Still using your landline number? Know that a big change is planned for 2023.
Have you moved from one region to another? You risk losing your landline number, with the famous numbers 01, 02, 03, 04 and 05. Each code corresponds to a geographical area of the metropolis: 01 is for Île-de-France (IDF) , 02 for the northwest quarter, 03 for the northeast quarter, and so on.
You cannot keep your landline number if you change regions. Finally, all that will change in 2023 with geographic portability.
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Keeping your landline number will be possible even if you move far away
From January 1, 2023, if you move, you can request the RIO number for your current subscription. If you change region, you will keep your fixed number, even if you move from Paris (01) to Nantes (02).
This is called the “ geographical portability “, Arcep has thus launched the “degeographisation”, according to Numerama. This also means that you will no longer be able to associate a callsign with a region. Of course, this will work for a while, but after a few years the callsigns will no longer be tied to a particular region.
Note that this only applies if you are moving from mainland France to a new destination in mainland France. We then speak of geographical portability is partial, it only concerns a given territory. If you are moving from Paris to La Réunion, for example, this will not work.
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