New regulations for 0870 numbers

Changing to a different dialling code

If you want to continue to receive call payments, you can take a different dialling code - for example, 0844 or 0871.

There are different tariff bands for 0844 and 0871 codes. The features of 0844 and 0871 codes are:

0844:

  • The caller pays up to 5p per minute
    spacer
  • Revenues will be lower than organisations are used to
    spacer
  • These numbers will not be regulated by PhonepayPlus

0871:

  • The caller pays up to 10p per minute (a cost that communication providers must publish clearly)
    spacer
  • These numbers will probably be subject to PhonepayPlus regulation, which could increase an organisation's operational costs.

If you choose to move from 0870, you may decide to operate your new code in parallel with your old one.

Back Enquire