National Telecom to scrap 007, 008 prefixes in June

National Telecom to scrap 007, 008 prefixes in June

Move will save over B12m a year in costs

National Telecom (NT) will scrap 007 and 008 international telephone call prefixes from June 1 to save at least 12 million baht a year in costs, leaving only 001 and 009 in service.

The move comes after state telecom enterprises CAT Telecom and TOT merged into NT in January this year.

Before the merger, TOT provided 007 and 008 international call services while CAT offered 001 and 009 services.

The approach is meant to reduce redundancy of the two enterprises’ international direct dialling (IDD) services.

Dhanant Subhadrabandhu, senior executive vice-president for marketing at NT, said the move can save at least 12 million baht a year in international circuit rental and related fees.

“The move is in line with synergy…