Until they were decommissioned in June 2017, ‘0500’ numbers were a form of freephone number Withdrawal of non-080 freephone numbers In the late 1990s, there were a variety of different prefixes in use for freephone services. In addition to the well-recognised ‘0800’ numbers, freephone numbers also started with ‘0321’, ‘0500’ and ‘0958’ among others. To… Continue reading ‘0500’ former freephone numbers
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’05’ – Corporate and VoIP Phone Numbers
UK telephone numbers starting with ’05’ are split into two seperate categories: ‘055’ – Corporate Phone Numbers ‘055’ numbers are intended for use by large organisations who need a dedicated block of numbers that are not geographically linked to a specific location. These could be used, for example, for an internal phone network covering various… Continue reading ’05’ – Corporate and VoIP Phone Numbers