Range holder · Brampton
Belgacom International Carrier Services SA in Brampton
01697 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom
About Belgacom International Carrier Services SA’s Brampton allocation
When Belgacom International Carrier Services SA is the range holder for +44 1697 it means Ofcom recorded Belgacom International Carrier Services SA as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 6 Brampton-facing blocks sit against Belgacom International Carrier Services SA in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.
Brampton’s Cumbria telecoms estate is shaped by Brampton's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see Belgacom International Carrier Services SA’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01697 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Belgacom International Carrier Services SA’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Brampton 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 01697 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.
Belgacom International Carrier Services SA on 01697: by the numbers
- Brampton blocks
- 6
- In active service
- 100%
- Share of 01697
- 0%
- Holders on code
- 84
Of the 6 blocks Belgacom International Carrier Services SA runs on the 01697 code, 6 (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 Brampton Belgacom International Carrier Services SA number is likely to be before you even dial it back.
Belgacom International Carrier Services SA runs 6 of the 1,515 allocated blocks on the 01697 dialling code — roughly 0% of Brampton’s mapped allocation, shared with 83 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.
Allocated ranges
Belgacom International Carrier Services SA blocks on the 01697 (Brampton) dialling code.
| Prefix | Status |
|---|---|
| +44 16973468 | Allocated |
| +44 16973468 | Allocated |
| +44 1697468 | Allocated |
| +44 1697468 | Allocated |
| +44 1697578 | Allocated |
| +44 1697578 | Allocated |
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FAQs about Belgacom International Carrier Services SA on 01697
Why does Belgacom International Carrier Services SA appear on Brampton (01697) numbers?
Belgacom International Carrier Services SA is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 6 number blocks on the 01697 dialling code, which covers Brampton. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised Belgacom International Carrier Services SA as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.
Are calls from a Brampton Belgacom International Carrier Services SA-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 01697 number into the lookup above to combine the Belgacom International Carrier Services SA range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.
Has Belgacom International Carrier Services SA's 01697 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.