February 14th, 2006, 10:31
"All mobile users need to add an '8'
Local telephone users will have one more digit to remember starting in June, according to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). The switch to 10 digits from nine will increase the potential number of telephone numbers from 90 million to 300 million, sufficient for expected growth over the next 30 years.
Mobile-phone users will have to add an '8' in the middle of the existing two-digit prefix, followed by the existing seven-digit number, in order to make a mobile-to-mobile call. For example, numbers starting with 01 and 09 will become 081 and 089 respectively. Gen Choochart Promprasit, the NTC chairman, said the NTC board would discuss the new 10-digit system this week, with the result to be proposed to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for acknowledgement...."
Full article: www.bangkokpost.net/Business/14Feb2006_biz01.php (http://www.bangkokpost.net/Business/14Feb2006_biz01.php)
Local telephone users will have one more digit to remember starting in June, according to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). The switch to 10 digits from nine will increase the potential number of telephone numbers from 90 million to 300 million, sufficient for expected growth over the next 30 years.
Mobile-phone users will have to add an '8' in the middle of the existing two-digit prefix, followed by the existing seven-digit number, in order to make a mobile-to-mobile call. For example, numbers starting with 01 and 09 will become 081 and 089 respectively. Gen Choochart Promprasit, the NTC chairman, said the NTC board would discuss the new 10-digit system this week, with the result to be proposed to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for acknowledgement...."
Full article: www.bangkokpost.net/Business/14Feb2006_biz01.php (http://www.bangkokpost.net/Business/14Feb2006_biz01.php)