Three new area codes will be introduced in Quebec in the next few days, including one in Estrie. After the 819 and the 873, the 468 will be released on October 22nd.
Since the introduction of the first area codes (514 and 418) in 1947 and the introduction of 819 ten years later, these have multiplied. The introduction of new telecommunications tools is one of the main reasons for these additions.
In addition to the proliferation of telephone devices, there are also new regional telephone service providers, the number of which is increasing, and who have to create their own number pool.
We rely on demand forecasts from the various telephone service providers, who regularly have to provide their forecasts for number requirements. Based on this, we perform calculations to realize that we will be missing numbers in a particular code. It’s the CRTC [Conseil de la radiodiffusion et de la télécommunication] Who will decide whether we should add a code in a region?
explains Telecommunications Alliance spokeswoman Lucie Papineau-Pugliese.
It’s not uncommon for people to have multiple phone numbers: at work, at home. The children each have their own phone, which creates additional requirements.
Estrians making a new request for a phone number could continue to receive an existing code until the bank runs out.
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