[m419]

A fault has occured between mobile networks showing old codes and numbers of phones. 07702-123-456 would be shown as 0402-123-456. If anyone encounters any problems then contact your mobile service provider. Below is a list of the old codes and numbers and their existing numbers:

Mobile numbers: Changeover day: 28th April 2001

0370: 07770 Vodafone
0371: 07771 Vodafone
0372: 07772 Vodafone
0373: 07773 Vodafone
0374: 07774 Vodafone
0375: 07775 Vodafone
0378: 07778 Vodafone
0379: 07779 Vodafone
0380: 07780 Vodafone
0401: 07701 O2-UK (Cellnet)
0402: 07702 O2-UK
0403: 07703 O2-UK
0404: 07704 O2-UK
0410: 07710 O2-UK
0411: 07711 O2-UK
0421: 07721 O2-UK
04481: 07781 Cable and Wireless Guernsey
0585: 07785 O2-UK
0589: 07789 O2-UK
0624: 07624 Manx Telecom (O2-Pronto)
0802: 07802 O2-UK
0810: 07810 O2-UK
0821: 07821 O2-UK
0831: 07831 Vodafone
0836: 07836 Vodafone
0953: 07953 T-Mobile
0956: 07956 T-Mobile
0958: 07958 T-Mobile
0961: 07961 T-Mobile
0970: 07970 Orange
0977: 07977 Orange
0979: 07979 Orange
0977 in Jersey is now: 07797-7 JT- GSM


Local and national area codes: 22nd April 2000 (Cut off: 17-10-2000)

Inner London: 0171: 020 7
Outer London: 0181: 020 8
Portsmouth: 01705: 023 92
Southampton: 01703: 023 80
Coventry: 01203: 024 76
Cardiff: 01222: 029 20
Northern Ireland: All numbers now begin 028

Non Geographic Numbers: Changeover: 28th April 2001

0321: 0808 0 Vodafone Freephone
0345: 0845 7 BT Lo-Call rate
0541: 0870 1 NTL/Cable and Wireless National rate
0645: 0845 9 NTL/Cable and Wireless Lo-Call Rate
0990: 0870 5 BT National rate
0300: CLOSED BT

Pagers: Changeover: 22ndApril 2001

01399: 07699 Vodafone Paging
01459: 07659 Vodafone Paging
01426: 07626 Pageone Communications.
01454: 07654 Pageone communications.
01624: 07624 (O2 Paging has now closed.)
01625: 07625 (O2 Paging has now closed.)
01523: 07623 (O2 Paging has now closed.)
0660: CLOSED
0941: 07641 (CLOSED) (Hutchison-orange)
0336: Customers moved to 07623 range. O2

Premium Rate numbers: Changeover: 28th April 2001

All premium numbers starting 0891,0894,0898 and 0899 were changed to numbers begining:

0891-0901
0894-0904
0897-0907
0898-0908
0899-0909

Personal numbers: changeover: 29th April 2001
07010-1: 07017 Flextel and T-Mobile supported.

International code: 000 was converted to the standard '00' range.

The old codes will not work even though it is showns as the CLI. You will probably only have this problem if you recieve calls someone that uses the above codes.

[Steven L Hunter]

Quote:

Originally Posted by m419

A fault has occured between mobile networks showing old codes and numbers of phones. 07702-123-456 would be shown as 0402-123-456. If anyone encounters any problems then contact your mobile service provider. Below is a list of the old codes and numbers and their existing numbers:

Mobile numbers: Changeover day: 28th April 2001

0370: 07770 Vodafone
0371: 07771 Vodafone
0372: 07772 Vodafone
0373: 07773 Vodafone
0374: 07774 Vodafone
0375: 07775 Vodafone
0378: 07778 Vodafone
0379: 07779 Vodafone
0380: 07780 Vodafone
0401: 07701 O2-UK (Cellnet)
0402: 07702 O2-UK
0403: 07703 O2-UK
0404: 07704 O2-UK
0410: 07710 O2-UK
0411: 07711 O2-UK
0421: 07721 O2-UK
04481: 07781 Cable and Wireless Guernsey
0585: 07785 O2-UK
0589: 07789 O2-UK
0624: 07624 Manx Telecom (O2-Pronto)
0802: 07802 O2-UK
0810: 07810 O2-UK
0821: 07821 O2-UK
0831: 07831 Vodafone
0836: 07836 Vodafone
0953: 07953 T-Mobile
0956: 07956 T-Mobile
0958: 07958 T-Mobile
0961: 07961 T-Mobile
0970: 07970 Orange
0977: 07977 Orange
0979: 07979 Orange
0977 in Jersey is now: 07797-7 JT- GSM


Local and national area codes: 22nd April 2000 (Cut off: 17-10-2000)

