The country’s two largest telecommunications company on Thursday announced the implementation of an 8-digit format to all telephone numbers in the Greater Metro Manila area by October 6.
The migration of PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom Inc. into the 8-digit format to all telephone numbers is in compliance with the directive of the National Telecommunications Commission.
The NTC on October 27, 2017 directed all telecommunications companies in the Philippines to migrate all customers within the area code 02 to 8-digit telephone numbers from the existing 7 digits.
The migration ensures a sufficient resource pool to cater to the rapid growth of landline customers in major cities.
Earlier, the commission assigned each telecom operator with a public telecommunications entity identifier as an additional prefix to its phone number.
The assigned PTE identifier for Globe and its subsidiary Innove is “7”. For instance, a Globe customer with existing landline or DUO number of (02) 210-XXXX will have to use (02) 7210-XXXX starting October 6.
Meanwhile, Globe unit Bayan Telecommunications has “3” as its PTE identifier. A Bayan customer will have to change his or her number from (02) 220-XXXX to (02) 3220-XXXX.
For PLDT, the PTE identifier is 8.
Globe General Counsel Froilan Castelo said the company was all set for October 6.
“We are ready to migrate all customers with landline in Greater Metro Manila to 8-digit telephone numbers. Our teams are continuously working closely with the NTC and other telcos to assist affected customers before, during, and after the migration,” he said.
PLDT, meanwhile, urged subscribers to update the details of their business cards, flyers, websites and social media.