07, 05 and 01. These are the numbers that will be added to the start of mobile phone numbers in Ivory Coast by January 31, 2021. They correspond to operators Orange, MTN and Moov, respectively. This addition intervenes to overcome the saturation of the current numbering system. This is due to the increase in applicants.
The change to ten digits concerns a total of 50 mobile and landline numbers. The latter have been given the prefixes 27, 25 and 21. It will allow Côte d’Ivoire to build up a sufficiently large reserve for the next 50 years. The downside of this operation is at the consumer level. The latter will have the difficult task of modifying the numbers in their directory.
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To this end, the Ivory Coast Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARTCI) has made a guide available online. It will allow them to know which operator each contact corresponds to. No one will be able to avoid this exercise, especially to continue to use WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram or Signal.
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