Other Licensed Operator Tones

Rob Grant's Telephone Pages

UK Other Licensed Operator's Tones and Announcements

Many of the following files were donated to this site by a mysterious visitor named 'Twilight Isotope'. Twilight suggested that I ought to have some 'Cable and Wireless' tones and announcements. I replied that if Twilight could record some then I would use them. Fortunately Twilight took me up on my generous offer and promptly produced the selection below (marked *). Many thanks Twilight! I have since added other tones and announcements of my own.

Cable and Wireless Tones:

cw_dt.wav (*13KB) Dialling tone
cw_rt.wav (*48KB) Ring tone
cw_bt.wav (*13KB) Busy tone
cw_eet.wav (*25KB) Equipment Engaged tone
cw_nu.wav (*12KB) Number Unobtainable tone

Cable and Wireless Announcements:

cw_srna.wav (*77KB) "Sorry, the service you requested is not available from this line."
cw_srcc.wav (*68KB) "Sorry, the service you require cannot be connected."
cw_rhta.wav (*61KB) "Please replace the handset and try again."
cw_tiaf.wav (*68KB) "Sorry, there is a fault. Please try again."
cw_notr.wav (*122KB) "The number you have dialled has not been recognised. Please check and try again."
cw_nrep.wav (*47KB) "Sorry, there is no reply."

Cable and Wireless Test Numbers

cwtn_hel.wav (38KB) "Hello! this is a Cable & Wireless Test Number"
cwtn_sk1.wav (50KB) Seven Kings One
cwtt_iht.wav (60KB) Test Tone
cwtt_inu.wav (48KB) Test Tone
cw_testp.wav (56KB) Test Tone

Mercury Communications Test Numbers

(Mercury Communications became Cable and Wireless in the UK in 1997)

Ttmclo2o.wav (46KB) Mercury One2One at Radlett MSC
Ttmcl2.wav (59KB) Radlett MSC
Ttmcl.wav (31KB) 'Special Information Tone'

Misc other tones and announcements:

t1.wav (*13KB) Feature tone ?
t3.wav (*24KB) Feature dialtone ?
t4.wav (*7KB) That awful screeching sound that happens when you leave the phone off the hook for too long!
slabptl.wav (31KB)'Sorry - Lines are busy - Please try later"
stifpta.wav (54KB) "Sorry - There is a fault - Please try again"

Vodafone Mobile Annoucements:

voda_nr.wav (*47KB) "The vodaphone you have called has not responded. It may respond if you try again."
voda_off.wav (*45KB) "The vodaphone you have called may be switched off. Please try later.

Other UK Operators Test Announcements

4D Communications (46KB) This man has too much spare time
Atlantic Telecommunications (38KB) She makes it sound so... technological
Colt (31KB) Colt
Core (25KB) More like 'corrrr'
Energis (27KB) Energis
Guernsey Telecom (35KB) Guernsey Telecom
IMS (15KB) IMS
Inter Route (56KB) Inter Route
Leaf (21KB) Leaf Telecom
Nexus (19KB) Nexus
Medius (59KB) Medius
Medius EET (50KB) Medius EET (came after the announcement)
NetKonect (75KB) NetKonect
Norweb (115KB) Norweb
NTL 5ESS (35KB) It's an NTL 5ESS
NTL TEST (18KB) You have reached the NTL Network
One World (44KB) One world
PNC (26KB) PNC
Redstone (20KB) Redstone
Telecom One (29KB)Dave Harper informs you that 'You're through to Telecom One' - It's all in the timing...
Telewest (24KB) Telewest/Yorkshire Cable
Telinco (21KB) So that's how you pronounce it...
Thus (80KB) Tone only
Torch (23KB) Try this tongue twister for yourself
Torch IN (22KB) Torch
Totem (62KB) Totem
Walk-n-Talk (28KB) Shayyy ... didn't you used to be the Speaking Clock?
MCI WorldCom (37KB) MCI WorldCom Warrington Switch
Zipcom (36KB) Zipcom

Return to Rob Grant's main page