Microtalk Europe Limited in Port Ellen

About Microtalk Europe Limited’s Port Ellen allocation

When Microtalk Europe Limited is the range holder for +44 1496 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 Port Ellen-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.

Port Ellen’s Scotland telecoms estate is shaped by Port Ellen'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 01496 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Microtalk Europe Limited’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Port Ellen 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 01496 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.