Changing the way you make a phone call
A new national numbering plan was gazetted earlier this year and means that the way we will make phone calls in the near future will be slightly different. As of 16 October 2006, it will be necessary to include the area code when you dial a number, even if you are making a call to a phone in the same area code. For example, if you make a phone call from a phone in Johannesburg (the area code for Johannesburg is 011) to another phone in Johannesburg, you will have to dial the number in the following format: 011 XXX YYYY (where XXX YYYY is the number you usually dial now).
In addition, the code you will dial to make international calls will change slightly. Rather than prefixing an international number with the ‘09′, it will become necessary to dial ‘00′ before dialing the country code and the rest of the phone number of the phone you are calling overseas.
The two systems will operate in parallel for the period 16 October 2006 to 16 January 2007 to give people a chance to adapt to the new regime whereafter people who dial in the ‘old style’ will be directed to a “number unavailable” tone.
(via Moneyweb)
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