Lithuania on Friday is introducing 0 as its new national phone prefix and will keep the old prefix 8 in place for a year, but the authorities recommend using the +370 country code when storing contacts.
Lithuania’s international calling code is +370, but when making phone calls domestically, people can use 8 instead. In most other countries, domestic calls can be prefixed with 0.
“The 8 prefix will stop existing on March 1 next year”, Rima Aukštuolytė, spokeswoman for the Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT), told BNS.
“People who will dial it will hear a signal indicating that the connection is not possible,” she said. “And from December next year, they will no longer hear even that.”
According to Indre Jurgelionienė, advieor to the RRT Council, service providers are obliged to ensure the functioning of both prefixes during the transitional period so that users can adapt.
If users have phone numbers saved with the prefix 8, they will have to change them. Those who already use Lithuania’s country code of +370 will not be affected.
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