What is the country code for United Kingdom?

The country code for United Kingdom is +44. Written in full, a number looks like +44 7400 123456.

How do I call United Kingdom from the United States?

Dial 011, then 44 7400 123456. On a mobile phone you can dial +44 7400 123456 instead.

Do I dial the 0 at the start of a United Kingdom number from abroad?

No. The 0 is the trunk prefix used for calls inside United Kingdom (07400 123456). From abroad it is dropped after +44 (+44 7400 123456).

How many digits is a United Kingdom phone number?

Mobile numbers have 10 digits after the country code. Landline numbers have 9 or 10 digits.

How do I call another country from United Kingdom?

Dial 00, then the country code and the number. On a mobile phone, + replaces 00.

Which other places use +44?

Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey also use +44, so the digits after the code are what tell the places apart.

Country code

United Kingdom: +44

United Kingdom uses country code +44. From the United States, dial 011 44 7400 123456. A number is written +44 7400 123456.

Country code +44GBTrunk prefix 0Exit code 00Shared with 3 places

How to call United Kingdom

The table uses the example number below. Replace it with the number you are calling. Drop the 0 at the start of the national number when you dial from abroad.

How to dial United Kingdom from other countries
Calling from	Exit code	Dial
Any mobile phone	None	+44 7400 123456
United States	011	011 44 7400 123456
Canada	011	011 44 7400 123456
United Kingdom	None	07400 123456
Australia	0011	0011 44 7400 123456
Germany	00	00 44 7400 123456
France	00	00 44 7400 123456
India	00	00 44 7400 123456
Japan	010	010 44 7400 123456
Mexico	00	00 44 7400 123456
South Africa	00	00 44 7400 123456

How a United Kingdom number is built

Digit counts are the national number only, after the country code and without the 0 trunk prefix.

Number structure for United Kingdom
Line	Digits	Pattern
Mobile	10 digits	A pattern of 208 characters, applied by the validator below
Landline	9 or 10 digits	A pattern of 1434 characters, applied by the validator below
Toll free	7, 9 or 10 digits	80[08]\d{7}\|800\d{6}\|8001111
Premium rate	7 or 10 digits	(?:8(?:4[2-5]\|7[0-3])\|9(?:[01]\d\|8[2-49]))\d{7}\|845464\d

Example, national form: 07400 123456
Example, international form: +44 7400 123456

Validate a United Kingdom number

Paste a number and the tool checks it against the numbering plan. It returns the standard formats and the line type the plan assigns.

Type the number the way it is written in United Kingdom, or start with + and the country code.

Area codes and places in United Kingdom

The start of a number shows the place its range was first assigned to. 811 ranges are listed in the source.

Area codes for United Kingdom
Starts with	Place
+44 113	Leeds
+44 1140	Sheffield
+44 1141	Sheffield
+44 1142	Sheffield
+44 1143	Sheffield
+44 1144	Sheffield
+44 1145	Sheffield
+44 1146	Sheffield
+44 115	Nottingham
+44 116	Leicester
+44 117	Bristol
+44 118	Reading

