DHAKA: Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) is going to change about 8,000 telephone numbers under its Gulshan NEC Telephone Exchange of the city on September 14.

The matter was disclosed in a press note issued on Tuesday.

All previous numbers starting with digit ‘881’ will remain same and a new digit ‘5’ will be added at the beginning of each number.

The existing numbers with the code '881' are 881-0000 to 881-7999, which will be changed to 5881-0000 to 5881-7999.

The note said BTCL is going to make the changes provide its subscribers advance and better services.

The list of previous and newly-changed numbers will be available on the BTCL official website (www.btcl.gov.bd). Besides, the subscribers will be informed on the matter via telephone call following the changes.

For any query, subscribers have been requested to contact dialing any of these telephone numbers 9853388, 9887488 during office hours or visit BTCL's website.

BDST: 0855 HRS, SEP 10, 2014