Business phone system in Derry/Londonderry
Derry/Londonderry businesses use the 028 area code, usually with a 71 prefix. A cloud phone system gives you that local number and lets your team answer it anywhere in the city or beyond, on a mobile app, a desk phone or a web browser, with nothing to install and no copper line to lose at the 2027 switch-off.
028 71XX XXXX
One local Derry/Londonderry number
One Derry/Londonderry 028 number, ringing on every device at once.
Doing business in Derry/Londonderry
Derry/Londonderry is Northern Ireland's second city and the heart of the North West, wrapped inside the only completely walled city in Ireland. Those 17th-century Walls still draw visitors to the Bogside, Ebrington Square and the Peace Bridge, but the real story today is the mix of work going on behind them. The city has built genuine strength in software and creative-digital, in contact centres and business services, and in healthcare, much of it fed by graduates from Ulster University's Magee campus and the energy left behind by its year as UK City of Culture in 2013. For all of those firms, the phone is still where deals are won and patients are reassured.
What makes Derry/Londonderry distinctive is how naturally its economy spills across the border. Many businesses here serve customers on both sides, with offices, staff and suppliers shared between the city and Donegal and the wider Republic. A working week might run from a desk in the Cathedral Quarter to a client meeting in Letterkenny and a call answered at home in the Waterside. A phone line nailed to one address cannot keep up with that. A cloud phone system puts one recognisable local number in front of customers and quietly routes each call to whoever should pick it up, wherever they happen to be.
Why Derry/Londonderry firms choose a cloud phone system
Built for teams that work across the border
Calls to your Derry/Londonderry number can ring the office, home workers and mobiles at once, so whoever is free answers, whether they are at Ebrington, on a site visit or over the border in Donegal.
A trusted local identity
A recognised 028 number tells North West customers you are established and reachable, which lifts answer rates over an unknown mobile or a distant non-geographic number.
Ready for the 2027 switch-off
The old copper network retires on 31 January 2027. A cloud system already runs over the internet, so you switch on your own terms and keep your number. See the switch-off guide.
Your Derry/Londonderry 028 number, answered anywhere
You can get a brand new 028 number for your Derry/Londonderry business in minutes, or keep your existing 028 number by porting it across. Either way the number stops being tied to a socket on a wall and starts following your team.
- Free number porting, so customers keep dialling the Derry/Londonderry number they already know.
- One number rings a desk phone, the mobile app and a web browser together.
- Route calls by team or time of day, with voicemail to email and an optional AI receptionist for overflow.
- Per user per month from £6.95, UK calls included, no hardware to buy.
For the full picture of how 028 works and how to set up across the region, see our Northern Ireland phone system guide.
Frequently asked questions
Is 028 the area code for Derry/Londonderry?
Yes. Derry/Londonderry numbers use the 028 code, usually with a 71 local prefix, so a city landline is written 028 71XX XXXX. The same 028 code actually covers the whole of Northern Ireland, so an 028 number reads as local to customers right across the region, not just in the city.
Can I get a Derry/Londonderry 028 number if my office is elsewhere?
Yes. With a cloud phone system you can pick a Derry/Londonderry 028 number wherever you are based and answer it on a mobile app, a desk phone or a web browser. It gives you a recognisable city presence without a physical office in the North West.
Can I keep our existing Derry/Londonderry number?
Yes. You can move your existing 028 number to Voxora through number porting and keep it exactly as it is. Porting is normally free, the number does not change, and your calls simply start ringing on the new system once the transfer completes.
How much does a Derry/Londonderry business phone system cost?
Voxora is priced per user per month, from £6.95 per user on Standard and £9.95 per user on Pro, both excluding VAT, with UK calls included. The local 028 area code does not change the price, and there is no hardware to buy.
What happens to our Derry/Londonderry phone line at the 2027 switch-off?
Traditional copper phone lines are being retired across the UK on 31 January 2027. A cloud phone system already runs over the internet, so it is unaffected. Moving now lets a Derry/Londonderry business switch on its own timetable and keep its 028 number throughout.
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