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Area codes for United Kingdom, continued
Starts with	Place
+44 1200	Clitheroe
+44 1202	Bournemouth
+44 1204	Bolton
+44 1205	Boston
+44 1206	Colchester
+44 1207	Consett
+44 1208	Bodmin
+44 1209	Redruth
+44 121	Birmingham
+44 1223	Cambridge
+44 1224	Aberdeen
+44 1225	Bath
+44 1226	Barnsley
+44 1227	Canterbury
+44 1228	Carlisle
+44 1233	Ashford (Kent)
+44 1234	Bedford
+44 1235	Abingdon
+44 1236	Coatbridge
+44 1237	Bideford
+44 1239	Cardigan
+44 1241	Arbroath
+44 1242	Cheltenham
+44 1243	Chichester
+44 1244	Chester
+44 1245	Chelmsford
+44 1246	Chesterfield
+44 1248	Bangor (Gwynedd)
+44 1249	Chippenham
+44 1250	Blairgowrie
+44 1252	Aldershot
+44 1253	Blackpool
+44 1254	Blackburn
+44 1255	Clacton-on-Sea
+44 1256	Basingstoke
+44 1257	Coppull
+44 1258	Blandford
+44 1259	Alloa
+44 1260	Congleton
+44 1261	Banff
+44 1262	Bridlington
+44 1263	Cromer
+44 1264	Andover
+44 1267	Carmarthen
+44 1268	Basildon
+44 1269	Ammanford
+44 1270	Crewe
+44 1271	Barnstaple
+44 1273	Brighton
+44 1274	Bradford
+44 1275	Clevedon
+44 1276	Camberley
+44 1277	Brentwood
+44 1278	Bridgwater
+44 1279	Bishops Stortford
+44 1280	Buckingham
+44 1282	Burnley
+44 1283	Burton-on-Trent
+44 1284	Bury St Edmunds
+44 1285	Cirencester
+44 1286	Caernarfon
+44 1287	Guisborough
+44 1288	Bude
+44 1289	Berwick-upon-Tweed
+44 1290	Cumnock
+44 1291	Chepstow
+44 1292	Ayr
+44 1293	Crawley
+44 1294	Ardrossan
+44 1295	Banbury
+44 1296	Aylesbury
+44 1297	Axminster
+44 1298	Buxton
+44 1299	Bewdley
+44 1300	Cerne Abbas
+44 1301	Arrochar
+44 1302	Doncaster
+44 1303	Folkestone
+44 1304	Dover
+44 1305	Dorchester
+44 1306	Dorking
+44 1307	Forfar
+44 1308	Bridport
+44 1309	Forres
+44 131	Edinburgh
+44 1320	Fort Augustus
+44 1322	Dartford
+44 1323	Eastbourne
+44 1324	Falkirk
+44 1325	Darlington
+44 1326	Falmouth
+44 1327	Daventry
+44 1328	Fakenham
+44 1329	Fareham
+44 1330	Banchory
+44 1332	Derby
+44 1333	Peat Inn (Leven (Fife))
+44 1334	St Andrews
+44 1335	Ashbourne
+44 1337	Ladybank
+44 1340	Craigellachie (Aberlour)
+44 1341	Barmouth
+44 1342	East Grinstead
+44 1343	Elgin
+44 1344	Bracknell
+44 1346	Fraserburgh
+44 1347	Easingwold
+44 1348	Fishguard
+44 1349	Dingwall
+44 1350	Dunkeld
+44 1352	Mold
+44 1353	Ely
+44 1354	Chatteris
+44 1355	East Kilbride
+44 1356	Brechin
+44 1357	Strathaven
+44 1358	Ellon
+44 1359	Pakenham
+44 1360	Killearn
+44 1361	Duns
+44 1362	Dereham
+44 1363	Crediton
+44 1364	Ashburton
+44 1366	Downham Market
+44 1367	Faringdon
+44 1368	Dunbar
+44 1369	Dunoon
+44 1371	Great Dunmow
+44 1372	Esher
