If you want to dial the same number from France, for instance, you would need to dial double zero (00) first, as this is necessary for France to initiate an international phone call. Putting it all together, in this case, makes the phone number 00 44 1296 999999. ASA (12 December 2007). "Datel Group plc". Broadcast Adjudications. Advertising Standards Authority. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013 . Retrieved 7 November 2012. We told Max TV not to describe calls to 0845 numbers as 'local rate' calls. From early 2010, the pan-European 116 number range came into use for social helplines. The first three numbers allocated were Missing People using 116 000 for a missing children helpline, the NSPCC ChildLine on 116 111, and Samaritans using 116 123 for an emotional support helpline. [ citation needed] A recent [ when?] consultation for the numbers 116 106 and 116 117 has yet to see any result.

The ‘119’ number was launched by the NHS as a COVID-19 helpline, to prevent calls about swabbing from going through to the ‘111’ call centre. ‘105’ Short codes beginning with 1 are reserved for telecom service providers' own functionality; some of the most well-known are codes for use with Caller Display: is the international dialing code for the United Kingdom. Using +44 at the start of a British number allows you to call this number from outside of the UK. Until July 2017, the 0500 range was used for some freephone services which were originally provided by Mercury Communications Ltd (now Cable & Wireless Worldwide). These numbers were different from the rest of the 05 range in that they are only 9 digits in length after the 0 trunk code, e.g. 0500007007 ( National Savings and Investments), 0500288291 ( BBC Radio 2, 88 to 91 FM), 0500600600 ( Crimewatch), 0500600700 (Watchdog [ clarification needed]) and 0500909693 ( BBC Radio 5 Live, 909 and 693kHz). Numerous universities, government departments, airlines, banks and businesses also used these numbers. They were allocated before the general trend of using longer numbers started in 1997 and long before the rest of the 05 range was assigned to corporate and VoIP numbering after 2000. Ofcom (20 December 2012). "The National Telephone Numbering Plan" (PDF). Office of Communications. p.34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2013 . Retrieved 15 February 2013.Committee of Advertising Practice (12 July 2010). "Chargeable 0845 numbers". Advice Online database. Advertising Standards Authority. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013 . Retrieved 7 November 2012. 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. Orange (7 February 2005). "Free Charity and Helpline Calls". Orange (UK). Archived from the original on 5 March 2005 . Retrieved 11 November 2012. Requiring the use of the area code also allows additional local numbers starting with normally protected Special Services numbers (such as 999, 101, 111, 112 etc.) to be used, significantly increasing the quantity of numbers available for use. This occurred on 1 November 2012 for the 01202 area code, which covers the Bournemouth area. [11] Calls to 070 and 076 numbers are often charged at a much higher rate than the similar-looking 07xxx mobile telephone numbers and often they are not included in "inclusive minutes" in phone contracts.

Two telephone helplines within the regular code space have only eight digits, namely 0800 11 11 for ChildLine and 0845 4647 for NHS Direct in Wales.ASA (21 May 2008). "Men at Work Ltd". Non-broadcast Adjudications. Advertising Standards Authority. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013 . Retrieved 7 November 2012. (we) ruled that the costs of making calls to such numbers (0870) should be stated in the ad. The simplicity of its interface, with little more than the bare minimum, makes it consume very little RAM memory. In 2006, the chargeable number ‘101’was introduced on a trial basis, to enable members of the public to make non-urgent crime and community safety calls.

For international calling codes, most countries have two-digit country codes. For instance, France's country code is 33, and the United Kingdom's country code is 44. The United States' country code is an exception, with just the code 1. Some smaller countries have three-digit international telephone codes, such as the Republic of Ireland's country code, which is 353. Representation of international phone codesBT. "(Section 2, Part 11) 05xx Numbers". BT Price List. British Telecommunications PLC. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012 . Retrieved 5 May 2005. The international direct dial (IDD) designations are the international phone codes you add to international numbers. IDDs differ from one country to another. For example, to dial France from the United States and the United Kingdom, two different codes need to be added at the beginning of the international phone number. Composition of a country code list