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Friday, Jun 11, 2004
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Telecommunications Maharashtra circle of Tata Indicom shifts to new numbering Our Bureau
Mumbai , June 10 TATA Indicom will shift to ten-digit numbering under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) Universal Access Licence regulation. According to a company release, the number change will be implemented in Maharashtra circle from Thursday midnight. The ten-digit number would be applicable to all Tata Indicom mobile customers across the country within the next few days. The Department of Telecommunications has assigned the 92 series to Tata Indicom. After the change, the numbering plan of the service provider would be similar to other GSM (global system of mobile communications) operators. Since Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra are defined as different circles by TRAI, the calls between Tata Indicom customers across these two circles would be considered as STD calls. Customers can receive calls on both the old and new numbers till June 30. Moreover, customers sending SMS text to the old eight-digit number would in turn be informed about the new ten-digit number. The implementation of this plan across the remaining circle will be done over the next 10 days. The number change is in line with the national numbering plan for mobiles as mandated by TRAI for Universal Access Licences. According to Mr Y.V.L. Pandit, Chief Operating Officer of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra Circle), the company is the first universal licence service provider to announce the ten-digit numbering plan in line with TRAI regulation. Tata Indicom customers could obtain information via SMS that is sent to 120 and others could message 9212000120.
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