Telcos Begins To Roll Out The New 3+8 Mobile Numbers

Telcos Begins To Roll Out The New 3+8 Mobile Numbers            by Chapree

Friday, 17 December 2010 03:38 PM

Starting from 15 December, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) with the cooperation of industry’s players have introduced a new public cellular phone numbering format into the market. The new format - known as 3 + 8 format - begins with a 011 prefix and followed by eight digit. The reason behind the new number format is pretty straight forward and obvious – there are only that much numbers are available under the existing 3 + 7 numbering format, so the new format is needed to cater future users. No change to existing customers though since both the new and old numbering format will co-exist together. So, if you find your new phone number is one digit longer than your previous numbers or your other friends, don’t panic. In fact, congratulations – you just got yourself a new 3 + 8 mobile number. For further information, you can check out the official announcement by MCMC [pdf], together with helpful FAQs provided by Celcom, DiGi and Maxis.