Range holder · Bishop Auckland
Linear Telecoms Limited in Bishop Auckland
01388 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom
About Linear Telecoms Limited’s Bishop Auckland allocation
When Linear Telecoms Limited is the range holder for +44 1388 it means Ofcom recorded Linear Telecoms Limited as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 4 Bishop Auckland-facing blocks sit against Linear Telecoms Limited in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.
Bishop Auckland’s County Durham telecoms estate is shaped by Bishop Auckland's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see Linear Telecoms Limited’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01388 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Linear Telecoms Limited’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Bishop Auckland 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 01388 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.
Linear Telecoms Limited on 01388: by the numbers
- Bishop Auckland blocks
- 4
- In active service
- 100%
- Share of 01388
- 0%
- Holders on code
- 95
Of the 4 blocks Linear Telecoms Limited runs on the 01388 code, 4 (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 Bishop Auckland Linear Telecoms Limited number is likely to be before you even dial it back.
Linear Telecoms Limited runs 4 of the 1,218 allocated blocks on the 01388 dialling code — roughly 0% of Bishop Auckland’s mapped allocation, shared with 94 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.
Allocated ranges
Linear Telecoms Limited blocks on the 01388 (Bishop Auckland) dialling code.
| Prefix | Status |
|---|---|
| +44 1388490 | Allocated |
| +44 1388490 | Allocated |
| +44 1388500 | Allocated |
| +44 1388500 | Allocated |
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FAQs about Linear Telecoms Limited on 01388
Why does Linear Telecoms Limited appear on Bishop Auckland (01388) numbers?
Linear Telecoms Limited is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 4 number blocks on the 01388 dialling code, which covers Bishop Auckland. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised Linear Telecoms Limited as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.
Are calls from a Bishop Auckland Linear Telecoms 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 01388 number into the lookup above to combine the Linear Telecoms Limited range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.
Has Linear Telecoms Limited's 01388 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.