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Marathon Telecom Limited in Lochmaddy

01876 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About Marathon Telecom Limited’s Lochmaddy allocation

When Marathon Telecom Limited is the range holder for +44 1876 it means Ofcom recorded Marathon Telecom Limited as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 2 Lochmaddy-facing blocks sit against Marathon Telecom Limited in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.

Lochmaddy’s Outer Hebrides telecoms estate is shaped by Lochmaddy's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see Marathon Telecom Limited’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01876 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Marathon Telecom Limited’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Lochmaddy 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 01876 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.

Marathon Telecom Limited on 01876: by the numbers

Lochmaddy blocks
2
In active service
100%
Share of 01876
0%
Holders on code
79

Of the 2 blocks Marathon Telecom Limited runs on the 01876 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 Lochmaddy Marathon Telecom Limited number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

Marathon Telecom Limited runs 2 of the 939 allocated blocks on the 01876 dialling code — roughly 0% of Lochmaddy’s mapped allocation, shared with 78 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.

Allocated ranges

Marathon Telecom Limited blocks on the 01876 (Lochmaddy) dialling code.

PrefixStatus
+44 187600Allocated
+44 187600Allocated

FAQs about Marathon Telecom Limited on 01876

Why does Marathon Telecom Limited appear on Lochmaddy (01876) numbers?

Marathon Telecom Limited is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 2 number blocks on the 01876 dialling code, which covers Lochmaddy. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised Marathon Telecom Limited as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.

Are calls from a Lochmaddy Marathon Telecom 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 01876 number into the lookup above to combine the Marathon Telecom Limited range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.

Has Marathon Telecom Limited's 01876 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.