What's in a number?

A phone number says a lot about you and your business. Do you want to be seen as local, national or global? Do you want to encourage calls with a free-to-call number? The right number can help create the right impression for you, and influence callers' behaviour in a quick and powerful way - at very little cost.

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0207 UK Local 0800 0845 0870

07-D 07-K 07-PN2 0844 0871

Number Ranges

0207
020-7 Range Profile
Cost to call Low
Ownership Costs Variable
Payout None
Call from Abroad *****
Call from Mobile Very cheap
Free Forward VoIP

0207 numbers (Central London)
Create a 'virtual' location for your business in prestigious central London, one of the world's foremost commercial hubs. Ideal for ambitious UK regional companies or overseas businesses wanting a UK 'presence'.

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UK Local
UK Local range Profile
Cost to call Low
Ownership Costs Variable
Payout None
Call from Abroad *****
Call from Mobile Very cheap
Free Forward VoIP

UK Local numbers (for all UK area codes)
Create a 'local office' for your company, with a 'local number' that offers all the flexibility of our online controls and diverts. UK Local numbers help you to win business whenever people tend to call local suppliers first.

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0800
0800 Range Profile
Cost to call Free
Ownership Costs Variable
Payout None
Call from Abroad ****
Call from Mobile Pricey
Free Forward None

0800 numbers (UK Freephone)
Gain a powerful and immediate way to attract new business with your advertising. Customers will be attracted by the free number, choosing your business... giving you a competitive advantage.

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0845
0845 Range Profile
Cost to call 4/2/1ppm
Ownership Costs Fixed
Payout Small
Call from Abroad ***
Call from Mobile Pricey
Free Forward UK Geo

0845 numbers (UK local-style rates)
Ideal way to attract more customers with cheap calls - and pay very little yourself. Give yourself a 'national' company image combined with caller-friendly, local-style call rates for customers.

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0870
0870 Range Profile
Cost to call Low
Ownership Costs Variable
Payout None
Call from Abroad **
Call from Mobile Cheap
Free Forward VoIP

0870 numbers (UK national-style rates)
0870's image, as with rates, is in transition. There is still some stigma associated with 0870, but they could be a good bet for the future as cheap-to-call numbers without regional bias.

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07-D
07-D Range Profile
Cost to call 16.7/9.9/9.9ppm
Ownership Costs Free
Payout None
Call from Abroad **
Call from Mobile Expensive
Free Forward UK + Big34

07-D numbers ('world office' numbers)
Free and personal, mobile-style numbers (beginning 070058) with enormous flexibility. Perfect for business people or key employees in the UK or overseas, with free diversions to landlines in many countries.

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07-K
07-K Range Profile
Cost to call 16.7/9.9/9.9ppm
Ownership Costs Free
Payout None
Call from Abroad **
Call from Mobile Expensive
Free Forward UK + mobile

07-K numbers ('world mobile' numbers)
Personal numbers (beginning 070059) ideal for roaming business people or employees 'in the field'... with free call forwarding to UK landlines, UK mobiles* and landlines in over 180 countries. But see 0871, which can do much of this at lower caller rates.

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07-PN2
07-PN2 Range Profile
Cost to call 50ppm
Ownership Costs Free
Payout None
Call from Abroad **
Call from Mobile Very Expensive
Free Forward Most of the world

07-PN2 numbers ('personal number 2' numbers)
0707-PN2 numbers are ideal for those who need to forward their calls to traditionally more expensive destinations for free. 07-PN2 numbers can forward calls to UK landlines and mobiles*, up to 180 International landlines, and over 40 International mobile destinations for free.

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0844
0844 Range Profile
Cost to call 5ppm
Ownership Costs Fixed
Payout Modest
Call from Abroad **
Call from Mobile Pricey
Free Forward UK Geo

0844 numbers (new range, now available)
Perfect if you're cautious about costs. Choose a 'national company' style number - that will help to pay for itself. Callers are charged a reasonable rate and you earn a share of the revenue.

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0871
0871 Range Profile
Cost to call 10ppm
Ownership Costs Fixed
Payout Generous
Call from Abroad **
Call from Mobile Expensive
Free Forward VoIP

0871 numbers (UK/Euro numbers)
Enhance your company image and earn a sizeable share of the revenue from calls. Ideal for ambitious UK companies and overseas businesses, with free call-forwarding to many countries. A good choice if you forward calls to UK mobiles - which are now FREE* on Pro and Ent price plans.

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*as at 13Sep10 this excludes UK Lycamobile numbers

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