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1959 Pay-On-Answer Coinboxes |
The first versions of the
Pay-On-Answer Coinbox were introduced as a replacement for the old button
A & B models. They were necessary following the introduction of STD in
major towns, because the old coinboxes could not cope with automatically
connected trunk calls. |
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1966 All Figure Numbering |
All Figure Numbering (AFN) was introduced in 1966,
starting in the Director Areas of London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Liverpool and Manchester. |
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19 November 1981 - New Style Sockets |
New style telephone
plugs and sockets were introduced, enabling convenient movement and
replacement of telephones and customer equipment. |
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06 May 1990 - New London Codes |
Inner London codes
were changed from 01 to 071 and outer
London codes were changed from 01 to 081. This was the biggest change
to the London telephone numbering scheme since All Figure Dialling was
introduced back in 1966. This was the first of the changes to free up more
telephone numbers to meet increased demand. |
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09 March 1994 - Peak Rates Abolished |
Peak rates were abolished for
using the telephone during the morning. For the first time since 1970
callers were able to make calls during the morning without having to pay a
premium. |
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22 November 1994 - Caller Display Introduced |
The ability to see the telephone
number of the person who is calling you. Either by a caller display unit
or telephone, or by using the 1471 service. The service was originally set
to be introduced on 5th November but was delayed until 22 November because of privacy
concerns. |
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16 April 1995 PhONEday - extra 1 added |
The second change of telephone
codes saw the introduction of an extra 1 after the initial zero in all UK
area codes, e.g. Birmingham changed from 021 to 0121, Lichfield changed
from 0543 to 01543. In addition Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Leicester &
Bristol had their codes completely changed to numbers 0113 to 0117. The
international access code was also changed from 010 to 00. |
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22 April 2000 - The Big Number |
| The third main change of telephone codes saw
the introduction of an extra 7 in mobile numbers as well as new codes for
several cities. London codes were changed from 0171/0181 to 020,
Portsmouth 01705 and Southampton 01703 both to 023, Coventry from 01203 to
024, Cardiff from 01222 to 029 and Belfast and Northern Ireland codes were
all changed to 028. Local and National rate codes were all rationalised to
begin with 08. Further details. |
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More information to be added in the future |
