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CRTC to introduce a new area code for the 819 region of Quebec in 2012

OTTAWA-GATINEAU, July 20, 2011 — Today, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that the new area code for the region currently covered by area code 819 will be introduced earlier than expected.

Starting September 15, 2012, new telephone numbers assigned in the 819 region may be given the area code 873.  Existing customers will keep their current area code and phone numbers. 

These measures are being implemented in response to a new report that the Canadian Numbering Administrator presented to the CRTC.  The report advised that area code 819 is now expected to run out of telephone numbers by September 2012, rather than by the original projection of 2015.

Telecom Decision CRTC 2011-432

 

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