Telephone numbers beginning with 04 to 09 are used for services other than geographically organised numbers. Charging for calls to these services is not covered by these pages, but a summary of their purpose is included here.
In each block only some of the codes have allocated meanings; if the code is not shown, it is not currently allocated.
04 to 06 are reserved for future expansion.
07 is used for "follow me anywhere" numbers.
| 070 | Personal numbering | |
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| 071 | Personal numbering | |
| 072 | Personal numbering | |
| 076 | Paging | |
| 0760 | free to caller | |
| 0764 | up to national rate | |
| 0766 | above national rate and special tariffs | |
| 0767 | special tariffs | |
| 0762, 0765, and 0769 | migration of existing numbers | |
| 077 | Mobile | |
| 078 | Mobile | |
| 079 | Mobile | |
08 is used for special charging rates up to national rate.
| 080 | Reserved for free calls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 0800 | Free | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0808 | Free | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08080 to 08088 | Voice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08089 | Internet access; current allocations:
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| 0820 | Schools Internet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0844 | Up to 5p per minute | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08440 and 08441 | Internet access; current allocations:
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| 08442 to 08449 | Other calls
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| 0845 | Local rate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0870 | National rate (a few uses between local and national rate are being migrated off) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0871 | Up to 10p per minute | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 08710 and 08711 | Internet access; current allocations:
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| 08712 to 08719 | Other calls
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| 0899 | Inbound routeing codes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09 is used for special charging rates above national rate (also called "premium rate" numbers).
| 0900 | Up to 60p per minute, max £5 or fixed fee up to £1 |
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| 0901 | Up to 60p per minute, max £5 or fixed fee up to £1 |
| 0904 | Unlimited price |
| 0905 | Unlimited price |
| 0906 | Unlimited price |
| 0907 | Pay for product above £1 |
| 0908 | Adult premium service |
| 0909 | Adult premium service |
| 091 | Non-content premium rates |
Services in the 07 to 09 ranges were previously allocated to a variety of codes.
Mobiles were renumbered by changing the initial digits according to the following table (note that mobiles issued by Guerney, Jersey, and Manx Telecoms follow special rules). This table applies only to mobile phones.
| 03 | 077 | |
| 04 | 077 | |
| 04481 | 07781 | Guernsey |
| 04624 | 07624 | Manx |
| 05 | 078 | |
| 07 | Unchanged | |
| 08 | 078 | |
| 09 | 079 | |
| 0979 | 07797 | Jersey |
Other special codes were migrated according to the following table.
| 01399 | 07699 | paging |
| 01426 | 07626 | paging |
| 01459 | 07659 | paging |
| 01523 | 07623 | paging |
| 01893 | 07693 | paging |
| 0321 | 08080 | free |
| 0331 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0336 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 03367 | 076637 | paging |
| 0338 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0345 | 08457 | local rate |
| 03745 | 087045 | national rate |
| 04325 | 07625 | paging |
| 0500 | no plans at present | |
| 0541 | 08701 | national rate |
| 0632 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0640 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0645 | 08459 | local rate |
| 0660 | 07661 | paging |
| 0660 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0696 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0839 | 07661 | paging |
| 0839 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0853 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0881 | 07681 | paging |
| 0881 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0890 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0891 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0894 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0895 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0896 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0897 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0898 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0930 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
| 0941 | 07641 | paging |
| 09567 | 070107 | personal |
| 0990 | 08705 | national rate |
| 0991 | 090 (premium), numbers changed individually | |
The new 07 and 09 numbers were introduced by 1999-09-30, and the new 084 and 087 numbers by 1999-06-30. The old numbers were withdrawn on 2001-04-28.
There are no definite proposals for 0500 and 0800 numbers at this time; the topic is still under active debate.
The following codes have been withdrawn without a direct replacement: 013990 0390 0408 0456 0902.
The following codes were withdrawn on 2001-04-28 without a direct replacement: 0910 09580 09581.