About Wiki 0845 numbers
We've all heard the word Wiki – but what does it actually mean? Well, Wiki is in fact a Hawaiian word meaning "quick" or "fast", which is the service you hope to get when having an 0845 number connected! Any reputable company should be able to connect up an 0845 number for you within an hour during normal working time. We also aim to be quick and fast when you have a question for us, whether it's about 0845 numbers, various extra features (such as Call Whispers, IVR or call recording) or the environmentally friendly fax-to-email services. Wiki is also an acronym for "What I Know Is" and what we know is telecommunications and the 0845 number marketplace.
0845 numbers are low call numbers if they are called from a UK BT landline. The caller pays between 3-5p per minute to receive the call, and unlike 0800 numbers the recipient doesn't pay anything to receive the call. An 0845 number is a non-geographic number or NGN – meaning that it doesn't have a STD code linking it to a particular town or geographic region. Instead it gives the impression of being a national or nationwide number, allowing companies to give the feeling of having more than just a local presence.
This site has been set up to provide information about the history and development of both 0845 numbers as well as telecommunications in general in the UK. We also aim to give you some fascinating facts, which we hope you will consider as both informative and interesting. If you have some more facts and knowledge that you would like to share with us, please use our Contact Us page, and if we like your interesting facts we'll include them on this site!
Other members of the Wiki family of telecoms websites include
0800 Number Wiki
0844 Number Wiki
Local Number Wiki
Thank you for visiting the 0845 Number Wiki website – we hope you enjoy it! Aloha!