Range holder · Huntingdon

DRD Communications Limited in Huntingdon

01480 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About DRD Communications Limited’s Huntingdon allocation

When DRD Communications Limited is the range holder for +44 1480 it means Ofcom recorded DRD Communications Limited as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 6 Huntingdon-facing blocks sit against DRD Communications Limited in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.

Huntingdon’s Cambridgeshire telecoms estate is shaped by Huntingdon's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see DRD Communications Limited’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01480 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and DRD Communications Limited’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Huntingdon 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 01480 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.

DRD Communications Limited on 01480: by the numbers

Huntingdon blocks
6
In active service
100%
Share of 01480
1%
Holders on code
101

Of the 6 blocks DRD Communications Limited runs on the 01480 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 Huntingdon DRD Communications Limited number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

DRD Communications Limited runs 6 of the 849 allocated blocks on the 01480 dialling code — roughly 1% of Huntingdon’s mapped allocation, shared with 100 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.

Allocated ranges

DRD Communications Limited blocks on the 01480 (Huntingdon) dialling code.

PrefixStatus
+44 1480281Allocated
+44 1480281Allocated
+44 1480282Allocated
+44 1480282Allocated
+44 1480285Allocated
+44 1480285Allocated

FAQs about DRD Communications Limited on 01480

Why does DRD Communications Limited appear on Huntingdon (01480) numbers?

DRD Communications Limited is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 6 number blocks on the 01480 dialling code, which covers Huntingdon. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised DRD Communications Limited as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.

Are calls from a Huntingdon DRD 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 01480 number into the lookup above to combine the DRD Communications Limited range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.

Has DRD Communications Limited's 01480 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.