How do I remove automatic withheld numbers?

shjo558

Hello,

The phone network at my work automatically withholds the number when dialling out.

If I am trying to call someone with withheld number call barring I obviously can't get through.

I have googled and can only come up with a prefix of 1470 but that doesn't seem to work.

Does anyone know a way round this?

Hazzanet

It depends on the internal phone system. On the Siemens Hiset system we have, we have to dial #92 and then the number we want to call.

Heinz

Many PABXs have this facility but, as Hazzanet says, it depends on the make and model.

shjo558

Thanks, I'll find out who our phone provider is first (never thought of that doh!)

Old_Git

shjo558 wrote: »

Hello,

The phone network at my work automatically withholds the number when dialling out.

If I am trying to call someone with withheld number call barring I obviously can't get through.

I have googled and can only come up with a prefix of 1470 but that doesn't seem to work.

Does anyone know a way round this?

My BT landline number is withheld ,to get it to show up I dial 141 .

Heinz

Old_Git wrote: »

My BT landline number is withheld ,to get it to show up I dial 141 .

That's the code to withhold the number. 1470 reveals it.

In this case, a PABX code may well exist but, depending on the size of the switch and/or the type of organisation, incoming only and outgoing only lines may be used to ensure dial-out capabilities are not blocked by a deluge of incoming calls. That means concealing the number of the outgoing line is essential (because the line is designated as outgoing only).