Range holder · Bicester
Business Broadcast Communications Limited in Bicester
01869 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom
About Business Broadcast Communications Limited’s Bicester allocation
When Business Broadcast Communications Limited is the range holder for +44 1869 it means Ofcom recorded Business Broadcast Communications Limited as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 2 Bicester-facing blocks sit against Business Broadcast Communications Limited in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.
Bicester’s Oxfordshire telecoms estate is shaped by Bicester's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see Business Broadcast Communications Limited’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01869 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Business Broadcast Communications Limited’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Bicester 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 01869 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.
Business Broadcast Communications Limited on 01869: by the numbers
- Bicester blocks
- 2
- In active service
- 100%
- Share of 01869
- 0%
- Holders on code
- 104
Of the 2 blocks Business Broadcast Communications Limited runs on the 01869 code, 2 (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 Bicester Business Broadcast Communications Limited number is likely to be before you even dial it back.
Business Broadcast Communications Limited runs 2 of the 804 allocated blocks on the 01869 dialling code — roughly 0% of Bicester’s mapped allocation, shared with 103 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.
Allocated ranges
Business Broadcast Communications Limited blocks on the 01869 (Bicester) dialling code.
| Prefix | Status |
|---|---|
| +44 186979 | Allocated |
| +44 186979 | Allocated |
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FAQs about Business Broadcast Communications Limited on 01869
Why does Business Broadcast Communications Limited appear on Bicester (01869) numbers?
Business Broadcast Communications Limited is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 2 number blocks on the 01869 dialling code, which covers Bicester. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised Business Broadcast Communications Limited as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.
Are calls from a Bicester Business Broadcast Communications 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 01869 number into the lookup above to combine the Business Broadcast Communications Limited range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.
Has Business Broadcast Communications Limited's 01869 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.