Cell phone users, do not be alarmed to find that you cannot be reached in the wee hours of Saturday night – the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) will be running tests on its lines.
From Saturday midnight to 6 a.m. Sunday, ICE will be testing out its new eight-digit phone number system, according to the daily La Nación. During that time landlines cannot be used to call mobile phones, and vice versa.
Between cell phones, however, callers will be able to reach each other dialing 8 before the phone number.
The 911 emergency number will still be reachable without interruption.
The telephone company is scheduled to add an extra number – 8 to mobiles and 2 to landlines – starting March 20, La Nación quoted ICE's Manuel Córdoba saying at a press conference yesterday. |
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