Costa Rica Moves To An
Eight Digit Telephone
Number
The Instituto
Costarricense de
Electricidad (ICE) will
begin at 12:01am March
20 use an eight digit
telephone number system,
both for fixed line and
cellular telephones.
Beginning on March all
fixed lines phones -
residential and
commercial - will begin
with a
"2"
and all cellular
telephones will begin
with an
"8".
The new numbering system
will allow the state
institution to expand
the current and the
future system being
called Sistema Nacional
de Telecomunicaciones (SNT).
On March 20, 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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