applicable rate. Such numbers are officially designated as 'service numbers' and fall into the following ranges: 084x xxx xxxx - Service Charge of up to 7p per call and/or up to 65p per minute 087x xxx xxxx - Service Charge of up to 13p per call and/or up to 65p per minute 09xx xxx xxxx - Service Charge of up to 65p per call and/or up to £3.60 per minute Numbers starting 098, along with legacy numbers starting 0908 and 0909 are reserved for 'adult' services with sexual content. The Phone-paid Services Authority regulatory body monitors and enforces specific community standards in terms of content and price for Controlled Premium Rate Services (CPRS). These include: 087, 09 and 118 numbers with a Service Charge of more than 7p per minute or per call all chatlines, information, connection and/or signposting services (ICSS), sexual entertainment services and internet dialler-operated services irrespective of call cost or prefix any 070 numbers and mobile shortcodes where the benefit passed on is more than 10p per call or per minute. The various 08 and 09 ranges originate from telephone numbering reform in the late 1990s. Originally 09 numbers were designated as premium rate, with 0845 and 0870 numbers charged from landlines at rates that mirrored the cost of standard local and national phone calls respectively. Prior to this, a wide mix of prefixes was in use, from the well-recognized 0891 and 0898 prefixes to others such as 0331 and 0660. Middle East Iran In Iran, premium rate numbers start with the prefix 909 followed by 7 digits. (909 xxx xxxx) Israel Numbers starting with 1–900, 1–901, 1–919, 1-956 and 1-957 are premium rate numbers. 1-900 – Regular landline call rate + 50 Agorot (0.5 Shekel) (≈$0.14) per minute 1-901 – Regular landline call rate + 250 Agorot (2.5 Shekels) (≈$0.7) per call 1-919 – Erotic services 1-956 – Entertainment services: up to 40 Agorot more than a regular landline rate + destination service provider fee 1-957 – Information services: regular landline rate + destination service provider fee The prefix 1-900 belongs to services with cost addition of 0.5 NIS for minute. Usually, used in radio stations and dates services. the next two digits tells the company: 2X for Bezeq, 50 for Pelephone, 52 for Cellcom (052-999XXXX in the origin), 54 for Partner (054-400XXXX in the origin) and 72 for Smile. More optional premium call prefix: 012-409