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Present day:

Since the early 2000s, all telephone numbers beginning with "07" in the UK are either mobile, pager or personal 'find-me-anywhere' numbers. They are all 11 digits long.

Specifically:

Numbers beginning 070 are 'personal' numbers that the owner can redirect as required (e.g. to work, home, mobile phone depending on time of day). These can cost up to 50p/minute to call.

Numbers beginning 076 are for pagers, while numbers beginning 075, 077, 078 or 079 are mobile phones.

Historically:

Before the national renumbering carried out in 1994, 0702 would have been the area code for Southend-on-Sea in Essex. This has since been replaced with 01702.


How many digits does the number have?

If it matches (0702) XXX XXX, then that number was perhaps issued pre-1995 and today is (01702) XXX XXX -- Southend-on-Sea (SO).

If not, then maybe there is a digit missing, perhaps it is a mobile number and the 0702 is supposed to be 07702 or some other code.

If it has 11 digits then it is a 0702X - XXXXXX personal number - and these are very expensive to call. They are often used for scams as they are hard to trace.


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