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Microtalk Europe Limited in Hay-on-Wye

01497 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About Microtalk Europe Limited’s Hay-on-Wye allocation

When Microtalk Europe Limited is the range holder for +44 1497 it means Ofcom recorded Microtalk Europe Limited as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 1 Hay-on-Wye-facing block sits against Microtalk Europe Limited in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.

Hay-on-Wye’s Wales telecoms estate is shaped by Hay-on-Wye's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see Microtalk Europe Limited’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01497 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Microtalk Europe Limited’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Hay-on-Wye 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 01497 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.

Microtalk Europe Limited on 01497: by the numbers

Hay-on-Wye blocks: 1
In active service: 100%
Share of 01497: 0%
Holders on code: 84

Of the 1 block Microtalk Europe Limited runs on the 01497 code, 1 (100%) is 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 Hay-on-Wye Microtalk Europe Limited number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

Microtalk Europe Limited runs 1 of the 894 allocated blocks on the 01497 dialling code — roughly 0% of Hay-on-Wye’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

Microtalk Europe Limited blocks on the 01497 (Hay-on-Wye) dialling code.

Prefix	Status
+44 14973	Allocated

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FAQs about Microtalk Europe Limited on 01497

Why does Microtalk Europe Limited appear on Hay-on-Wye (01497) numbers?

Microtalk Europe Limited is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 1 number block on the 01497 dialling code, which covers Hay-on-Wye. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised Microtalk Europe Limited as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.

Are calls from a Hay-on-Wye Microtalk Europe 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 01497 number into the lookup above to combine the Microtalk Europe Limited range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.

Has Microtalk Europe Limited's 01497 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.