Telephone numbers

Who actually issues providers with the phone numbers they rent to customers? Is it Oftel?

Is there any way to contact Oftel to verify that a number was allocated to a particular provider?

For example I have a number originally allocated to Bell Cable Media which I assume would be listed under Virgin. This number was ported to BT then to VOIP, so will there be a record somewhere?

There are a few lists on the Internet; how accurate are these for example - http://www.area-codes.org.uk/070-personal-numbers.php

Edited by hk11 (Wed 17-Jan-18 19:52:01)

It is actually OFCOM and their website has full lists of the numbers: http://static.ofcom.org.uk/static/numbering/#geog1

I haven't read all of this page but it certainly answers your first question and may help with the rest.

At the bottom of the page I linked to previously there is a lookup field to find who now operates your number. Mine says BT. My rental is paid to Pulse8.

Edited by RobertoS (Wed 17-Jan-18 13:50:37)

It appears that the two Sipgate numbers I have belong to Magrathea Telecommunications Limited. The numbers 'belong' to different parts of the country

Just hope you haven't left the default Out of Office message and welcome pack during the Galactic recession

Very helpful, I just hope Vodafone take note of it.

Thanks Robert.