Range holder

University Of Strathclyde

University Of Strathclyde 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 University Of Strathclyde 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. University Of Strathclyde 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 University Of Strathclyde 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 University Of Strathclyde-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.

Why does the Range Holder matter when you’re trying to identify a caller? Because it tells you which wholesale carrier the digits were originally issued against, and that carrier’s typical use of the block narrows the field of likely callers. University Of Strathclyde allocations are typically reached through retail brands, business tariffs and resellers built on top of the wholesale network, so the actual person at the other end of a University Of Strathclyde-allocated number might be a residential customer, a small business, or a national contact-centre — but it is unlikely to be an unrelated VoIP gateway operating from outside the UK. Combined with the per-number AI internet check, the Range Holder is one of the strongest free signals available for answering “who called me?”

The allocations on this page are live: every Wednesday morning the weekly Ofcom Numbering Data feed is downloaded, parsed, and atomically swapped into the production database. New blocks allocated to University Of Strathclyde appear here within seven days of Ofcom’s publish date; blocks transferred away from University Of Strathclyde (a rare but documented event) are removed in the same cycle. If you’re looking at this page during the Wednesday ingest window the figures could briefly include both the previous and the new snapshot — the swap itself takes well under a second.

Looking up a specific number from one of University Of Strathclyde’s allocated blocks is the quickest way to identify the actual caller. The lookup combines the structured Range Holder match shown on this page with a live AI internet check that aggregates public reports about the exact digits — useful when an unfamiliar University Of Strathclyde-allocated number turns out to be a national contact-centre, a delivery courier, a legitimate small business, or a known scam pattern.

University Of Strathclyde at a glance

Across its UK portfolio University Of Strathclyde holds 1 Ofcom-allocated number range, spread across 1 distinct three-digit number-cluster root in the UK numbering plan. The most common allocation status across University Of Strathclyde’s portfolio is Allocated (100% of the blocks).

For scale, the average UK range holder in our dataset carries 523 allocated blocks across 434 holders. University Of Strathclyde’s 1 therefore put it at roughly 0× the dataset average, or about 0% of every Ofcom-allocated block we track.

By number family, University Of Strathclyde’s allocation is 100% mobile (07). That spread is a fingerprint of how the holder uses the numbering plan — a mobile-heavy profile points to consumer handsets, while a geographic-heavy one points to landline and business estate.

University Of Strathclyde allocation status breakdown
StatusBlocksShareWhat it means
Allocated1100%the block is currently in active service with a communications provider

What this means for a call from a University Of Strathclyde-allocated number

  • The Range Holder is the originating wholesale allocation — it tells you which network the digits were issued against, not which retail brand actually placed the call. University Of Strathclyde’s blocks are resold widely, and the underlying customer may have ported away to another carrier entirely without the public Ofcom record changing.
  • A University Of Strathclyde-allocated number is statistically more likely to come from a UK consumer, small business or contact-centre using the network than from an unrelated offshore VoIP gateway. CLI spoofing remains technically possible, so this is a likelihood, not a guarantee — pair it with the AI internet check for real confidence.
  • For a confident identification, take the specific number from the table below, paste it into the lookup on the homepage and read the per-number AI internet check. It aggregates public reports on the exact digits and pairs them with this Range Holder context, which together are far stronger evidence than the wholesale allocation alone.

Allocated ranges

PrefixStatus
+44 73640Allocated

Frequently asked questions

What does it mean that University Of Strathclyde is the Range Holder?

A Range Holder is the communications provider Ofcom originally allocated a block of UK numbers to. University Of Strathclyde 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, so the Range Holder is the best public signal for which provider the block was issued to but not necessarily the live carrier on any specific number today.

Does University Of Strathclyde 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, by services that resell on top of the network, or — after porting — by a completely different provider whose customer happens to keep the same digits. Use the per-number lookup to see if a specific call has any public reputation reports before assuming the call comes directly from University Of Strathclyde.

How often is the University Of Strathclyde allocation list updated?

The list refreshes weekly. Every Wednesday morning we ingest the official Ofcom Numbering Data feed, atomically swap it into production, and re-render this page. New blocks Ofcom issues to University Of Strathclyde appear here within seven days of the publish date; blocks transferred away are removed in the same cycle.

Why are some prefixes listed as "Designated" or "Reserved" rather than "Allocated"?

Those are Ofcom’s allocation status codes. "Allocated" means the block is in service. "Designated" means it has been earmarked for a specific use but not yet released. "Reserved" means it is being held back from the general pool. "Free" means available for re-allocation. "Quarantined" means recently freed and not yet eligible for re-issue. The status column above shows the live value for each University Of Strathclyde block.