The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company is urging its subscribers to make full use of their telephone directories because significant rise in new subscribers is expected to exert more pressure on its 114 operators.
PLDT manager for Directories Management Elvie Topacio said that the higher volume of subscribers and corresponding changes being made on telephone numbers were expected to create a high demand for inquiries.
Apart from addressing the demand for telephones, Zero Backlog aims to digitize all telephones, which would require a change in telephone numbers from seven to eight digits.
PLDT last July also announced its readiness for the migration from the existing seven-digit format to eight digits.
The NTC issued Memorandum Order 10-10-2017 in October 2017 directing all telecommunications companies in the country to migrate all customers within the area code 02 to eight-digit telephone numbers to ensure that there will be sufficient resource pool to cater to the rapid growth of landline customers in major cities.
For PLDT, the assigned PTE identifier is 8.
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Topacio said that due to limitations of printing schedules, some of the more recent cut-overs, may note be incorporated in the new directories.
The PLDT provides an intercept service to subscribers affected by cut-overs for one month. The intercept service is a recorded message which informs callers of the new number of the subscriber.
Topacio said that the latest directory, to be made available to residential subscribers in July would have 726 pages from 708 in 2018 for the Rizal directory, which is distributed in the eastern areas like Antipolo, Cainta, Angono, Binangonan, Taytay, Tanay, Rodriguez, San Mateo and Morong. The white pages will now have a total of 1,200 pages from 1,022 in the previous year.
The Metro Manila Directory's Yellow Pages will now be up to 1,920 from 1,720 last year. This book is distributed in the Metro Manila areas like Makati, Quezon City, Manila, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Paranaque, Las Pinas, Muntinlupa, San Pedro, Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela, Obando and Meycauayan.
Topacio said that the 2019 telephone directories would contain the numbers of new telephones installed under the Zero Backlog Program between January 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018. Telephones installed after March 31, 2019 will be listed in the 2019-2020 edition.
The Zero Backlog program targets the installation of one million new telephones by 2021. By this time, Topacio said, subscribers should expect a drastically new look of their directories.
PLDT manager for Directories Management Elvie Topacio said that the higher volume of subscribers and corresponding changes being made on telephone numbers were expected to create a high demand for inquiries.
Apart from addressing the demand for telephones, Zero Backlog aims to digitize all telephones, which would require a change in telephone numbers from seven to eight digits.
PLDT last July also announced its readiness for the migration from the existing seven-digit format to eight digits.
The NTC issued Memorandum Order 10-10-2017 in October 2017 directing all telecommunications companies in the country to migrate all customers within the area code 02 to eight-digit telephone numbers to ensure that there will be sufficient resource pool to cater to the rapid growth of landline customers in major cities.
For PLDT, the assigned PTE identifier is 8.
READ: NTC defers 8-digit landline number implementation
Topacio said that due to limitations of printing schedules, some of the more recent cut-overs, may note be incorporated in the new directories.
The PLDT provides an intercept service to subscribers affected by cut-overs for one month. The intercept service is a recorded message which informs callers of the new number of the subscriber.
Topacio said that the latest directory, to be made available to residential subscribers in July would have 726 pages from 708 in 2018 for the Rizal directory, which is distributed in the eastern areas like Antipolo, Cainta, Angono, Binangonan, Taytay, Tanay, Rodriguez, San Mateo and Morong. The white pages will now have a total of 1,200 pages from 1,022 in the previous year.
The Metro Manila Directory's Yellow Pages will now be up to 1,920 from 1,720 last year. This book is distributed in the Metro Manila areas like Makati, Quezon City, Manila, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Paranaque, Las Pinas, Muntinlupa, San Pedro, Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela, Obando and Meycauayan.
Topacio said that the 2019 telephone directories would contain the numbers of new telephones installed under the Zero Backlog Program between January 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018. Telephones installed after March 31, 2019 will be listed in the 2019-2020 edition.
The Zero Backlog program targets the installation of one million new telephones by 2021. By this time, Topacio said, subscribers should expect a drastically new look of their directories.