+44 1373	Frome
+44 1375	Grays Thurrock
+44 1376	Braintree
+44 1377	Driffield
+44 1379	Diss
+44 1380	Devizes
+44 1381	Fortrose
+44 1382	Dundee
+44 1383	Dunfermline
+44 1384	Dudley
+44 1386	Evesham
+44 1387	Dumfries
+44 1388	Bishop Auckland
+44 1389	Dumbarton
+44 1392	Exeter
+44 1394	Felixstowe
+44 1395	Budleigh Salterton
+44 1397	Fort William
+44 1398	Dulverton
+44 1400	Honington
+44 1403	Horsham
+44 1404	Honiton
+44 1405	Goole
+44 1406	Holbeach
+44 1407	Holyhead
+44 1408	Golspie
+44 1409	Holsworthy
+44 141	Glasgow
+44 1420	Alton
+44 1422	Halifax
+44 1424	Hastings
+44 1425	Ringwood
+44 1427	Gainsborough
+44 1428	Haslemere
+44 1429	Hartlepool
+44 1431	Helmsdale
+44 1432	Hereford
+44 1433	Hathersage
+44 1435	Heathfield
+44 1436	Helensburgh
+44 1438	Stevenage
+44 1439	Helmsley
+44 1440	Haverhill
+44 1442	Hemel Hempstead
+44 1443	Pontypridd
+44 1444	Haywards Heath
+44 1445	Gairloch
+44 1446	Barry
+44 1449	Stowmarket
+44 1450	Hawick
+44 1451	Stow-on-the-Wold
+44 1452	Gloucester
+44 1453	Dursley
+44 1454	Chipping Sodbury
+44 1455	Hinckley
+44 1456	Glenurquhart
+44 1457	Glossop
+44 1458	Glastonbury
+44 1460	Chard
+44 1461	Gretna
+44 1462	Hitchin
+44 1463	Inverness
+44 1464	Insch
+44 1465	Girvan
+44 1466	Huntly
+44 1467	Inverurie
+44 1469	Killingholme
+44 1470	Isle of Skye - Edinbane
+44 1471	Isle of Skye - Broadford
+44 1472	Grimsby
+44 1473	Ipswich
+44 1474	Gravesend
+44 1475	Greenock
+44 1476	Grantham
+44 1477	Holmes Chapel
+44 1478	Isle of Skye - Portree
+44 1479	Grantown-on-Spey
+44 1480	Huntingdon
+44 1482	Kingston-upon-Hull
+44 1483	Guildford
+44 1484	Huddersfield
+44 1485	Hunstanton
+44 1487	Warboys
+44 1488	Hungerford
+44 1489	Bishops Waltham
+44 1490	Corwen
+44 1491	Henley-on-Thames
+44 1492	Colwyn Bay
+44 1493	Great Yarmouth
+44 1494	High Wycombe
+44 1495	Pontypool
+44 1496	Port Ellen
+44 1497	Hay-on-Wye
+44 1499	Inveraray
+44 1501	Harthill
+44 1502	Lowestoft
+44 1503	Looe
+44 1505	Johnstone
+44 1506	Bathgate
+44 1508	Brooke
+44 1509	Loughborough
+44 151	Liverpool
+44 1520	Lochcarron
+44 1522	Lincoln
+44 1524	Lancaster
+44 1525	Leighton Buzzard
+44 1526	Martin
+44 1527	Redditch
+44 1528	Laggan
+44 1529	Sleaford
+44 1530	Coalville
+44 1531	Ledbury
+44 1535	Keighley
+44 1536	Kettering
+44 1538	Ipstones
+44 1539	Kendal
+44 1540	Kingussie
+44 1542	Keith
+44 1543	Cannock
+44 1544	Kington
+44 1545	Llanarth
+44 1546	Lochgilphead
+44 1547	Knighton
+44 1548	Kingsbridge
+44 1549	Lairg
+44 1550	Llandovery
+44 1553	Kings Lynn
+44 1554	Llanelli
+44 1555	Lanark
+44 1556	Castle Douglas
+44 1557	Kirkcudbright
