Firstly, premium numbers are a type of non-geographical number, but not the regular kind. Premium numbers examples are the prefixes 0845, 0870 and 09. . . Since they are numbers with purposeful prefixes recognized across the country, you likely cannot reach them from outside the UK. Losali is a tool that removes this barrier. It makes premium numbers available even when they are not routed to global carriers.
All Premium numbers must be registered with The PSA. The registration fee for companies seeking to use a premium rate number is often £155.00 plus VAT and the PSA levy very small charges for each call made, The PSA have set out a series of guidelines known as the Code of Practice which must be followed in order for numbers registered with them to receive income. . Some of the common premium rate number services are TV quiz services, remote gambling services, subscription services, or counselling services. We recommend that if you need to check a premium price when calling in the country, use the number checker on the PSA website. It can be helpful when you are unsure of the cost of a PRN. Any company using a Premium number must use an approved message in advertising their service to potential customers which is: “Calls are charged at £X.XX per minute plus your phone provider's access charge”. This clearly points out the service charge cost and identifies the other charge that the customer may want to look into.
Premium rate numbers will always cost the caller money which is usually quite high. The reason for this is because the caller is technically paying two fees: an access charge and a service charge. It’s not as complicated as you may have thought. The access charge is paid to the originating telco (your phone company) and the service charge is paid to the terminating telco (telecoms supplier of called party). This allows the opportunity for Revenue sharing which is when the terminating telco shares the service costs, which are charged by minute, with the called party. The pricing of Premium numbers is supervised by PSA which has been appointed by Ofcom to this position.It’s worth knowing that the The PSA is the regulatory authority for all premium-rate phone-paid services in the UK. Before 2016, they were called PhonePayplus.
