In the next few days, three new area codes will be introduced in Quebec, including one in Estrie. After the 819 and 873, the 468 will be released on October 22nd.
Since the first area codes (514 and 418) came into use in 1947 and the appearance of 819 10 years later, the latter have multiplied. The introduction of new telecom tools is one of the main reasons for these additions.
Along with the proliferation of phones, there are also new phone service providers in the regions that are more numerous and need to create their own number base.
It is based on the demand forecasts of the various telephone providers, who regularly have to submit their forecasts of telephone number requirements. Based on this, we perform calculations to detect that we will run out of numbers in a particular area code. It’s the CRTC [Conseil de la radiodiffusion et de la télécommunication] who decides if we should add a call sign in a region
explains the spokeswoman for the Telecommunications Alliance, Lucie Papineau-Pugliese.
” It’s not uncommon to see people with multiple phone numbers: for work, for home. The children each have their own telephone, and all this creates additional demands. »
Estriens requesting a new phone number could still receive a pre-existing code, and this until the bank is exhausted.
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