Range holder · Leicester

Alphatalk Limited in Leicester

0116 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About Alphatalk Limited’s Leicester allocation

When Alphatalk Limited is the range holder for +44 116 it means Ofcom recorded Alphatalk Limited as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 4 Leicester-facing blocks sit against Alphatalk Limited in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.

Leicester’s East Midlands telecoms estate is shaped by Leicester's catchment of roughly 368,000 residents: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see Alphatalk Limited’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 0116 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Alphatalk Limited’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Leicester rather than elsewhere on the national plan.

Treat this allocation as a starting point, not a verdict on any specific caller. UK numbers are portable, so the current carrier on a given 0116 digit string may differ from the range holder shown — read Range Holder vs current provider for the distinction, and How Ofcom allocates UK phone numbers for the wider context behind the table below.

Alphatalk Limited on 0116: by the numbers

Leicester blocks
4
In active service
100%
Share of 0116
0%
Holders on code
138

Of the 4 blocks Alphatalk Limited runs on the 0116 code, 4 (100%) are marked as actively allocated in the current Ofcom snapshot.

By number family these blocks are 100% geographic (01 / 02) — a profile that tells you what kind of caller a Leicester Alphatalk Limited number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

Alphatalk Limited runs 4 of the 2,005 allocated blocks on the 0116 dialling code — roughly 0% of Leicester’s mapped allocation, shared with 137 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.

Allocated ranges

Alphatalk Limited blocks on the 0116 (Leicester) dialling code.

PrefixStatus
+44 116338Allocated
+44 116338Allocated
+44 116346Allocated
+44 116346Allocated

FAQs about Alphatalk Limited on 0116

Why does Alphatalk Limited appear on Leicester (0116) numbers?

Alphatalk Limited is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 4 number blocks on the 0116 dialling code, which covers Leicester. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised Alphatalk Limited as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.

Are calls from a Leicester Alphatalk Limited-allocated number safe?

An Ofcom allocation only tells you which provider the block was issued to; it is not a safety verdict. UK numbers can be ported between networks, and any UK area code can be spoofed by an overseas caller. Paste the specific 0116 number into the lookup above to combine the Alphatalk Limited range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.

Has Alphatalk Limited's 0116 block been updated recently?

Yes — the table above is sourced from Ofcom's public UK Numbering Data feed, which we re-ingest every week (typically Wednesday). Any block that has been re-assigned, withdrawn or marked free will appear with its new status on the next refresh. Numbers within an allocated block can still be ported to another carrier in between Ofcom updates; see our range-holder-vs-current-provider guide for the distinction.