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I just (<2hrs ago) bought a cheap Nokia and a Simple promo. SIM from the DTAC shop on Siam Soi5. I was assured that the change to 10-digit number would occur automatically (inserting the '8') with no further action from me - I guess I'll find out on first tour after September. We're not talking life changing amount of money here, just nuisance of new number if the old one goes pear-shaped.
K.
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Posted on: 4:07 am on Aug. 3, 2006
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Baskoy
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"Change to Thailand’s mobile telephone numbers becomes effective September 1
From the Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department: Thailand will change from a 9-digit to 10-digit mobile telephone system on September 1.
Setthaporn Khusripithak, a member of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said the change, approved by the telecoms regulator, was in response to the rapid expansion of the use of mobile telephones.
With the 10-digit system, the country will have enough mobile telephone numbers for the next 30 years, Mr. Setthaporn said.#
Beginning September 1, users of all mobile telephone systems will have to dial the prefix 08, he said.
For example: the number 01 123 4567 will change to: 08 1123 4567; the number 09 123 4567 will be: 08 9123 4567. (Tip: a new mobile number will always start with 08 followed by 2 groups of 4 digits.) "
I know this info is already up but previous posts mentioned that we will be able to use old numbers up till 30th November.
Iwonder if this has changed, I expect we'll find out Friday
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Posted on: 3:16 am on Aug. 27, 2006
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nyc boy
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Quote: from Deep File on 12:08 am on Sep. 1, 2006
DTAC is offering a conversion utility that will add the extra "8" to all Thailand mobile numbers in a user's contacts list when executed on the phone. http://www.dtac.co.th/en/10digits/10dg_download.aspx
this is already knowned. what will add to this is the Thais merciless buying and selling of numbers. especially with 4 digits in a row... or more....
bluetooth, software upgrades, plug-ins... the media in Thailand has been relentless in showing us ways to counteract the extra digits... and its all free...
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Posted on: 1:25 pm on Aug. 31, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Friday 1 September 2006 :-
New phone numbering system for Thai handphones takes effect from 1 Sept 2006
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Callers to mobile phones now should start dialling "08", followed by the existing eight-digit number, as the new national numbering plan takes effect today.
Fixed-line telephone numbers remain the same.
For example, mobile phone numbers that start with "01" should be switched to an "081" prefix. The number (01) 234 5678 becomes (081) 234 5678.
Callers from abroad will have to add "8" after Thailand's "66" country code. For example, +668-1234 5678 would replace +66-1234 5678.
However, callers have until November 30 to get used to the new cellular dialling scheme. From December 1, only the 10-digit mobile-phone numbers will be valid.
All mobile-phone operators are now offering a free service at shops nationwide to convert numbers stored in handsets to the 10-digit format, regardless of the customer's service operator.
They will also send teams to busy shopping areas, such at Victory Monument and Silom as well as the offices of their customers to offer the conversion service.
Users also have to reconfigure the code of the short message function in their devices, which they can do by themselves or at operators' shops, to enable them to send and receive short messages. But they have a grace period until March 30.
Sigve Brekke, CEO of Total Access Communication (DTAC), said he would join more than 300 of his employees in spending the day in the Silom, Sathorn and Victory Monument areas to help people update their numbers.
The numbering plan aims to increase the total of phone numbers to 300 million from the present 90 million, which is expected to be enough to serve surging demand for 30 years.
Cellular-service providers have spent a combined Bt400 million upgrading their systems to comply with the new numbering plan.
The National Telecommunications Commission spent Bt30 million to publicise its new policy.
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Posted on: 9:54 pm on Aug. 31, 2006
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DaffyDuck
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What is amazing (actually, not really) is that so far every single girl over the past 24 hours that I told about the phone number changes with the '8' is blissfully oblivious to it - despite 1-2-call adding a statement in that regard to each top-up, full-page newspaper adverts, etc....
