London Gets New Phone Number!

London is getting a new telephone number during the autumn of 2005. Some residential and business customers who put in a new line or apply for a new telephone number will be given an 020 3 prefix to meet the increasing demand.

However the new prefix will be an addition to the 020 7 and 020 8 prefixes so that existing London numbers will not change. Indeed new 020 7 and 020 8 numbers will continue to be issued throughout 2005 and beyond. However where an existing business applies for an additional line they may end up with two numbers with different prefixes. Some have complained that this is likely to be confusing.