October 18, 2020

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Callers Will Soon Have to Dial 0 Before Making Landline to Mobile Phone Calls: Telecom Department

Callers Will Soon Have to Dial 0 Before Making Landline to Mobile Phone Calls: Telecom Department

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) says that all fixed line subscribers should be provided with ‘0’ dialling facility, i.e., STD calling. Furthermore, an announcement explaining the change should be created and fed into fixed line switches to bring awareness. DoT orders that this announcement should be made whenever a subscriber dials a mobile number witho…

Date: 2020-11-26

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