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Latvian operator Lattelecom has announced that more than 70 percent of telephone numbers were transformed into eight-digit numbers as of 30 November. The work on switching the numbers will continue until 1 August 2008. The procedure is different for free phone (80x-xxxx) and fee-based phone (90x-xxxx) numbers. On 1 February 2008, a '0' will be added after the third digit ...

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