glossary chargeband

Number Chargebands

Chargeband is a term used in the telephony industry in the UK to refer to the cost of calling a number. All numbers within the same chargeband will cost the same to call as each other.

We use the standard chargeband names (which mostly take the form SCnnn where nnn is a series of 3 digits). We have also added GEO to refer to UK geographic numbers starting 01 or 02, and UKW to refer to UK Wide numbers starting 03.

At the time of writing, the chargebands we support are:

Chargeband Description Numbers starting
z freephone 080
GEO 01,02
UKW 03 numbers etc 03
pn99 same as calling mobile 070
SC002 1ppm 084,087,09
SC003 2ppm 084,087,09
SC004 3ppm 084,087,09
SC005 4ppm 084,087,09
SC007 6ppm 084,087,09
SC008 7ppm 084,087,09
SC014 13ppm 087,09
SC015 15ppm 09
SC016 20ppm 09
SC017 25ppm 09
SC018 30ppm 09
SC019 35ppm 09
SC021 40ppm 09
SC022 45ppm 09
SC023 46ppm 09
SC024 50ppm 09
SC025 55ppm 09
SC026 60ppm 09
SC027 65ppm 09
SC029 75ppm 09
SC033 99ppm 09
SC034 100ppm 09
SC035 110ppm 09
SC036 120ppm 09
SC037 145ppm 09
SC038 150ppm 09
SC040 180ppm 09
SC041 200ppm 09
SC042 220ppm 09
SC043 250ppm 09
SC044 300ppm 09
SC045 360ppm 09
SC047 10ppc 087,09
SC049 25ppc 09
SC051 35ppc 09
SC052 40ppc 09
SC054 50ppc 09
SC055 70ppc 09
SC056 75ppc 09
SC057 100ppc 09
SC058 145ppc 09
SC059 150ppc 09
SC060 200ppc 09
SC061 250ppc 09
SC062 300ppc 09
SC063 400ppc 09
SC064 500ppc 09
SC065 600ppc 09
SC066 77ppc + 155ppm 09
SC067 80ppc + 25ppm 09
SC073 250ppm 09
SC074 5ppc + 5ppm after 60s 084,087,09
SC075 10ppc + 10ppm after 60s 087,09
SC077 70ppc + 70ppm after 60s 09
SC078 150ppc + 150ppm after 60s 09
SC079 200ppc + 200ppm after 60s 09