Range holder · Basingstoke

Media Telecom Ltd in Basingstoke

01256 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About Media Telecom Ltd’s Basingstoke allocation

When Media Telecom Ltd is the range holder for +44 1256 it means Ofcom recorded Media Telecom Ltd as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 2 Basingstoke-facing blocks sit against Media Telecom Ltd in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.

Basingstoke’s Hampshire telecoms estate is shaped by Basingstoke's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see Media Telecom Ltd’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01256 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Media Telecom Ltd’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Basingstoke 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 01256 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.

Media Telecom Ltd on 01256: by the numbers

Basingstoke blocks: 2
In active service: 100%
Share of 01256: 0%
Holders on code: 112

Of the 2 blocks Media Telecom Ltd runs on the 01256 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 Basingstoke Media Telecom Ltd number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

Media Telecom Ltd runs 2 of the 840 allocated blocks on the 01256 dialling code — roughly 0% of Basingstoke’s mapped allocation, shared with 111 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.

Allocated ranges

Media Telecom Ltd blocks on the 01256 (Basingstoke) dialling code.

Prefix	Status
+44 1256543	Allocated
+44 1256543	Allocated

Quick links

FAQs about Media Telecom Ltd on 01256

Why does Media Telecom Ltd appear on Basingstoke (01256) numbers?

Media Telecom Ltd is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 2 number blocks on the 01256 dialling code, which covers Basingstoke. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised Media Telecom Ltd as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.

Are calls from a Basingstoke Media Telecom 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 01256 number into the lookup above to combine the Media Telecom Ltd range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.

Has Media Telecom Ltd's 01256 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.