We’ll provide some examples later on. Remember though, the key words are ‘national’ and ‘number’, so often these numbers are just for UK callers. It means in almost every instance you’ll be stuck when trying to call them from a different country. You simply won’t when Losali is there to support you.
Another example of a national non-emergency short number is the 105 number which was introduced in 2016. It is used as a helpline for those suffering from electricity power cuts. Before the introduction of this national short number, in the event of a power cut the caller would need to know the standard 11 digit number of the electricity distribution company appropriate for the region they were calling from. Of course not many people knew what this was, so the 105 number was necessary and proved very beneficial. Excluding the 119 and 105 number there are 12 available three digit numbers on standby for allocation. Although this could change, the numbers on standby are: 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 113, 114, 115 and 117 and are there for the government to call upon when needed. As they are only national short phone numbers, they cannot be called from abroad. Yet with the assistance of Losali, a call can be made as if you were in the UK itself.
Another example of an non-emergency national number is the 119 number which was made available for the NHS to use in 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and was a free number to call. Numbers like these are not common, since they are not numbers that are in accordance with the ‘Numbering Plan’ which the standard phone number is part of. Rather they are numbers kept aside with a specific purpose that might make them necessary in the future at some point.
