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The area codes for Colombo, Kandy and Galle will change today, under the 10-digit number plan proposed by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Sri Lanka.

Users will have to add '1' to the existing area code to get the new code. Accordingly, the new area code for Colombo will be 011. The new codes for Kandy and Galle will be 081 and 091.

As usual, callers dialling within these areas do not have to dial the area code. Callers dialling from outstations and overseas will have to use the new codes to access subscribers in Colombo, Kandy and Galle. For example, a caller from Kandy dialling subscriber number 234 5678 will have to dial 011-234 5678. Overseas callers should dial 94-11-234 5678. All other area codes will remain unchanged.

Sri Lanka Telecom has advised subscribers to reprogramme call forwarding and hotline facilities with the new area codes. Numbers stored in fax/phone machines should also be changed accordingly. Suntel and Lanka Bell numbers will also be brought into the geographical national numbering plan under the respective area codes, instead of the present '074' and '075' access codes.

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