Conserving Geographic Numbers
Ofcom have published a consultation on conserving geographic telephone numbers by proposing to reduce the size of number blocks allocated from 10,000 to 1,000 in an additional 336 areas of the UK. Due to the sustained increase in demand for geographic numbers in certain areas, available number blocks to allocate to communications providers have become scarce.
This proposal relates solely to the way number blocks are allocated and used by communications providers. This consultation proposes the introduction of number conservation measures in 336 geographic areas in addition to the existing 265 geographic conservation areas.
Ofcom are proposing the above measures to ensure that sufficient and appropriate telephone numbers are available to allocate to communications providers so that they can provide professional communications services to consumers.
The full consultation can be found here.
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