devill@inria.UUCP (Yves Devillers) (08/28/85)
On September 25th of 1985 at 2200 GMT a new telephone numbering scheme will be in effect in France: 8 digits phone numbers will be (in France) used instead of 6 or 7. From outside France the net effect will be the following, depending on wether you call someone in Paris area or outside Paris area: 1) Paris area: Paris area phone numbers had a one digit area code (beginning with 1 3 or 6) and a seven digit local number. They will have a one digit zone area (whose value will be 1) and an 8 digit local number composed of the old area code and the old phone number. BUT, BEWARE, old area code 1 (Paris and close suburbs) will become 4 (cf "cnam" in exemple below, where (1) 271-24-14 becomes (1) 42-71-24-14 ). Exemple: SITE BEFORE 25/9/85 AFTER 25/9/85 cnam-Paris +33 (1) 271-24-14 +33 (1) 42-71-24-14 inria-LeChesnay +33 (3) 954-90-20 +33 (1) 39-54-90-20 J. Dupont-Melun +33 (6) 010-19-27 +33 (1) 60-10-19-27 From GB, old number 0103312712414 becomes 01033142712414 From NL, old number 093312712414 becomes 0933142712414 From DK, old number 0093360101927 becomes 00933160101927 From USA, old number 0113339549020 becomes 01133139549020 2) Outside Paris area: Outside-Paris-area phone numbers had a two digit zone area (beginning with [2-9]) and a 6 digits local number. They will have an 8 digit number composed of old zone area and old phone number, without any zone area. As such no changes will be visible from outside France. Exemple: SITE BEFORE 25/9/85 AFTER 25/9/85 geocub-Bordeaux +33 (56) 36-81-43 +33 56-36-81-33 imag-Grenoble +33 (76) 51-46-30 +33 75-51-46-30 From GB, old number 0103356368143 becomes UNCHANGED From USA, old number 0113376514630 becomes UNCHANGED NOTE: +33 is an abreviation for "dial international prefix acces then 33" 33 is the international code for France, international prefix acces is country dependant ( 010 for GB, 09 for NL, 009 for DK, 011 for USA, 19 for F, ... ) ATTENTION: Other new rules apply when you phone FROM INSIDE FRANCE, they are posted inside most French phone cabine and, as such, will not be posted in usenet. -- Y. Devillers ...decvax!mcvax!inria!devill