Phone code of Moscow will be changed

December 1 phone code of Moscow and Moscow region will be changed.

The new code - 495 and 496, respectively, the ministry of information technologies and communications.

Codes vary in accordance with the order Ministry of Communications on August 3, "On the change of codes securing a geographically-defined numbering areas and codes are not geographically defined numbering areas.

To avoid confusion at first, from December 1, 2005 to January 31, 2006, will operate both codes, reports RIA Novosti.

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