Do Not Call Numbers Set to Drop Off List

Australians who believed their home phone numbers were permanently protected from unsolicited marketing calls by joining the Do Not Call database may find themselves receiving fresh phone sales pitches next year, as the first entries on the national register expire. More than 4 million telephone numbers will be registered on the government database by the end of this year if growth patterns continue. But the three-year time limit on registrations will lapse for more than 1 million numbers, initially listed when the database opened in May 2007