(Business in Cameroon) - Originally scheduled to occur in 2013 then postponed to the first quarter of 2014, the switchover to the new 9-digit system in Cameroon should take place in November 2014 according to the Telecommunications Regulations Agency (TRA).  

According to our sources, as a part of this change, all three mobile telephone service providers (the third largest provider is slated to launch this 18^th September) will now start their numbers with 6 while the public provider will use 2 and 3.

Now Cameroon will undergo its third numbering system in 13 years after moving from 7 digits in 2001 to 8 in 2007. This demonstrates the dynamism of the nation’s mobile service sector which has over 16 million mobile subscribers and 220,000 landline users.