Range holder
Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA)
Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) is listed by Ofcom as the originally-allocated communications provider for 1 UK number range. Numbers within these blocks may have since been ported to a different carrier — see the FAQ below.
About Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) as an Ofcom Range Holder
A Range Holder is the UK communications provider that Ofcom originally allocated a block of numbers to under the National Telephone Numbering Plan. Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) appears in Ofcom’s weekly Numbering Data feed against the 1 range listed below — meaning every UK number that falls inside one of those blocks was, at allocation time, handed to Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) for use by their wholesale or retail customers.
Once a number is in service, the underlying customer can port it to a different provider while keeping the same digits. Ofcom does not publish a live current-carrier feed for the UK, so the Range Holder shown here is the best public signal for which provider operated a given block at allocation. If you are trying to identify the network on a specific Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA)-allocated number today, use the per-number lookup on the homepage — it combines this Range Holder data with a live AI internet check for the actual caller.
To learn how UK numbers are allocated, see How Ofcom allocates UK phone numbers. For the difference between an Ofcom-allocated Range Holder and the current carrier shown on caller ID, see Range Holder vs current provider.
Allocated ranges
| Prefix | Status |
|---|---|
| +44 909 | Allocated |
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Frequently asked questions
What does it mean that Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) is the Range Holder?
A Range Holder is the communications provider Ofcom originally allocated a block of UK numbers to. Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) therefore holds the registered allocation for the prefixes listed above. Once a number is in service, the customer can port it to another network — Ofcom does not publish current carrier data.
Does Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) make calls to me?
Not necessarily. The Range Holder is the wholesale allocation; calls to or from these numbers can be made by retail customers (consumers and businesses) using the network. Use the per-number lookup to see if a specific call has any public reputation reports.