What is Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom?
[[File:Map of the Telephone Dialling Codes in the United Kingdom.png|thumb|300px]] '''Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom''' are as follows: ==Prefixes== ===01 and 02 - Geographic Numbers=== Numbers beginning 01 or 02 are normal phone numbers for home and business telephone lines. These numbers are always split into two parts: * The area code comes first, and is linked to a specific part of the country. For example, the 020 area code is for London and the 0121 code is for Birmingham. When calling between two phones that have the same area code, this part is optional. It is sometimes shown inside brackets to make this clear. The area code can be two to five digits long. * The second part, usually separated from the code by a space, is known as the 'local number' or 'subscriber number'. It is normally 6, 7 or 8 digits long but can sometimes be only 4 or 5 digits long. This is always unique within an area code. For example, only one person in Manchester could have the number 9460018. Examples: (020) 7946 0018, (0117) 504 1102, (01632) 402881, (01647) 61321, (015394) 52749, (016977) 3789. ===03 - UK-Wide Numbers=== Numbers beginning with 03 are for businesses, government and other organisations that need a number not linked to any single part of the country. The law says they must always cost the same to call as normal 01 and 02 phone numbers from fixed telephones and from mobiles and be included in all call package bundles. ===05 - Businesses and Internet Phones=== * 055 numbers are used by big businesses that need a lot of numbers for their own private phone networks * 056 numbers are used for internet phone services and let people call an internet phone from a normal telephone. Internet phones can also use other types of numbers * 0500 numbers are free to call from fixed telephones. ===07 - Mobile and Personal Numbers=== These numbers are for mobile phones and similar mobile services: * 070 numbers are 'personal numbers' that people and business use to forward calls as they move around between differen