The London Area Code

[Samurai]

London is going to get some extra telephone numbers, starting with (020) 3. These will be used alongside the existing (020) 7 and (020) 8 numbers. They will be given out to some residential and business customers who put in a new line or apply for a new telephone number from the autumn of 2005 onwards.

If you've got a (020) 7 or (020) 8 number - don't worry. You do not have to change your number.

All you need to remember is that when you see an (020) 3 telephone number, it's a London number, just like (020) 7 and (020) 8 - and of course the cost of a call is the same.

Section 56 of the Communications Act 2003 requires Ofcom to publish a National Telephone Numbering Plan and to review that Plan as required; Section 63 of the Act requires Ofcom to seek the best use of appropriate telephone numbers and to encourage efficiency and innovation.

Ofcom is introducing the extra (020) 3 numbers because London is growing, and more people and businesses want additional telephone numbers. Please find more information below on how Ofcom will allocate the additional (020) 3 numbers to telecoms companies - who will then in turn allocate these to their customers.

More Info At: OFCOM

I wonder, as (020) 7 covers Central London, and (020) 8 covers greater london, will (020) 3 cover both?

[nsane]

probably, we had to do a similar thing here in FL a while back. from what i can tell, they do it becuase the other area codes are running low on available numbers...so they add another :rolleyes:

[Lite]

*yawns*

Stupid London'rs :rolleyes:

[Samurai]

It really is stupid...

Our numbers used to be 081 and 071... then changed to 0181 and 0181 to open up a few million more numbers. Then it was changed to 0208 and 0207 and was told we wouldn't need to change for at least another 15 years :rolleyes:

[erRor67]

soon they will be adding letters to get more combinations :rolleyes:

[Lite]

soon they will be adding letters to get more combinations :rolleyes:

And how do you plan on doing that :blink: