- Range holder
- Core Telecom Limited
- Ofcom blocks allocated
- 484
- Dialling codes covered
- 205
- Number types held
- 9
- Largest single area
- 028 Northern Ireland
- Data source
- Ofcom numbering data
Who is Core Telecom Limited?
Core Telecom Limited is the name Ofcom records as the range holder for 484 UK number blocks. Ofcom publishes which communications provider each block of the national numbering plan was allocated to; it does not publish what those numbers are used for or who uses them, so everything on this page is the footprint, not the customer list.
Their allocation is a mix of geographic landline ranges across 205 dialling codes and non-geographic 03/08/09 ranges.
Core Telecom Limited’s footprint by number type
| Number type | Allocated blocks |
|---|---|
| Geographic landlines (01/02) | 212 |
| Mobile (07) | 4 |
| Personal numbering (070) | 30 |
| Radiopaging (076) | 2 |
| UK-wide 03 numbers | 65 |
| Freephone (0800 / 0808) | 12 |
| 084 service numbers | 34 |
| 087 service numbers | 28 |
| Premium rate (09) | 97 |
Core Telecom Limited also holds 36 mobile or personal-numbering blocks, so a call or text from an 07 number can come from one of their ranges. UK mobile numbers are ported constantly, though, so the allocation tells you where the range started, not which network the phone is on today.
Where Core Telecom Limited’s landline numbers are
Core Telecom Limited holds geographic (01/02) blocks in 205 dialling-code areas. These are the codes where they hold the most:
| Dialling code | Area | Allocated blocks |
|---|---|---|
028 | Northern Ireland | 5 |
020 | London | 3 |
0161 | Manchester | 2 |
0113 | Leeds | 1 |
0114 | Sheffield | 1 |
0115 | Nottingham | 1 |
0116 | Leicester | 1 |
0117 | Bristol | 1 |
0118 | Reading | 1 |
01202 | Bournemouth | 1 |
01204 | Bolton | 1 |
01206 | Colchester | 1 |
…plus smaller allocations in 193 more dialling codes.
Number ranges Core Telecom Limited holds
The ranges where Core Telecom Limited holds the largest allocations. Each one links to a full guide showing every provider in that range:
…and 226 more ranges across the numbering plan.
What a call from a Core Telecom Limited range means
If our phone number checker shows Core Telecom Limited for a number, it means Ofcom allocated the block that number sits in to Core Telecom Limited. That is genuinely useful — it tells you the number is a real, allocated UK number of a known type — but three caveats matter:
- It is not the caller. The person or business on the other end is a customer of Core Telecom Limited, or of a reseller buying numbers wholesale from them.
- It may not even be their network any more. Numbers are ported between providers all the time, and Ofcom’s data keeps showing the original allocation.
- Caller ID can be faked. Spoofing lets a fraudster display any number, including one from a Core Telecom Limited range they have nothing to do with.
Ofcom’s data shows the provider each number range was originally allocated to — not who holds an individual number today. Numbers are frequently moved (ported) between providers, and no public database reveals the person or business behind a specific number, so treat any service that claims to with suspicion.
Had an unexpected call from one of these numbers?
Check the number itself rather than the provider name. Our guide to the UK number ranges scammers use covers the patterns worth knowing, and who called me? walks through identifying a caller honestly. Forward scam texts free to 7726, and report scam calls to Action Fraud.
Other UK range holders
Operators with a similar-sized share of the numbering plan:
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