94,354 sq mi), the UK occupies the major part of the British Isles archipelago and includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern one-sixth of the island of Ireland and many smaller surrounding islands.