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01869 — Bicester, Oxfordshire – – Was originally 0095 (OX5) until changed to 0869 in 1968. 01870 — Isle of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Uist (US0) – – Was originally 0047 (OH) until changed to 0870 in 1968. 01871 — Castlebay, Outer Hebrides – – Was originally 0047 (OH7) until changed to 0871 in 1968.
This is the format used by most areas. It has a four-digit area code (after the initial zero) and a six digit subscriber number, and is known as 4+6 format. These area codes were changed by adding a "1" directly after the initial zero as a part of PhONEday in 1995. Just short of 581 areas use this format, and the area codes range from 01200 to ...
The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode. [1] There are currently 121 geographic postcode areas in use in the UK and a further three often combined with these covering the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man.
A group of postcode districts with the same alphabetical prefix is called a postcode area. All, or part, of one or more postcode districts are grouped into post towns. Until 1996, Royal Mail required counties to be included in addresses, except for 110 of the larger post towns.
The new area code retains both of the old area code names. A diagram showing the principle is shown on page 9 of Oftel's telephone numbering guide and these areas are shown in the table below. Calls within the area code do not require the area code to be dialled, this is true even for calls between the charge groups.
In North America, the area served by the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) system of area codes, fictitious telephone numbers are usually of the form (XXX) 555-xxxx. The use of 555 numbers in fiction, however, led a desire to assign some of them in the real world, and some of them are no longer suitable for use in fiction.
This is a list of geographic UK dialling codes covering Wales that are currently in use. Some exchanges cover both sides of the Wales-England border.All geographic telephone numbers in Wales are in the format (01xxx) xxxxxx, with the exception of Cardiff and the surrounding area which has been (029) xxxx xxxx since the "Big Number Change" in 2000.
According to Ofcom, [72] UK consumers paid around £1.9 billion for calls to non-geographic numbers in 2009. Clients are attracted to 084 and 087 numbers because per minute revenue is generated for them from each call, and call queuing is permitted. Call centres may generate very high revenue from high call volumes.