The Office of Utilities Regulation has assigned a Central Office Code, that is a number block containing 10-thousand telephone numbers, under Jamaica's new area code, "658".
A Central Office Code is the first three digits dialed after the area code when seeking to place a telephone call.
The OUR assigns Central Office Codes to telecommunications service providers who then distribute the telephone numbers within a particular code to customers, as needed.
The utilities regulator says the recent assignment became necessary as it has run out of Codes to assign under the 876 area code.
Ten-digit 658 telephone numbers will become available to the public once telecommunications providers have fully allocated the numbers available to them under the 876 area code.
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