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Firstsound Ltd in Leicester

0116 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About Firstsound Ltd’s Leicester allocation

When Firstsound Ltd is the range holder for +44 116 it means Ofcom recorded Firstsound Ltd as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 2 Leicester-facing blocks sit against Firstsound Ltd 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 Firstsound Ltd’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 0116 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Firstsound Ltd’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.

Firstsound Ltd on 0116: by the numbers

Leicester blocks
2
In active service
100%
Share of 0116
0%
Holders on code
138

Of the 2 blocks Firstsound Ltd runs on the 0116 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 Leicester Firstsound Ltd number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

Firstsound Ltd runs 2 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

Firstsound Ltd blocks on the 0116 (Leicester) dialling code.

PrefixStatus
+44 116423Allocated
+44 116423Allocated

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FAQs about Firstsound Ltd on 0116

Why does Firstsound Ltd appear on Leicester (0116) numbers?

Firstsound Ltd is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 2 number blocks on the 0116 dialling code, which covers Leicester. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised Firstsound Ltd as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.

Are calls from a Leicester Firstsound Ltd-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 Firstsound Ltd range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.

Has Firstsound Ltd'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.