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Media Telecom Ltd in Reading

0118 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About Media Telecom Ltd’s Reading allocation

When Media Telecom Ltd is the range holder for +44 118 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. 4 Reading-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.

Reading’s Thames Valley telecoms estate is shaped by Reading's catchment of roughly 318,000 residents: 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 0118 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Media Telecom Ltd’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Reading 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 0118 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 0118: by the numbers

Reading blocks: 4
In active service: 100%
Share of 0118: 0%
Holders on code: 180

Of the 4 blocks Media Telecom Ltd runs on the 0118 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 Reading Media Telecom Ltd number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

Media Telecom Ltd runs 4 of the 3,000 allocated blocks on the 0118 dialling code — roughly 0% of Reading’s mapped allocation, shared with 179 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 0118 (Reading) dialling code.

Prefix	Status
+44 118303	Allocated
+44 118456	Allocated
+44 118976	Allocated
+44 118977	Allocated

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FAQs about Media Telecom Ltd on 0118

Why does Media Telecom Ltd appear on Reading (0118) numbers?

Media Telecom Ltd is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 4 number blocks on the 0118 dialling code, which covers Reading. 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 Reading 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 0118 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 0118 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.