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30/07/2012
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Ninth digit is valid from Sunday (29) to DDD 11 phones.
The implementation of the 9th digit mobile numbers in area code 11 required an investment of R$ 300 million of carriers operating in the region, according to the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel). The funds were used for adaptations in telecommunications networks and systems that support the delivery of mobile phone service.
The FCC did not report the value of investment made by each of the operators.
The use of the 9th digit in area 11, which comprises 64 municipalities, beginning to pay on Sunday. For ten days, but who forget to add a 9 before the telephone number will not notice any change.
But, from the 7th of August, consumers will hear a message if you enter a number with eight digits. Carriers can choose whether or not complete the call after the user listen to the message. After Oct. 16, no user - whether from inside or outside the 11 - unable to complete a call without using the 9th digit.
With the addition of the 9th digit, the number of possible combinations of numbers, 11 in the area, jumping from 44 million to 90 million. The agency is expected that the number is sufficient to meet demand by 2025. Currently, the FCC has already allocated about 42 million numbers in area 11, and 34.2 million are held by users.
The FCC provides moments of instability in mobile services on Sunday morning, when the operators make the changes necessary for the implementation of the 9th digit.
The use of the 9th digit is not an exclusive Sao Paulo. The resolution of the FCC plans to implement the 9th digit in the whole country, but there is still no set schedule for other areas, reported Adeilson Nascimento, manager of interconnection at a news agency.
The expectation is that the agency's areas 21, 31, 51 and 81 (Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre and Recife, in that order) are the next to receive the 9th digit, according to Nascimento.
Source: G1
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