[comp.dcom.telecom] UK STD codes

nigel@cc.imperial.ac.uk (Nigel Whitfield) (11/20/89)

In a recent Digest message, someone asked what the UK 0831 code was
used for; according to the 'Mercury 2300 coverage and charges' leaflet
that I received this week, 0831 is an additional code for the Racal
Vodafon cellular network.

Also, the prefix 0839 _is_ used - according to the same document it is
'Information Services', ie the same sort of thing as the 0898 prefix -
similar to 976 (is that the right one?) but charged at 0.740 pence per
minute less than 0898.

Incidentally, the Sunday Correspondent magazine today carried the
statistic that there are more than 700,000 cellular telephone
operating in this country. I can't remember the exact number, but it's
something around that.


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