The current 10-digit mobile number plan is likely to be changed to 11-digit from January 2010, says an internal note from the Directorate of Telecommunications (DoT).  This current National Numbering plan was introduced in the year 2003 with the forecast of 50% teledensity by 2030. With over 10-14 million new mobile subscribers every month, the anticipated target has been reached a year before. The mobile subscribers have increased far than expected and so an additional digit is required to accommodate numbers for new customers.

        This new numbering plan may be prefixing ‘9’ to the existing mobile number but those details are not yet revealed. This is not new to us as we have already got used to an additional digit (prefixing ‘2’, to be specific) to landline telephone numbers. So we will get used very soon to this if introduced.

         Is 11 a lucky number for you???