10-digit mobile numbers to continue, 11-digit not in consideration: TRAI

Trai has recommended a dialling prefix '0' while making a call from a fixed-line number to a mobile number, the statement says

Telecom regulator Trai on Sunday said it has not recommended 11 digit mobile numbers but only suggested prefixing '0' when mobile numbers are called from landlines.

The recommendation on prefixing '0' for calls from fixed line to mobile numbers will generate 2,544 million additional numbering resources for mobile services to cater to the future requirements, it said.

As per Trai recommendation, the country will continue to follow a 10-digit numbering for mobile services, and the regulator has "categorically rejected" shifting to an 11-digit mobile numbering plan.

"Trai has not recommended an 11-digit numbering scheme for mobile services," the Telecom Regulatory