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Ofcom has announced that certain parts of Britain will no longer have the ability make local calls without using the area code as phone numbers in certain areas are running out of numbers.

Bournemouth will see the scheme roll out next year, with other areas which are short of numbers for example Aberdeen, Bradford, Brighton, Cambridge and Milton Keynes looking set to be involved in the scheme by 2016.

A number of other areas have also been highlighted as potentially demanding the usage of area codes over the next several years, but places for instance London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham and Edinburgh are not impacted as 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 works out it is issues like this which have led to the scarcity. To deter this, Ofcom will now be charging providers 10p for each number to make certain they use numbers more efficiently, a cost which won’t be transferred onto the public.

It is considered that this method will be less troublesome for both domestic and business customers, along with users of telephone systems for small business. Although internal phone systems in some businesses might require some adjustments.

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