Inner London: 0171: 020 7
Outer London: 0181: 020 8
Portsmouth: 01705: 023 92
Southampton: 01703: 023 80
Coventry: 01203: 024 76
Cardiff: 01222: 029 20
Northern Ireland: All numbers now begin 028

Non Geographic Numbers: Changeover: 28th April 2001

0321: 0808 0 Vodafone Freephone
0345: 0845 7 BT Lo-Call rate
0541: 0870 1 NTL/Cable and Wireless National rate
0645: 0845 9 NTL/Cable and Wireless Lo-Call Rate
0990: 0870 5 BT National rate
0300: CLOSED BT

Pagers: Changeover: 22ndApril 2001

01399: 07699 Vodafone Paging
01459: 07659 Vodafone Paging
01426: 07626 Pageone Communications.
01454: 07654 Pageone communications.
01624: 07624 (O2 Paging has now closed.)
01625: 07625 (O2 Paging has now closed.)
01523: 07623 (O2 Paging has now closed.)
0660: CLOSED
0941: 07641 (CLOSED) (Hutchison-orange)
0336: Customers moved to 07623 range. O2

Premium Rate numbers: Changeover: 28th April 2001

All premium numbers starting 0891,0894,0898 and 0899 were changed to numbers begining:

0891-0901
0894-0904
0897-0907
0898-0908
0899-0909

Personal numbers: changeover: 29th April 2001
07010-1: 07017 Flextel and T-Mobile supported.

International code: 000 was converted to the standard '00' range.

The old codes will not work even though it is showns as the CLI. You will probably only have this problem if you recieve calls someone that uses the above codes.

07789 is Vodafone not O2

[DOS]

07810 is Vodafone not O2

The former international code was 010 not 000

Whats the source of this message?

[capt hangover]

What's the point of this message?

[flagpole]

Quote:

Originally Posted by StevenGray16

07789 is Vodafone not O2

I concur...

[m419]

010 was the international code until 1995 when 00 and 000 was introduced.

000 was the international access code for accessing international satellite phones. This was coverted to 00.

07889 was previously used by O2 and was awarded to Vodafone by Oftel. This is due to increased usage of mobile phones at the time and vodafone needed more numbers whilst O2 has too many dormant number ranges.

It is to be believed that 07710 is currently not being used, is this true?

07840 has been used by O2 for Tesco Mobile

Quote:

Originally Posted by dawson

The former international code was 010 not 000

Whats the source of this message?

Quote:

Originally Posted by m419

It is to be believed that 07710 is currently not being used, is this true?

I hope it is working, otherwise a whole load of O2 mobiles won't be!!!
(and anyone who has ported their 07710 number from O2)

Sorry to sound like a parrot but (relating to the original post):

Quote:

Originally Posted by dawson

Whats the source of this message?

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Last edited by dawson : 20-09-2005 at 13:07.

[cuilean]

Quote:

Originally Posted by m419

It is to be believed that 07710 is currently not being used, is this true?

Well, I just used my phone with no problems just now

[steve007]

The original poster is quite correct.

There are issues with respect to some numbers as listed reporting incorrect CLi.

[stirlingguy1]

And in 1996, they added the '1' (as in 0'1'81, 0'1'452 etc) to the local dialling codes, in case anyone cares.

....and from June 2006, London (both Inner & Outer) will also have the code 020 3, as well as the current codes 020 7 (Inner London) & 020 8 (Outer London).

[Dan 8t1]

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve007

The original poster is quite correct.

There are issues with respect to some numbers as listed reporting incorrect CLi.

So, as Dawson has already asked, what is the source of this information?

Because without a source, this thread just looks like a rather pointless excuse to post old telephone codes!

Dan

[OllieOnline]

Quote:

Originally Posted by m419

010 was the international code until 1995 when 00 and 000 was introduced.

000 was the international access code for accessing international satellite phones. This was coverted to 00.

07889 was previously used by O2 and was awarded to Vodafone by Oftel. This is due to increased usage of mobile phones at the time and vodafone needed more numbers whilst O2 has too many dormant number ranges.

It is to be believed that 07710 is currently not being used, is this true?

07840 has been used by O2 for Tesco Mobile

000 was the international ISDN access code for data calls and that satellite phones on systems such as immasat were access through their + 87x or 00 87x numbers.

QUOTE=stirlingguy]And in 1996, they added the '1' (as in 0'1'81, 0'1'452 etc) to the local dialling codes, in case anyone cares.[/quote]

The addition of the 1 after the trunk access code happened In April 1995, the 16th if I recall.

07710 is being used by O2, as mentioned it used to be 0410 before 'The Big Number'

Does anyone really care though?

[stirlingguy1]

I couldnt give a flying fig frankly....though did you know on April 27th 1992, I changed from an analogue phone to a touchtone phone.

[steve007]

You are all missing the point, quite funny really.

