Prefix “0” from all landline to mobile calls from 15 January

Nov. 26: As per the latest decision by the Department of Telecom (DoT) from 15 January, 2020, all landline-to-mobile calls will have to be dialled with prefix ‘0’. Announcing the decision, the communications ministry said the move would free up sufficient numbering resources for future use, and nearly 2,539 million numbering series are expected to be generated as a result.

With the freeing up of sufficient numbering resources, more number of connections can be added in future which will be beneficial to the mobile customers at large. The above changes have been done in order to have minimum inconvenience to the subscribers and freeing up essential numbering resources.

It is pertinent to mention here that the telecom department recently asked telcos to make necessary arrangements by January 1, to implement the new system. There will, however, be no change with respect to dialling numbers for fixed-to fixed, mobile-to-fixed, and mobile-to-mobile calls.