+44 1558	Llandeilo
+44 1559	Llandysul
+44 1560	Moscow
+44 1561	Laurencekirk
+44 1562	Kidderminster
+44 1563	Kilmarnock
+44 1564	Lapworth
+44 1565	Knutsford
+44 1566	Launceston
+44 1567	Killin
+44 1568	Leominster
+44 1569	Stonehaven
+44 1570	Lampeter
+44 1571	Lochinver
+44 1572	Oakham
+44 1573	Kelso
+44 1575	Kirriemuir
+44 1576	Lockerbie
+44 1577	Kinross
+44 1578	Lauder
+44 1579	Liskeard
+44 1580	Cranbrook
+44 1581	New Luce
+44 1582	Luton
+44 1583	Carradale
+44 1584	Ludlow
+44 1586	Campbeltown
+44 1588	Bishops Castle
+44 1590	Lymington
+44 1591	Llanwrtyd Wells
+44 1592	Kirkcaldy
+44 1593	Lybster
+44 1594	Lydney
+44 1595	Lerwick, Foula & Fair Isle
+44 1597	Llandrindod Wells
+44 1598	Lynton
+44 1599	Kyle
+44 1600	Monmouth
+44 1603	Norwich
+44 1604	Northampton
+44 1606	Northwich
+44 1608	Chipping Norton
+44 1609	Northallerton
+44 161	Manchester
+44 1620	North Berwick
+44 1621	Maldon
+44 1622	Maidstone
+44 1623	Mansfield
+44 1625	Macclesfield
+44 1626	Newton Abbot
+44 1628	Maidenhead
+44 1629	Matlock
+44 1630	Market Drayton
+44 1631	Oban
+44 1633	Newport
+44 1634	Medway
+44 1635	Newbury
+44 1636	Newark-on-Trent
+44 1637	Newquay
+44 1638	Newmarket
+44 1639	Neath
+44 1641	Strathy
+44 1642	Middlesbrough
+44 1643	Minehead
+44 1644	New Galloway
+44 1646	Milford Haven
+44 1647	Moretonhampstead
+44 1650	Cemmaes Road
+44 1651	Oldmeldrum
+44 1652	Brigg
+44 1653	Malton
+44 1654	Machynlleth
+44 1655	Maybole
+44 1656	Bridgend
+44 1659	Sanquhar
+44 1661	Prudhoe
+44 1663	New Mills
+44 1664	Melton Mowbray
+44 1665	Alnwick
+44 1666	Malmesbury
+44 1667	Nairn
+44 1668	Bamburgh
+44 1669	Rothbury
+44 1670	Morpeth
+44 1671	Newton Stewart
+44 1672	Marlborough
+44 1673	Market Rasen
+44 1674	Montrose
+44 1675	Coleshill
+44 1676	Meriden
+44 1677	Bedale
+44 1678	Bala
+44 1680	Isle of Mull - Craignure
+44 1681	Isle of Mull - Fionnphort
+44 1683	Moffat
+44 1684	Malvern
+44 1685	Merthyr Tydfil
+44 1687	Mallaig
+44 1688	Isle of Mull - Tobermory
+44 1689	Orpington
+44 1690	Betws-y-Coed
+44 1691	Oswestry
+44 1692	North Walsham
+44 1694	Church Stretton
+44 1695	Skelmersdale
+44 1697	Brampton
+44 1698	Motherwell
+44 1700	Rothesay
+44 1702	Southend-on-Sea
+44 1704	Southport
+44 1706	Rochdale
+44 1707	Welwyn Garden City
+44 1708	Romford
+44 1709	Rotherham
+44 1720	Isles of Scilly
+44 1721	Peebles
+44 20	London
+44 238	Southampton
+44 239	Portsmouth
+44 241	Coventry
+44 247	Coventry
+44 280	Northern Ireland
+44 281	Northern Ireland
+44 283	Northern Ireland
+44 286	Northern Ireland
+44 287	Northern Ireland
+44 291	Cardiff
+44 292	Cardiff

