Service-Numbers in United Kingdom

General Information
Country code:
+44
Regulatory authority:
Phonepay Plus(PPP) (www.phonepayplus.org.uk)
Available number types:
Local Number, National Freephone, Global Freephone, Shared Cost, Premium Rate
Available rate categories:
Minute based, Call based
Local Number
Number ranges:
Metropolitan area codes
Network availability:
Fixed telephony, Mobile telephony, Telephone booths
Rates:
per minute: normal call costs
Permitted services:
Business Services, Customer Care, Entertainment
Prohibited services:
Gambling, Dialer, Calling-card Applications
0800 - Freephone Number
Number ranges:
0800
Network availability :
Fixed telephony, Mobile telephony
Rates:
per minute: 0,00 GBP (additional costs from mobile e.g. 0,20 GBP/minute from O2)
Permitted services:
Business Services, Customer Care
Prohibited services:
Entertainment, Gambling, Dialer, Calling-card Applications
00800 - Global Freephone Number
Number ranges:
00800
Network availability:
Fixed telephony, Mobile telephony
Rates:
per minute: 0,00 GBP (additional costs from mobile e.g. 0,20 GBP/minute from O2)
087 - Shared Cost Number
Number ranges:
087 0/1
Network availability:
Fixed telephony, Mobile telephony
Rates:
per minute: 0,10 GBP, 0,008 GBP
Permitted services:
Business Services, Customer Care
Prohibited services:
Entertainment, Payment, Gambling, Dialer
09x - Premium Rate Number
Number ranges:
098xxx (Entertainment)

090 0/1/4/5/6/7

0911

0982 (non-Entertainment)
Network availability:
Fixed telephony, Mobile telephony
Rates:
per minute: 0,05 GBP – 1,53 GBP

per call: 0,10 GBP – 1,53 GBP
Permitted services:
Business Services, Customer Care, Entertainment, Payment (If service on 090x numbers is an Entertainment-Live-Service, a LiveLicence is regualtory mandatory.)
Prohibited services:
Gambling, Dialer
High spender limit:
Max. 20 min./call

Max. 29 GBP/call