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From the introduction of the telephone in the late 1870s, [5] to the early 1990s, telephone numbers in most of the United Kingdom were usually shown with a written exchange name followed by the subscriber number, e.g. 'Mallaig 10' or 'Aberdeen 43342'. This allowed calls to be placed initially through the operator and later by using local or ...
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 communications ...
BT postcode area. The BT postcode area, also known as the Belfast postcode area, [ 2 ] covers all of Northern Ireland and was the last part of the United Kingdom to be coded, between 1970 and 1974. [citation needed] This area is a group of 82 postcode districts in Northern Ireland, within 44 post towns and around 47,227 live postcodes.
In Northern Ireland, the number was introduced by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in March 2014. [54] Since 1 April 2020 the number is free to call. The operator is obtained via 100 from landlines, while directory enquiries , formerly 192 , is now provided in the 118xxx range, (not to be confused with 0118, the area code for Reading.) e ...
Eircom Limited, trading as Eir (/ ɛər / AIR; stylised eir), is a large fixed, mobile and broadband telecommunications company in Ireland. The company, which is currently incorporated in Jersey, traces its origins to the Ireland's former state-owned monopoly telecommunication provider Telecom Éireann and its predecessors, P&T (the Dept. of Posts and Telegraphs) and before the foundation of ...
00 800 – Freephone / toll free (from all Irish mobile and landlines. 8-digit numbers in the format 00 800 xxxx xxxx. Where high volume 'bursty traffic' is anticipated, such as on-air radio competition lines, the first two digits of the phone number are always 71. For example: 1800 71 x xxx or 0818 71 x xxx.
The format was 03 + STD code + local number. 08. Formerly used for Northern Ireland landlines (Now 048). e.g. Belfast 01232 xxx xxx was reached by dialling 08 01232 xxx xxx. 084. Formerly used for Belfast landlines. 10. National operator assistance (withdrawn in 2007) 114. International operator assistance (withdrawn in 2007)
Pages in category "Telephone numbers in Northern Ireland". The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . List of dialling codes in Northern Ireland. Telephone numbers in Northern Ireland.