Range holder · Brampton

IOVOX Limited in Brampton

01697 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About IOVOX Limited’s Brampton allocation

When IOVOX Limited is the range holder for +44 1697 it means Ofcom recorded IOVOX Limited as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 12 Brampton-facing blocks sit against IOVOX Limited 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 IOVOX Limited’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01697 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and IOVOX Limited’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.

IOVOX Limited on 01697: by the numbers

Brampton blocks
12
In active service
100%
Share of 01697
1%
Holders on code
84

Of the 12 blocks IOVOX Limited runs on the 01697 code, 12 (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 IOVOX Limited number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

IOVOX Limited runs 12 of the 1,515 allocated blocks on the 01697 dialling code — roughly 1% 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

IOVOX Limited blocks on the 01697 (Brampton) dialling code.

PrefixStatus
+44 16973341Allocated
+44 16973341Allocated
+44 16973347Allocated
+44 16973347Allocated
+44 16973400Allocated
+44 16973400Allocated
+44 16973408Allocated
+44 16973408Allocated
+44 16974284Allocated
+44 16974284Allocated
+44 1697551Allocated
+44 1697551Allocated

FAQs about IOVOX Limited on 01697

Why does IOVOX Limited appear on Brampton (01697) numbers?

IOVOX Limited is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 12 number blocks on the 01697 dialling code, which covers Brampton. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised IOVOX Limited as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.

Are calls from a Brampton IOVOX 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 01697 number into the lookup above to combine the IOVOX Limited range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.

Has IOVOX Limited'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.