Its not a post marvelling, or quoting the historical changeover dates as you all seem to think.

Its a post suggesting that if you own one of the numbers above and call someone, instead of the new number being shown (either on screen or via 1471), the old number is shown due to a fault which only occurs with some numbers, caused by a database error.

Its a valid post bearing in mind its an inconsistent error which may not be noticed for some time and doesnt affect all of the numbers listed, but which if you have this fault, would prevent someone calling you back via 1471 or missed calls list as the number would be incorrectly shown.

[m419]

This problem is most likely to happen to mobile customers and non-BT line users such as NTL and Telewest.

I also heard that the old london area code: 0171 was working until 2001 via a service called Thus. is this true or what?

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve007

You are all missing the point, quite funny really.

Its not a post marvelling, or quoting the historical changeover dates as you all seem to think.

Its a post suggesting that if you own one of the numbers above and call someone, instead of the new number being shown (either on screen or via 1471), the old number is shown due to a fault which only occurs with some numbers, caused by a database error.

Its a valid post bearing in mind its an inconsistent error which may not be noticed for some time and doesnt affect all of the numbers listed, but which if you have this fault, would prevent someone calling you back via 1471 or missed calls list as the number would be incorrectly shown.

I have one of the mobile number prefixes quoted above.

When I phone either a BT Landline or another mobile it displays the correct, current prefix, not the old prefix.

I guess I'm one of those not affected.

Is there anyone here who is affected?

However, if I try to call myself on my mobile using the old prefix, it shows up as my name (my name is in the telephone directory on the phone), so I guess if anyone does phone where their cli is the old prefix, it will still identify them from the phonebook (provided they are in there)

[m419]

I have had several problems,

I have an O2 sim card which used to be 0402, that number appeared on someones mobile when I called them and they said that the number that appeared on their phone started 0402 and wouldn't work.

Secondly, with my recent orange number begining 07891, in July 2004, this number was only accessable via BT lines as other companies had not updated their databases.

When I called out with this 07891 number the CLI was +2222222222

[scooby1970]

I'm 0797 and on Vodafone..... So your chart is wrong for me.

Mark

[flagpole]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Adams

I'm 0797 and on Vodafone..... So your chart is wrong for me.

Mark

Did you port your number??? i'm sure its orange.

[m419]

07974 is Vodafone and 07973 and 07979 are orange.

07891 was the number orange gave me when I registered in july 2004, they admitted that there has been a problem with CLI.

Quote:

Originally Posted by flagpole

Did you port your number??? i'm sure its orange.

[scooby1970]

Nope, never ported my number. Joined Vodafone, and thats what I got!

As has my missus on her new phone.

Mark

According to Oftel, the codes are assigned to the following operators (i.e. before any porting)

07970::V:fm4:::Mobile Services:::Orange::10:
07971::V:fm4:::Mobile Services:::Orange::10:
07973::V:fm4:::Mobile Services:::Orange::10:
07974::V:fm4:::Mobile Services:::Orange::10:
07976::V:fm4:::Mobile Services:::Orange::10:
07977::V:fm4:::Mobile Services:::Orange::10:
07979::V:fm5:::Mobile Services:::Vodafone Ltd::10:

[m419]

When Oftel introduced 'The Big Number' in 1999, I thought it was a good idea to change the above codes as they were confusing! You didn't know if you were dialling a premium rate,national or freephone number!

0321 was Vodafones freephone number and is now 08080
0891 was a premium rate number
0990 was national rate now 08705
01459 was paging number now 07659

How confusing was this?????

Cable and Wireless/Mercury still use the 0500 freephone code, I think this should have been withdrawn and changed to an 0808 number. Cable and wireless also uses 0800-096 ect... so why use different codes? Numbers starting with 05 are also used for broadband Voice by BT and various other companies and most aren't able to accept incomming calls, so don't attempt to call them back if it is listed on 1471.

And lastly,
0700 numbers should be banned as these companies who own them are ripping consumers off by charging high rates. One company called Xero9 was reported to of been calling mobiles and hanging up before anyone answers, one of their numbers starting 070 will be displayed on the persons miss call status and then the person will probably call the number back and pay a couple of pounds for 1 minute call!

O2 has barred calls to Xero9's numbers starting 070968 and orange charges up to 50p per minute, any service providers charging more than this are also barred by orange.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dawson

According to Oftel, the codes are assigned to the following operators (i.e. before any porting)

07970::V:fm4:::Mobile Services:::Orange::10:
07971::V:fm4:::Mobile Services:::Orange::10:
07973::V:fm4:::Mobile Services:::Orange::10:
07974::V:fm4:::Mobile Services:::Orange::10:
07976::V:fm4:::Mobile Services:::Orange::10:
07977::V:fm4:::Mobile Services:::Orange::10:
07979::V:fm5:::Mobile Services:::Vodafone Ltd::10: