• 1st December sees parallel running commence.
• Remember to change numbers when ordering new stationery.
• Tell your clients and suppliers about the new dialling code.
• Update your website with new dialling codes.

As from the beginning of December, all 5-digit telephone numbers were extended by adding the digits 200 before 5-digit numbers. This was to end the shortage of telephone numbers that has affected Gibraltar for many years.
Following the implementation of the Cordoba Agreement, the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority introduced a new Gibraltar Numbering Plan in order to overcome this acute shortage of telephone numbers. This one-off change will meet Gibraltar’s needs for phone numbers for the foreseeable future.
The main changes in the new Plan are:
• The introduction of fixed numbers which are 8 digits long; the same length as mobile numbers.
• All 5-digit numbers to be extended by adding
200 (two zero zero) in front of the number,
which will make the new customer number easy to remember.
The changes will be phased in over a period
of 14 months and will enable customers to dial both existing 5-digit numbers and the new
8-digit numbers.
Members are recommended to get into the habit of dialling with the new 200 prefix early on.
The changeover will be completed to coincide with the publication of the 2008/2009 Telephone Directory in September 2008.
During the period when both the old and new customer numbers may be dialled, existing 5-digit numbers may be dialled with or without adding 200 in front (e.g. 78376 or 200 78376). After the changeover period by the end of October 2008, all existing fixed-line customer numbers will only be connected in the 8-digit format.
Mobile numbers will remain unchanged.
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