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Can mobile numbers begin with a 0?

04-01-2005 06:21PM

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ionapaul

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A number has been given to me in the format 086 0******. Can this be correct? Wouldn't have thought any numbers would begin with zero.

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#2 04-01-2005 06:22PM

aidan_walsh

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Yes they can.

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#3 04-01-2005 06:24PM

slade_x

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my number is 087 0******

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#4 04-01-2005 07:43PM

JTMan

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ionapaul wrote:

A number has been given to me in the format 086 0******. Can this be correct? Wouldn't have thought any numbers would begin with zero.

Yep ... I know several people whos numbers are 086086**** ...

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#5 04-01-2005 07:48PM

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as others have already said. yes. a few of my friends are 08*0******

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#6 04-01-2005 08:35PM

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I remember receiving a text from O2 a few years back stating that I had to put the 086 prefix in to numbers from then on, even if I was dialling another 086 number. Didn't mean much to me anyway, I always did it.

This was to facilitate numbers starting with a 1, e.g. 086 1xxxxxx, so services such as 190x and 118xx could still be dialled correctly. So this measure left the system open to use any number they want.

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