UK Telecom Tariff Cost Comparisons

Comparisons of 151 residential and 89 business telephone tariff call costs, and 193 residential and 110 business call plans charged by 149 different telecommunications operators and resellers in the United Kingdom, compiled by Magenta Systems Ltd, including direct and indirect access, CPS,  VoIP and call through (two stage dialling) schemes. The comparison lists the cheapest telephone calls for both business and residential users.  

Tariffs Version 122
2 May 2008

Numbering Database
12 May 2008

Site Last Updated:
2 May 2008

View Residential
Tariff Costs (free)

Online CodeLook
Lookup partial numbers,
tariff bands and localities
on a web page

Business
Members Site
(requires password)

Residential
Members Site
(requires password)

Please note that Magenta Systems Ltd does not sell or recommend any of these tariffs, you need to contact each company specifically. Magenta Systems simply publishes this price information for comparison purposes. Nor do we take any money from these companies to list their information, it is totally impartial. Sorry, but we can not provide advice about the best tariffs for any individual or company, you must compare the prices and make your own choices.  

Multiple tariff costs are shown for some operators, for others discounted tariff costs are calculated. The spreadsheet version allows the discount costs to be changed for differing spend levels. The level of detail varies between operators, some supply everything, others just the more common tariff costs. The comparison is updated at least 11 times a year, with operator tariffs being checked every three to six months, the better operators inform us of changes monthly, as they happen. 

Non-Members may view the residential tariffs as web pages, but to download them in spreadsheet format or access the various code tables you need to become a paid member. The business pages look identical to the residential pages, they simply contain different companies and figures. 

Access to the Business Members Site and Residential Members Site requires a logon name and password, which is emailed once the Membership Form on the secure server has been completed and payment received.  Details of information available to Members and the prices is available in the Site Overview.  Business members may view and print the tariffs, numbering and operator information from an Acrobat (PDF) file. 

State of the Industry attempts to give an overview of recent changes, which operators are being taken over, which have ceased offering services and those in financial difficulty.

Ofcom publishes A User's Guide to Telephone Numbering that gives an excellent background to the different types of telephone numbers in the UK.

Numbering Products

A number of UK telephone Numbering Products are available, including:

• CodeLook, a windows application to look-up partial telephone numbers to find the locality and tariff band, and look-up localities to find the code, this is free to members
• Online CodeLook, lookup partial numbers, tariff bands and localities on a web page
• Magenta UK Numbering ActiveX DLL is designed for those that want to integrate the functionality of CodeLook, looking up partial telephone numbers to find the locality and tariff, and looking up localities to find the code, into other applications or web pages
• Magenta UK Numbering Database is designed for those that need to fully integrate telephone numbering, tariff band and locality information into their own systems

ComCap - Magenta Serial Port and Network Capture Utility

ComCap is a Windows application designed to capture any ASCII data received on up to 60 PC serial communications ports and network to text files. ComCap is primarily designed to capture telephone call logging data from the serial port provided on most telephone switching systems (PABXs). The saved data may then be used as input to telephone call management applications that will cost calls and produce reports on telephone usage.

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