Call barring services
Barring service bars unnecessary and expensive phone services
Barring services are the safest way to manage costs. Telecom operators provide a range of barring services, at least those defined by FICORA. These services allow you to prevent all calls or messages to certain types of numbers as well as the reception of calls and messages from these numbers.
Telephone services have been divided into groups on the basis of their content.
- Non-profit services (service group I);
- Online services (service group II);
- Entertainment services (service group III);
- Adult entertainment services (service group IV).
In addition, barring services are often chosen because the pricing of phone services is more expensive than usual when the call is made via international or service numbers.
Barring services can be overridden only if you have agreed to use a password to remove it or connect it.
It is free to connect the barring services defined by FICORA, but telecom operators can charge for removing them.
Barring service cannot block calls to
- free numbers;
- the national emergency number 112;
- the fault report number of the telecom operator that has delivered the subscription.
Call barring categories
Obligatory barring services are divided into
- telephony;
- short message service traffic category including text and multimedia messages.
| Barring category of telephony |
Barring service blocks outgoing telecommunications |
|---|---|
| U |
to international telephone networks and service numbers that allow international connection. |
| P1 |
To service numbers that allow the connection of national and international service numbers and service categories I, II, III and IV. |
| P2 |
to service categories II, III and IV. |
| P3 |
to service categories III and IV. |
| P4 |
to service category IV. |
Telecom operators also provide the following combinations of barring categories: (U+P1), (U+P2) and (U+P3).
The barring categories of SMS traffic:
| Barring category of SMS traffic: | Barring service blocks the sending and reception of text and multimedia messages |
|---|---|
| P1 |
in service categories I, II, III and IV. |
| P2 |
in service categories II, III and IV. |
| P3 | in service categories III and IV. |
| P4 | in the service category IV. |
At your wish, your telecom operator can disconnect the option to send text messages and multimedia message altogether.
