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The communications ministry plans to create for assignment some 10 billion 14-digit phone numbers starting with the code "020."
With the commercialization of fifth-generation, or 5G, superfast mobile communications fast approaching, 11-digit numbers are expected to run out as early as fiscal 2022.
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