Sunday Without
Cellular Phone Service
Come this Sunday,
beginning at 12 midnight
and until 6:00am, 2
million cellular service
subscribers - all
cellular phones - will
not have any service.
The complete shutdown of
cellular service is to
allow the Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) -
state monopoly on
telecommunications - to
run tests on its network
as it gears up change
over from a seven digit
to an eight digit number
system.
Costa Rica. at the
stroke of midnight March
20, will move from the
current seven digit
number to an eight digit
system. The move is to
allow for more lines -
both fixed and cellular
- to keep up with the
demand.
On March 20, all fixed
line phones will have a
2 added at the beginning
of the number, while all
cellular numbers will
have an 8 added to the
beginning of the number.
For example, the fixed
line number 231-3205
becomes 2231-3205 and
cellular number 399-9642
becomes 8399-9642.
The 2008 telephone
directories - both white
and yellow pages - that
was distributed earlier
this month already
includes the eight digit
number system.
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