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Mobile Telephone Numbering in India
Mobile Telephone Numbering in India
Mobile Telephone Numbering in India
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has divided India into various cellular zones such that within each zone, the call is treated as
a local call, while across zones, it becomes a long-distance call. A cellular zone (or cellular circle) is normally the entire state, with a few
exceptions like Mumbai (which is a different zone), Chennai (which is a different zone), Goa (which is a part of the Maharashtra zone),
Jharkhand (which is a part of the Bihar zone) or Uttar Pradesh (divided into multiple zones).
From May 20, 2005, calls between Mumbai Metro and Maharashtra Telecom Circle, Chennai Metro and Tamilnadu Telecom Circle, Kolkata
Metro and West Bengal Telecom Circle and Uttar Pradesh (East) and Uttar Pradesh (West) Telecom Circle Service Areas are merged in Inter
service area connectivity. With the above arrangement, calls within a State in the above-mentioned four States would be treated as intra-service
area call for the purposes of routing as well as Access Deficit Charges (ADC). The dialing procedure for calls within a State for these States
would also be simplified i.e. dialling of mobile-to mobile subscribers and fixed-to-mobile subscribers would be without prefixing '0'.[1]
All mobile numbers in India have the prefix 9 (This includes pager services, but the use of pagers is on the decline). The mobile numbers in
India had also got the prefix 8. Each zone is allowed to have multiple private operators (earlier it was 2 private + BSNL/MTNL, subsequently it
was changed to 3 private + BSNL/MTNL in GSM 900/1800, now each zone has 4-5 operators including BSNL/MTNL in GSM, and 2 private +
BSNL/MTNL in CDMA). All mobile phone numbers are 10 digits long, split up as OO-AA-NNNNNN where OO is the operator code, AA is
the zone code assigned to the operator, and NNNNNN is the subscriber number. Recently, some operators have been alloted "OOAA" series
beginning "8". The same have begun to roll out.
Contents
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1 Numbering plan
2 Mobile Numbers, Operator and Circle
o 2.1 Abbreviations
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
[edit] Abbreviations
[edit] References
1. ^ DoT Notice
2. ^ List of MSC Codes
3. ^ "Harmonisation of different nomenclatures for same Service Areas" (PDF). Department of Telecommunications, Government of India.
2007-07-04. http://www.dot.gov.in/uas/Amendment%20dated%204%20Jul%2007%20to%20CMTS%20&%20%20UASL.pdf. Retrieved
2008-09-16.
http://telecomtalk.info/india-mobile-operator-codes/