Jio to roll out mobile numbers beginning with '6' and '7' in select circles

Customers planning to get new Jio SIMs will have their numbers begin with 6 as the Department of Telecom (DoT) has reportedly issued the company the permission to issue 6-series mobile switching code(MSC), a media report said on Monday.

The new 6-series numbers will be issued in select circles including Assam, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. In Madhya Pradesh, Jio will roll out numbers with 7-series MSC codes, while in Kolkata nad Maharashtra Jio mobile numbers will begin with the number 8.

According to media reports, mobile numbers beginning with 9,8 and 7 are on the point of exhaustion