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Telecom 10 Ltd in Cheltenham

01242 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About Telecom 10 Ltd’s Cheltenham allocation

When Telecom 10 Ltd is the range holder for +44 1242 it means Ofcom recorded Telecom 10 Ltd as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 2 Cheltenham-facing blocks sit against Telecom 10 Ltd in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.

Cheltenham’s Gloucestershire telecoms estate is shaped by Cheltenham's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see Telecom 10 Ltd’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01242 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and Telecom 10 Ltd’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Cheltenham 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 01242 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.

Telecom 10 Ltd on 01242: by the numbers

Cheltenham blocks: 2
In active service: 100%
Share of 01242: 0%
Holders on code: 106

Of the 2 blocks Telecom 10 Ltd runs on the 01242 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 Cheltenham Telecom 10 Ltd number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

Telecom 10 Ltd runs 2 of the 759 allocated blocks on the 01242 dialling code — roughly 0% of Cheltenham’s mapped allocation, shared with 105 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.

Allocated ranges

Telecom 10 Ltd blocks on the 01242 (Cheltenham) dialling code.

Prefix	Status
+44 1242905	Allocated
+44 1242905	Allocated

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FAQs about Telecom 10 Ltd on 01242

Why does Telecom 10 Ltd appear on Cheltenham (01242) numbers?

Telecom 10 Ltd is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 2 number blocks on the 01242 dialling code, which covers Cheltenham. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised Telecom 10 Ltd as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.

Are calls from a Cheltenham Telecom 10 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 01242 number into the lookup above to combine the Telecom 10 Ltd range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.

Has Telecom 10 Ltd's 01242 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.