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PCI-PAL (UK) Limited in Ipswich

01473 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About PCI-PAL (UK) Limited’s Ipswich allocation

When PCI-PAL (UK) Limited is the range holder for +44 1473 it means Ofcom recorded PCI-PAL (UK) Limited as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 2 Ipswich-facing blocks sit against PCI-PAL (UK) Limited in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.

Ipswich’s Suffolk telecoms estate is shaped by Ipswich's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see PCI-PAL (UK) Limited’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01473 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and PCI-PAL (UK) Limited’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Ipswich 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 01473 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.

PCI-PAL (UK) Limited on 01473: by the numbers

Ipswich blocks: 2
In active service: 100%
Share of 01473: 0%
Holders on code: 117

Of the 2 blocks PCI-PAL (UK) Limited runs on the 01473 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 Ipswich PCI-PAL (UK) Limited number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

PCI-PAL (UK) Limited runs 2 of the 830 allocated blocks on the 01473 dialling code — roughly 0% of Ipswich’s mapped allocation, shared with 116 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.

Allocated ranges

PCI-PAL (UK) Limited blocks on the 01473 (Ipswich) dialling code.

Prefix	Status
+44 1473873	Allocated
+44 1473873	Allocated

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FAQs about PCI-PAL (UK) Limited on 01473

Why does PCI-PAL (UK) Limited appear on Ipswich (01473) numbers?

PCI-PAL (UK) Limited is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 2 number blocks on the 01473 dialling code, which covers Ipswich. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised PCI-PAL (UK) Limited as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.

Are calls from a Ipswich PCI-PAL (UK) 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 01473 number into the lookup above to combine the PCI-PAL (UK) Limited range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.

Has PCI-PAL (UK) Limited's 01473 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.