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Nicaragua Follows Costa Rica with Xtra Phone Digit
By Explore Costa Rica Staff
Oct 10, 2008, 07:28
Nicaragua Follows Costa Rica with Xtra Phone Digit
MANAGUA – Nicaragua is set to add a digit onto its seven-digit phone numbers, following the path of Costa Rica earlier this year.
The switch to eight digits is planed for April 1.
The measure, announced this week by the Nicaraguan Telecommunications and Mail Institute (TELCOR), comes at a time when phone numbers have run out, mainly because of the rapid growth in the mobile sector.
Just as in Costa Rica, Nicaragua will add “2” before landline numbers and “8” before cell phone numbers, TELCOR said in the state-published La Gaceta.
All fixed line numbers beginning with "2", "4", "5", "6" and "7" will all begin with "2". For example, the telephone number "231 3205" becomes "2231 3205".
All cellular numbers beginning with "3" or "8" will all begin with "8". For example, the telephone number "399 9642" becomes "8399 9642".
The 900 number system like 911 will not be changed.
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