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ANOTHER FIRST FOR MAGRATHEA - 056 NUMBERS AVAILABLE TO USERS
Added: (Wed Mar 02 2005)
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Dated Tuesday 1st March 2005
ANOTHER FIRST FOR MAGRATHEA! - 056 NUMBER RANGE ALLOCATED TO USERS
Magrathea Telecommunications Ltd announced today that they are the first
Network Operator to offer the new telephone number range 056 xxxx xxxx to
their ITSP customers, as well as end users.
Once again, after assisting OFCOM with the consultation process, Magrathea
were the first to be allocated a batch from this new range. "Although we
already have comprehensive numbering options available, this new range will
help us to stay on top by offering a wide variety of services to our
clients" says Linus Surguy, Magrathea's Technical Director.
The 056 number range has been designated 'Location Independent Electronic
Communications Services' and is designed for use where other numbering
ranges are not appropriate, such as where there is no geographic
significance required or the service is by nature nomadic.
BT have confirmed that the new 056 number range will be included in retail
discount calling packages. Magrathea is now pressing to have the number
range included in unlimited schemes from other telcos. Linus adds "It will
be vital to the success of services using this number range that there is
parity with geographic numbering which is why we are very pleased with BT's
action".
End users are able to sign up for the new 056 numbers through
www.uknumber.co.uk (one of Magrathea's retail websites) immediately and they
are also available for immediate use by our ITSP customers. This timing is
ideal as the numbers are also available with the newly launched e164.info
carrier ENUM exchange, enabling free calls to these numbers from users of
other member companies on the exchange.
For more information about Magrathea Telecommunications Ltd please contact
the sales team on 0870 068 0068, by email sales@magrathea-telecom.co.uk or
on 056 0000 0000 from your VoIP phone.
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Notes to the Editor
About 056 numbers:
The 056 number range was announced by Ofcom last year at the end of a long
consultation period concerning which telephone numbers should be available
for use with Voice over IP and other 'new' voice services. It was determined
that for products that did not require geographic related numbering a new
number range was required which indicated that they were subscriber numbers
but not 'mobile'. Thus the 056 number range was born.
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media_office/latest_news/nr_20040906
About 'Carrier ENUM':
Carrier ENUM is a technology that allows co-operating telephone companies to
interchange telephone numbers and telephone traffic between themselves,
typically at zero cost. This in turn enables Voice over IP companies to
provide 'free' calling between VoIP companies to their subscribers. For
further information on e164.info, please see their latest press release at:
https://www.e164.info/images/pm_e.pdf
About ITSP:
ITSP is short for Internet Telephony Service Provider. These are companies
offering telephone service to their own customers using Internet technology.
About Magrathea:
The Magrathea group of companies was established in 1995 to provide a wide
range of world class telecommunication solutions to match the needs of the
telecommunication industry. The company has its own switching facilities
based within the London Docklands area, including Telehouse and Global
Switch, giving it access to virtually unlimited capacity and bandwidth and
access to the best carriers in the world. Its technology is entirely
developed in house but draws upon industry standards and utilises industrial
strength components for ultimate carrier grade reliability. It offers
complete VoIP solutions based on SIP, IAX and H.323. Packages vary from call
termination services providing competitive national and international rates,
numbering services (such as providing UK numbers to SIP clients) or complete
packages including hardware and call termination all in one.
http://www.magrathea-telecom.co.uk