Adrian Auer-Hudson, MIMIS wrote:
On Nov 19, 8:06 am, "Clive D. W. Feather" cl...@on-the-
train.demon.co.uk wrote:
In article , Paul Scott
writes

I reckon the long term plan is that 023 will become the Solent area, and the
codes inbetween (geographically speaking) will disappear when they need to
become 8 digit numbers.
As and when areas run out of numbers, the current plan is to introduce
"overlay" codes that will occupy the same area but have 8 figure
numbers.

023 will be used for the south of England. So, suppose that 01983 (Ryde)
runs out of numbers, then a new "Wight" area code will be created
consisting of 023 with 8 digit numbers beginning (say) 34. Existing Ryde
numbers will *not* be renumbered. If 01730 (Petersfield) runs out, a new
area code would be 023 with 8 digit numbers beginning (say) 61. And so
on.

024 has the same role for central England, 029 for Wales, and 037 to 039
for Scotland.

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Great information Clive thanks.

Question: This implies 037 and 039 will be exceptions to new non
geaographice "03" codes. Is that right?

No, that is not right. 037-9 are not for Scotland, they are UK-wide
numbers (non-geographic).

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/ioi...plan081107.pdf

037 numbers, for example, are explicitly reserved for operators and
end-users using the corresponding 087 numbers.