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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 ...
Code purple: hostage situation; Code red: fire; Code white: violence/aggression; Code yellow: missing patient; Code 66: rapid medical intervention to prevent the patient deteriorating; British Columbia. Codes used in British Columbia, prescribed by the British Columbia Ministry of Health. Code amber: missing or abducted infant or child
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.g. 118 212, 118 800, 118 500, 118 118, by different companies. International operator assistance is reached through 155 .
The wire pairs are referenced directly by their color combination, or by the pair number. For example, pair 9 is also called the red-brown pair. In technical tabulations, the colors are often suitably abbreviated. Violet is the standard name in the telecommunications and electronics industry, but it is sometimes referred to as purple.
By requiring the area code for all local calls, Ofcom are able to allocate numbers starting with 1 or 0. This increases the number of telephone numbers available without requiring a number change. 2015 UK Calling legislation. On 1 July 2015, Ofcom made a number of changes to the way phone calls to UK service numbers would be charged.
OLO code Exchange name London borough Dial code LWACT: Acton: Ealing: 020 LSADD: Addiscombe: Croydon: 020 LNADK: Albert Dock: Newham: 020 WRBAL: Balham: Wandsworth: 020 LNBKG: Barking: Barking and Dagenham: 020 LNBAR: Barnet: Barnet: 020 LSBATT: Battersea: Wandsworth: 020 WEWBAY: Bayswater: Westminster: 020 LSBEC: Beckenham: Bromley: 020 WRBEL ...
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Country calling codes, country dial-in codes, international subscriber dialing ( ISD) codes, or most commonly, telephone country codes are telephone number prefixes for reaching telephone subscribers in foreign countries or areas via international telecommunication networks.
Widespread UK telephone code misconceptions, in particular brought on by the Big Number Change in 2000, have been reported by regulator Ofcom since publication of a report it commissioned in 2004. The telephone area code for most of Greater London and some surrounding areas is 020, not "0207", "0208" or "0203".
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 ...