So, better tell all your girls about it, since it appears that *WE* are the best and last hope for these girls being aware of this change - though I'm still fully confident that many numbers in my phone book will go dead by November (i.e. no longer reachable via text messages after that) (or is that deadline til March?)
Fun and interesting to see this unspool...
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Posted on: 5:49 am on Sep. 1, 2006
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TwinkleToes
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I have a couple of questions that maybe someone can answer:
Is it actually necessary to get your old sim card upgraded or do you just need to add an '8' to the existing numbers by 30th November in order to send and receive?
If sim cards need to be upgraded, will it be easy to do this after 30th November?
Ta
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Posted on: 7:20 am on Sep. 4, 2006
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PussyLover 69
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Report from The Nation dated Tuesday 5 September 2006 :-
Chaos reigns as numbers change
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The upgrading of mobile-telephone numbers to 10 digits, which began last week, is fraught with chaos, ranging from lost phone numbers to cellular operators accusing competitors of taking advantage of the upgrade to offer promotions to others' customers.
Total Access Communication's (DTAC) chief customer officer Sunti Medhavikul claimed late last week that Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS) was offering special promotions to DTAC's customers who walk into AIS shops to convert their existing phone numbers to 10 digits.
AIS president Wichian Mektrakarn denied the charge, saying AIS has no such policy.
A source at AIS countered that DTAC was offering special promotions to AIS customers who upgrade their phone books at DTAC shops. DTAC also denied the charge.
There has been a report that some mobile-phone users have lost phone numbers recorded in SIM cards during the upgrading service. In other cases, the upgrading switched the SIM cards of mobile-phone users out of use.
Some customers of True Move experienced a failure of the upgrading service at some of its shops, but the company's marketing director Suphakit Vuntanadit said the problem had been solved.
True Move will expand its upgrading service from the existing few shops in Bangkok to 50 shops around the country today, and to more than 100 shops later.
The National Telecommunications Commission introduced the new numbering plan on Friday. All mobile-phone numbers are changed to 10 digits beginning with 08, instead of the previous nine digits. The numbers of fixed-line telephones remain unchanged.
Mobile-phone operators are allowing the subscribers of any networks to convert the phone numbers recorded in their handsets to 10 digits at their shops, free of charge.
Teams of technicians have also been sent to major community centres and the offices of corporate customers.
Telephone users, whether calling from mobile or fixed phones, can still dial the old nine-digit numbers until November 30.
AIS has more than 17 million subscribers, while DTAC and True Move have more than 10 million and 5 million, respectively.
AIS and DTAC say they have already provided phone-book upgrading to 340,000 and 160,000 customers, respectively.
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Posted on: 1:00 pm on Sep. 4, 2006
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DaffyDuck
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Quote: from TwinkleToes on 8:29 pm on Sep. 4, 2006
Is it actually necessary to get your old sim card upgraded or do you just need to add an '8' to the existing numbers by 30th November in order to send and receive?
Well, if you don't need text messaging, then you can probably skip that entire progress (hint, hint - you will need an upgradded sim for text messaging to be able to properly route to the destination)
Quote: from TwinkleToes on 8:29 pm on Sep. 4, 2006
If sim cards need to be upgraded, will it be easy to do this after 30th November?
For what it's worth, I went to the Telewiz store on the first floor of the Tokyu side of MBK, and the upgrade took a total of 5 minutes, including waiting time, and everything works just well.
Why do you think it will be easier after November 30th - when the deadline is past, and there will be a mad dash by all those who haven't updated their sim?
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Posted on: 2:28 pm on Sep. 4, 2006
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Arramsey
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Please help a "DUMMY" ( that's me ).
How does adding a fixed digit increase the available numbers ?
The little that I remember of Permutations / Combinations from my school days says that ONLY if the additional digit is variable - then only can you obtain additional numbers.
OR is it that Mathematics has nothing to do with it & it is all about technology ?
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Posted on: 9:30 pm on Sep. 4, 2006
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