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31/07/2012
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The FCC held a successful introduction of the ninth digit of cell phones in metropolitan Sao Paulo, with few problems detected early yesterday morning, but already solved, the manager informed numbering agency, Adeilson Nascimento. As the balance of the first day, 40% of calls over the cellular network, or made by mobile phone users from São Paulo, have already incorporated the digit 9 before the number of cells. But the rate of calls made by users of fixed telephony outside the 11 area code, and also affected by the measure, is still very small: only 4% of customers who make long distance calls (and therefore fixed link) put the new digit number before the first day of change.
The agency's president, João Rezende, said that was not registered any significant increase in complaints in the call center operators or the FCC due to this change, noting that the agency continue to monitor and oversee its implementation. "This case demonstrates a maturing of businesses and users, who have assimilated the changes smoothly," said Rezende.
According to the President, the adoption of the new number in the cell will be implemented throughout the country, but still no date for the process to be restarted. He further noted that the user will have until the day January 15, 2013 to incorporate every change, as from August 8 calls made without the new digit will continue to be supplemented by the operators, but will be intercepted . "You have a great time to adapt and change your schedule, but it is important that he do it as soon as possible," he said.
As the manager numbering Anatel, Adeilson Nascimento, different websites and even the carriers are offering applications for updating schedules, but the agency will not enforce such a provision, since, you know the coach, the application not work will be discontinued by the user. According to complaints, applications for update schedules that are not working right or add the new digit in all the cell numbers, not just those of DDD 11. Nascimento said that many users do not have smartphones, will have to upgrade your agenda item by item.
With the adoption of another number, Anatel expects to meet the great demand of the São Paulo market, that 250,000 new active mobile users per month, or 4 million per year. "With this new digit, we went from 44 million to 90 million possibilities," said Rezende.
The Sintelebrasil reported that businesses spent R$ 300 million to implement the measure in the whole country (as all wireline telephone exchanges had to be modified throughout the Brazilian territory).
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