OFCOM have decided to remove all revenues on 0870 numbers by the end of January 2008.  The changes made by Ofcom have both financial and customer service implications for any business currently using 0870 numbers.

In the summer of 2005 OFCOM carried out a full Strategic Review of the use of NTS.

The following table summaries the result of the review:

End of 0870 revenue rebate (Jan 2008)
New UK wide 03 number range for (no revenue share)
0871 numbers will be regulated by ICSTIS (Jan 2008)
0844 No change to this number range
0845 Ofcom to review within 2 years

Callagenix agree with OFCOM that there should be greater transparency for consumers calling NTS (08XX numbers). However, in our opinion the changes made by Ofcom will at best result in greater confusion for the caller, whilst significantly impacting hundreds of thousands of small companies. If you have any points you wish to raise with OFCOM concerning how these changes will impact your business.
Ofcom can be contacted at nts@ofcom.co.uk or call 020 7981 3000.