Further information will be published in the next Numbering Bulletin. The code 0820 is to be used for schools Internet services. Allocations of numbering capacity will be made in blocks of 10,000 numbers to operators applying for allocation. Similarly, CPE should not cause 0870 dialled calls to enter the public telecoms networks as 01870 either by announcement or automatically. Failure in this regard will either cause the call to fail or for it to be mis-routed to the corresponding geographic number.
Currently operators use a variety of codes to effect certain internal network requirements.
Continued use of some of these could affect the development of the Numbering Scheme. In order to regularise the position it has been agreed that a single code be used by all operators for this purpose. Numbers in this code will not be diallable. Oftel will be notifying operators of the code to be used and making allocations of numbering capacity for migration and new requirements shortly. Tariff Discrimination for Non-Geographic Numbers Oftel are considering modifying Numbering Convention B8.1, which currently defines the maximum tariff which may be charged for calls made to 08 numbers in terms of the 'tariff for standard calls', so that it states explicitly the maximum tariff which may be charged.