Ofcom have announced they will be opening up the 075 range for new mobile phone numbers and also to designate the ranges 071 - 074 for mobile services. 071-074 won't be available for allocation (to communications providers) yet though.
In the 075 range this will add a further possible 100 million mobile numbers to the 300 million which are already possible. Ofcoms statement (link below) states that only 30% of mobile allocated mobile numbers are being used (so thats just under 100m numbers) so it seems a little strange that they are allowing a further 100m numbers into the market.
Ofcoms Statement
This leaves the UK 07 numbering plan looking like this:
070 - Personal numbers (possibly to move to 065 next year)
071 - 074 Future Mobile Numbers
075 - New Mobile Numbers
076 - Radio Pagers (And mobile phones on the Isle Of Man)
077 - 079 Existing mobile numbers
There will be no change to existing numbers.
Any comments
ps I know this is sad!
In the 075 range this will add a further possible 100 million mobile numbers to the 300 million which are already possible. Ofcoms statement (link below) states that only 30% of mobile allocated mobile numbers are being used (so thats just under 100m numbers) so it seems a little strange that they are allowing a further 100m numbers into the market.
Ofcoms Statement
This leaves the UK 07 numbering plan looking like this:
070 - Personal numbers (possibly to move to 065 next year)
071 - 074 Future Mobile Numbers
075 - New Mobile Numbers
076 - Radio Pagers (And mobile phones on the Isle Of Man)
077 - 079 Existing mobile numbers
There will be no change to existing numbers.
Any comments
ps I know this is sad!