PLDT Inc. said Wednesday its subscribers in Metro Manila and nearby provinces will have eight-digit landline numbers starting Oct. 6, 2019.
The migration from the existing seven-digit format to eight digits is in compliance with the directive of the National Telecommunications Commission under Memorandum No. 10-10-2017, which ordered all telecom providers in the Metro Manila area to migrate all their customers to eight-digit telephone numbers “to address the insufficient number of assignable exchange codes.”
This change applies to telephone numbers with the area code “02”. This covers PLDT customers in Metro Manila and those in Rizal province; San Pedro, Laguna; and Bacoor, Cavite.
“PLDT subscribers and those calling them will have no difficulty adjusting to this number change. All they have to do is add the number ‘8’ at the start of the existing landline number. So, if your existing number is, say 123-4567, then it will become 8123-4567,” PLDT and Smart Public Affairs head Ramon Isberto said.