TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1994
AN
HK ADOPTS NEW TELEPHONE NUMBERING PLAN IN 1995
EIGHT-DIG. NUMBERING PLAN WILL BE INTRODUCED IN HONG FROM JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR (1995).
WAS
THIS TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
(TUESDAY).
DISCLOSED
BY
THE
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
KONG
OF
MR ALEX ARENA. AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY
"THE NEW EIGHT-DIGIT NUMBERING PLAN WILL INCREASE AVAILABLE NUMBERS 10-FOLD AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE DEMAND UP TO 2010 AT LEAST," MR ARENA SAID.
"HONG KONG TS RUNNING OUT OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS. THE PRESENT SEVEN-DIGIT NUMBERING PLAN HAS REACHED ITS LIMIT, AND WILL NOT BE ABLE MOBILE TO COPE WITH THE EXPECTED GROWTH IN DEMAND FOR BOTH FIXED AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FROM 1995," HE SAID.
"IN ADDITION, WE HAVE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE LICENSING OF THREE NEW LOCAL FIXED NETWORKS IN ADDITION TO THE HONG KONG TELEPHONE
COMPANY
THE LTD.
AMONG A FAIR AND EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF NUMBERS VARIOUS COMPETING NETWORK PROVIDERS IS NECESSARY.
IN 1992, THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TO
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AUTHORITY COMMISSIONED A
CONSULTANT
CONDUCT A DETAILED STUDY ON HONG KONG'S NUMBERING FOR THE COMING YEARS AND REQUIREMENTS
AND BEYOND,
TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT OF THE NUMBERING PLAN.
ARENA
TO
FEATURES:
MR
SAID AFTER CONSULTING THE
AND PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS, THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY DECIDED
ADOPT
THE FOLLOWING A NEW NUMBERING PLAN WHICH WOULD HAVE
MAIN
A
ADOPTED UNIFIED EIGHT-DIGIT NUMBERING PLAN WOULD BE TELEPHONE AND OTHER TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES,
FOR
THE DIGIT '2' WOULD BE ADDED IN FRONT OF EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS NUMBERS,
ALL FIXED NETWORKS WOULD USE THE PREFIX DIGIT OVERFLOWING TO DIGIT '3' AS AND WHEN NECESSARY,
*2*
+
ALL RADIO PAGING NUMBERS WOULD ADOPT A PREFIX DIGIT
THE PREFIX DIGIT '8' WOULD BE RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY PERSONAL NUMBERING SERVICE, AND
FOR A
THE PREFIX DIGIT '9
WOULD BE USED EXCLUSIVELY BY
MOBILE
SERVICES.
/THE SUMMARY