Tokyo to Have Eight Digit Phone Numbers:...
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Tokyo to Have Eight Digit Phone Numbers: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. will convert Tokyo’s seven-digit telephone numbers to eight digits on Jan. 1. The change is in response to a shortage of numbers in Tokyo. The shortage developed in the last few years as demand increased for facsimil, microcomputer and videotex communications in addition to normal telepohone lines.
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