Telephone canvassers will no longer be able to use numbers beginning with 06 and 07.
This decision will apply from today, 1er January 2023.
06 and 07, prefixes reserved for interpersonal communications
Telephone canvassing is a scourge that strikes everyone. When an unknown number appears, there is almost a chance in two that it is a commercial communication. And difficult to identify them, because these calls often come from fairly common numbers, with a prefix of 06 or 07.
But good news, it’s over! From this 1er January, sales reps are now prohibited from using these codes. ” Sales canvassing platforms will no longer be able to call you from numbers starting with 06 or 07, associated in everyone’s mind with mobile phones », Explains the Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (DILA).
The application of this new rule stems from a decision taken by the Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications, Posts and Press Distribution (ARCEP) on 1er September 2022. The use of prefixes 01 to 05, which will lose their geographical location character in 2023, is also prohibited.
The 09 will be synonymous with commercial canvassing
Thus, in a few days, commercial platforms will be confined to 09. More precisely, they will have to use the prefixes 09 37, 09 38 and 09 39 for their telephone activities. Exceptions for general-purpose numbers and those whose root goes from 09 475 to 09 479 are foreseen.
” These numbers in 09 can also be used to send messages from a commercial sign to its customers, or for special contact (delivery of parcels, signaling the arrival of a VTC driver, reminder of appointments). you automated, etc.) “, specifies the DILA.
Beyond allowing better identification and strengthening the fight against fraud and abuse, this new regulation will also prevent the exhaustion of telephone numbers starting with 06 and 07.
Source : Public service
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