New Indian telephone numbers

Alan D · Dec 29th, 2002, 12:04

It seems that telephone numbers for some major Indian cities have changed. For Delhi the numbers are now 8 digit beginning with 2. Perhaps one of the Indian members on the forum could list the other changes?

Layman · Dec 30th, 2002, 12:41

Quite right Alan. The same is true for Mumbai (Bombay), Chennai (Madras), Hyderabad and some other cities. For these places, prefix a '2' to the seven digit phone number - this is the new 8 digit number.
Bangalore is still on seven digits, without the '2' prefix.

Lily · Dec 30th, 2002, 13:20

It looks like all telephone numbers in India will be ten digit, including the city (area) code. So cities with a two digit city code, the 0 at the beginning does not count, (Delhi, Mumbai,etc.) will have eight digits, cities that have a three digit code (Jaipur has 141) will have a seven digit phone number.

All telephone numbers that used the Government provider, (BSNL, MTNL etc) will begin with a 2 throughout the country. Other service providers have been assigned another digit (in Jaipur the other provider Shyam Telecom, has numbers beginning with 5) but they too will be such that along with the city code they will add up to ten.

Those used to the US numbers will undestand at once what this is all about!

Dec 29th, 2002, 12:04	#1
Alan D Maha Guru Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Southampton UK Posts: 1,866	New Indian telephone numbers It seems that telephone numbers for some major Indian cities have changed. For Delhi the numbers are now 8 digit beginning with 2. Perhaps one of the Indian members on the forum could list the other changes?

Dec 30th, 2002, 13:20	#3
Lily Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Jaipur, India Posts: 342	It looks like all telephone numbers in India will be ten digit, including the city (area) code. So cities with a two digit city code, the 0 at the beginning does not count, (Delhi, Mumbai,etc.) will have eight digits, cities that have a three digit code (Jaipur has 141) will have a seven digit phone number. All telephone numbers that used the Government provider, (BSNL, MTNL etc) will begin with a 2 throughout the country. Other service providers have been assigned another digit (in Jaipur the other provider Shyam Telecom, has numbers beginning with 5) but they too will be such that along with the city code they will add up to ten. Those used to the US numbers will undestand at once what this is all about! __________________ Lily

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Dec 30th, 2002, 12:41	#2
Layman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bendakaalooru, KA Posts: 128	Quite right Alan. The same is true for Mumbai (Bombay), Chennai (Madras), Hyderabad and some other cities. For these places, prefix a '2' to the seven digit phone number - this is the new 8 digit number. Bangalore is still on seven digits, without the '2' prefix.

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