Showing 400 of 811 rows in the source. Names are where the range was first assigned; numbers move between places and carriers.

Who first issued each range in United Kingdom

632 ranges are listed in the source with the network that first held them. Numbers port between networks, so the current network can differ.

First issuers of United Kingdom number ranges
Starts with	First issued to
+44 7106	O2
+44 7107	O2
+44 7300	EE
+44 7301	EE
+44 7302	EE
+44 7303	EE
+44 7304	EE
+44 7305	Virgin Mobile
+44 7306	Virgin Mobile
+44 7340	Vodafone
+44 7341	Vodafone
+44 7342	Vodafone

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First issuers of United Kingdom number ranges, continued
Starts with	First issued to
+44 7343	Lebara
+44 7349	Vodafone
+44 7350	Vodafone
+44 7351	Vodafone
+44 7352	Vodafone
+44 7353	Vodafone
+44 73561	Gamma Telecom
+44 73563	Gamma Telecom
+44 73566	Wireless Logic
+44 73568	TATA Communications
+44 7360	Three
+44 7361	Three
+44 7362	Three
+44 7363	Three
+44 7364	Three
+44 7365	Three
+44 7366	Three
+44 7367	Three
+44 73680	TATA Communications
+44 73682	Sky
+44 73683	Sky
+44 73684	Sky
+44 73685	Sky
+44 73686	Sky
+44 73690	Telet Research
+44 73691	Telet Research
+44 73692	Sky
+44 73697	Wave Mobile
+44 73699	Gamma Telecom
+44 7370	Vodafone
+44 7371	Vodafone
+44 7372	Vodafone
+44 7373	Vodafone
+44 7375	EE
+44 7376	EE
+44 7377	EE
+44 7378	Three
+44 7379	Vodafone
+44 7380	Three
+44 7381	O2
+44 7382	O2
+44 7383	Three
+44 7384	Vodafone
+44 7385	Vodafone
+44 7386	Vodafone
+44 7387	Vodafone
+44 7388	Vodafone
+44 7391	Vodafone
+44 7392	Vodafone
+44 7393	Vodafone
+44 7394	O2
+44 7395	O2
+44 7396	EE
+44 7398	EE
+44 7399	EE
+44 7400	Three
+44 7401	Three
+44 7402	Three
+44 7403	Three
+44 7404	Lycamobile
+44 7405	Lycamobile
+44 7407	Vodafone
+44 7409	Orange
+44 7410	Orange
+44 7411	Three
+44 7412	Three
+44 7413	Three
+44 7414	Three
+44 7415	EE
+44 7416	Orange
+44 7419	Orange
+44 7420	Orange
+44 7421	Orange
+44 7422	Orange
+44 7423	Vodafone
+44 7424	Lycamobile
+44 7425	Vodafone
+44 7426	Three
+44 7427	Three
+44 7428	Three
+44 7429	Three
+44 7430	O2
+44 7431	O2
+44 7432	EE
+44 7433	EE
+44 7434	EE
+44 7435	Vodafone
+44 7436	Vodafone
+44 7437	Vodafone
+44 7438	Lycamobile
+44 7440	Lycamobile
+44 7442	Vodafone
+44 7443	Vodafone
+44 7444	Vodafone
+44 7445	Three
+44 7446	Three
+44 7447	Three
+44 7448	Lycamobile
+44 7449	Three
+44 7450	Three
+44 7451	Vectone Mobile
+44 7452	Manx Telecom
+44 7453	Three
+44 7454	Three
+44 7455	Three
+44 7456	Three
+44 7459	Lycamobile
+44 7460	Three
+44 7461	O2
+44 7462	Three
+44 7463	Three
+44 7464	Vodafone
+44 7465	Three
+44 7466	Lycamobile
+44 7467	Vodafone
+44 7468	Vodafone
+44 7469	Vodafone
+44 747	Three
+44 7470	Vodafone
+44 7471	Vodafone
+44 7480	Three
+44 7481	Three
+44 7482	Three
+44 7483	EE
+44 7484	EE
+44 7485	EE
+44 7486	EE
+44 7487	EE
+44 7489	O2
+44 7490	Three
+44 7491	Three
+44 7492	Three
+44 7493	Vodafone
+44 7494	EE
+44 7495	EE
+44 7496	EE
+44 7497	EE
+44 7498	EE
+44 7499	O2
+44 7500	Vodafone
+44 7501	Vodafone
+44 7502	Vodafone
+44 7503	Vodafone
+44 7504	EE
+44 7505	EE
+44 7506	EE
+44 7507	EE
+44 7508	EE
+44 751	O2
+44 7521	O2
+44 7522	O2
+44 7523	O2
+44 7525	O2
+44 7526	O2
+44 7527	Orange
+44 7528	Orange
+44 7529	Orange
+44 7530	Orange
+44 7531	Orange
+44 7533	Three
+44 7534	EE
+44 7535	EE
+44 7536	Orange
+44 7538	EE
+44 7539	EE
+44 754	O2
+44 7550	EE
+44 7551	Vodafone
+44 7552	Vodafone
+44 7553	Vodafone
+44 7554	Vodafone
+44 7555	Vodafone
+44 7556	Orange
+44 7557	Vodafone
+44 756	O2
+44 7570	Vodafone
+44 7572	EE
+44 7573	EE
+44 7574	EE
+44 7575	Three
+44 7576	Three
+44 7577	Three
+44 7578	Three
+44 7579	Orange
+44 7580	Orange
+44 7581	Orange
+44 7582	Orange
+44 7583	Orange
+44 7584	Vodafone
+44 7585	Vodafone
+44 7586	Vodafone
+44 7587	Vodafone
+44 7588	Three
+44 759	O2
+44 770	O2
+44 771	O2
+44 7717	Vodafone
+44 7720	O2
+44 7721	Vodafone
+44 7722	EE
+44 7723	Three
