Gower Media

Ofcom has reported that certain parts of Britain won’t have the ability make local calls without needing the area code as phone numbers in certain areas are running out of numbers.

The plan will be started in Bournemouth next year, with many other areas not having enough numbers such as Aberdeen, Bradford, Brighton, Cambridge and Milton Keynes looking set to be involved in the scheme by 2016.

A number of other areas have been outlined as possibly in need of the usage of area codes over the next 10 years, but locations such as London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Edinburgh aren’t affected since they have smaller area codes.

Ofcom also stated that more phone number providers have been putting demand on the supply of numbers and some of them are actually keeping hold of numbers and it seems it is things like this which have led to the shortage. To prevent this, Ofcom will now be charging providers 10p for each number to make certain they use numbers more efficiently, a price which won’t be handed onto the public.

It is thought that this system will be much less disruptive for both domestic and business customers, along with users of telephone systems for small business. Despite the fact that internal phone systems in some businesses may need some alterations.

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