+44 7724	O2
+44 7725	O2
+44 7726	EE
+44 7727	Three
+44 7728	Three
+44 7729	O2
+44 773	O2
+44 7733	Vodafone
+44 7735	Three
+44 7737	Three
+44 7740	O2
+44 7741	Vodafone
+44 7742	O2
+44 7743	O2
+44 7745	O2
+44 7746	O2
+44 7747	Vodafone
+44 7748	Vodafone
+44 7749	O2
+44 7750	O2
+44 7751	O2
+44 7752	O2
+44 7753	O2
+44 7754	O2
+44 7756	O2
+44 7757	EE
+44 7758	EE
+44 7759	O2
+44 776	Vodafone
+44 7761	O2
+44 7762	O2
+44 7763	O2
+44 7764	O2
+44 777	Vodafone
+44 7772	Orange
+44 7773	Orange
+44 7777	EE
+44 7779	Orange
+44 778	Vodafone
+44 7782	Three
+44 7783	O2
+44 7784	O2
+44 7790	Orange
+44 7791	Orange
+44 7792	Orange
+44 7793	O2
+44 7794	Orange
+44 7795	Vodafone
+44 7796	Vodafone
+44 7798	Vodafone
+44 7799	Vodafone
+44 7800	Orange
+44 7801	O2
+44 7802	O2
+44 7803	O2
+44 7804	EE
+44 7805	Orange
+44 7806	EE
+44 7807	Orange
+44 7808	O2
+44 7809	O2
+44 781	Orange
+44 7810	Vodafone
+44 7818	Vodafone
+44 7819	O2
+44 7820	O2
+44 7821	O2
+44 7823	Vodafone
+44 7824	Vodafone
+44 7825	Vodafone
+44 7826	Vodafone
+44 7827	Vodafone
+44 7828	Three
+44 7830	Three
+44 7831	Vodafone
+44 7832	Three
+44 7833	Vodafone
+44 7834	O2
+44 7835	O2
+44 7836	Vodafone
+44 7837	Orange
+44 7838	Three
+44 784	O2
+44 7846	Three
+44 7847	EE
+44 7848	Three
+44 7850	O2
+44 7851	O2
+44 7852	EE
+44 7853	Three
+44 7854	Orange
+44 7855	Orange
+44 7856	O2
+44 7857	O2
+44 7858	O2
+44 7859	Three
+44 7860	O2
+44 7861	Three
+44 7862	Three
+44 7863	Three
+44 7865	Three
+44 7866	Orange
+44 7867	Vodafone
+44 7868	Three
+44 7869	Three
+44 7870	Orange
+44 7871	O2
+44 7872	O2
+44 7873	O2
+44 7875	Orange
+44 7876	Vodafone
+44 7877	Three
+44 7878	Three
+44 7879	Vodafone
+44 7880	Vodafone
+44 7881	Vodafone
+44 7882	Three
+44 7883	Three
+44 7884	Vodafone
+44 7885	O2
+44 7886	Three
+44 7887	Vodafone
+44 7888	Three
+44 7889	O2
+44 7890	Orange
+44 7891	Orange
+44 7894	O2
+44 7895	O2
+44 7896	Orange
+44 7897	Three
+44 7898	Three
+44 7899	Vodafone
+44 7900	Vodafone
+44 7901	Vodafone
+44 7902	O2
+44 7903	EE
+44 7904	EE
+44 7905	EE
+44 7906	EE
+44 7907	O2
+44 7908	EE
+44 7909	Vodafone
+44 7910	EE
+44 7912	O2
+44 7913	EE
+44 7914	EE
+44 7915	Three
+44 7916	Three
+44 7917	Vodafone
+44 7918	Vodafone
+44 7919	Vodafone
+44 792	O2
+44 7920	Vodafone
+44 7924	Manx Telecom
+44 7929	Orange
+44 7930	EE
+44 7931	EE
+44 7932	EE
+44 7933	O2
+44 7934	O2
+44 7935	O2
+44 7936	O2
+44 7938	O2
+44 7939	EE
+44 794	EE
+44 795	EE
+44 7955	O2
+44 796	Orange
+44 7960	EE
+44 7961	EE
+44 7962	EE
+44 7963	EE
+44 7970	Orange
+44 7971	Orange
+44 7972	Orange
+44 7973	Orange
+44 7974	Orange
+44 7975	Orange
+44 7976	Orange
+44 7977	Orange
+44 7979	Vodafone
+44 798	EE
+44 7980	Orange
+44 7988	Three
+44 7989	Orange
+44 7990	Vodafone
+44 7999	O2

Showing 400 of 632 rows in the source. The first issuer of the range; numbers port between carriers, so the current carrier can differ.

Other places that use +44

Questions about calling United Kingdom

What is the country code for United Kingdom?: The country code for United Kingdom is +44. Written in full, a number looks like +44 7400 123456.
How do I call United Kingdom from the United States?: Dial 011, then 44 7400 123456. On a mobile phone you can dial +44 7400 123456 instead.
Do I dial the 0 at the start of a United Kingdom number from abroad?: No. The 0 is the trunk prefix used for calls inside United Kingdom (07400 123456). From abroad it is dropped after +44 (+44 7400 123456).
How many digits is a United Kingdom phone number?: Mobile numbers have 10 digits after the country code. Landline numbers have 9 or 10 digits.
How do I call another country from United Kingdom?: Dial 00, then the country code and the number. On a mobile phone, + replaces 00.
Which other places use +44?: Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey also use +44, so the digits after the code are what tell the places apart.

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