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1 | Qatar: Residents survive change to eight-digit phone numbers | Qatar: Mizaka ny fanovàna laharan'antso ho isa valo ireo mponina |
2 | On Wednesday, Qatar added an eighth digit to all mobile and landline phone numbers in the country. | Tamin'ny Zoma, nanampy laharana fahavalo amin'ny laharan'antso fampiasa amin'ny finday sy telefaonina mampiasa tariby rehetra eran'ny firenena i Qatar. |
3 | Officials said the move is an effort to create more phone numbers in a country that has seen its population double in the last five years. | Nilaza ireo tompon'andraikitra fa io fanovàna io dia ezaka hamoronana laharan'antso misimisy kokoa hatrany ao amin'ny firenena izay nitombo avo roa heny ny isan'ny mponiny nandritra ny dimy taona farany teo. |
4 | Hukoomi, Qatar's government website, explains the change: | Hukoomi, tranonkalan'ny governemantan'i Qatar, dia manazava ny fiovàna: |
5 | Under the plan, the first digit of both the fixed and mobile numbers will be repeated. | Araka ny tetikasa, hiverina in-droa ny isa voalohany amin'ny laharan'antso an'ny telefaonina mampiasa tariby sy ny finday. |
6 | Thus, if your old number started with 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 all you need to do is to repeat the first digit such as 33, 44, 55, 66 and 77… | Fanampin'izay, raha nanomboka tamin'ny 3, 4, 5, 6 na 7 ny laharan'antsonao taloha dia averinao fotsiny ny isa voalohany toy izao 33, 44, 55, 66 ary 77… |
7 | All emergency telephone numbers within Qatar, including 999 and 112, will not be affected by the change, and the country code will remain +974. | Ireo laharan'antso vonjitaitra rehetra any Qatar, anisan'izany ny 999 sy 112, dia tsy voakasik'io fanovàna io, ary hijanona +974 ny laharana famantarana ny firenena. |
8 | Numbers beginning with 1, 2, 8 and 9 will not be changed. | Ireo laharan'antso miatomboka amin'ny 1, 2, 8 ary 9 dia tsy hiova. |
9 | Though residents were initially worried that the change would cause widespread confusion, the transition seems to have been made with little incident. | Na dia natahotra ary ireo mponina tamin'ny voalohany fa sao dia hiteraka korontana hielipatrana ny fanovàna, toa tsy dia nisy olana loatra ny fanaovana ny fifindràna. |
10 | That's thanks in part to several renumbering applications for mobile phones that automatically update users' contact lists. | Izany dia saika noho ireo rindram-baiko maro fanovàna laharana ho an'ny finday izay manavao amin'ny fomba mandeha ho azy ireo lisitry ny mpifandray amin'ireo mpampiasa azy. |
11 | The apps, however, didn't appear to work for everyone. | Na izany aza dia tsy ny rehetra no nahita fahombiazana tamin'ireo rindram-baiko ireo. |
12 | On Twitter, @NazQatar said: | Tao amin'ny Twitter, niteny i @NazQatar: |
13 | Thanks to screw my phonebook with those apps!! it DOESN'T recognize all numbers start with 00974 #Qatar | Misaotra nanambatra ny lisitry ny laharan'antsoko tamin'ireny rindram-baiko ireny!! TSY manamboatra ireo laharana rehetra miatomboka amin'ny 00974 ilay izy #Qatar |
14 | @omerm27 said: | @omerm27 niteny hoe: |
15 | its getting kind of annoying already. it's only been two hours | toa efa mahasosotra sahady izy ity. vao adiny roa fotsiny izay |
16 | Others were more accepting (and tongue-in-cheek) about the new number scheme. | Ireo hafa dia nankasitraka kokoa (sady nanesoeso) ilay tetikasan'ny laharan'antso vaovao. |
17 | On Facebook, Fahad Qureshi said: | Tao amin'ny Facebook, niteny i Fahad Qureshi: |
18 | because too many people are moving to this country, they ran out of phone numbers lol….so now the first digit of every number is repeated….if you ever plan on calling me in the future lol…update your phone books. | Satria marobe ny olona miditra ao amin'ity firenena ity dia tsy ampy intsony ireo laharan'antso tpt….ka izao dia miverina in-droa daholo ny isa voalohany amin'ireo laharan'antso rehetra….raha mieritreritra ny hiantso ahy ianao amin'ny manaraka tpt…havaozy ny lisitry ny laharan'antsonao. |
19 | On Twitter, mohamed said: | Tao amin'ny Twitter, niteny i mohamed: |
20 | The upside of the telco's in Qatar changing the number format is that I will have to speak to fewer people today. | Ny tombony amin'ny nanovàn'ny orinasam-pifandraisan-davitra any Qatar ny endriky ny laharan'antso dia ny hahavitsy ny olona ho antsoiko androany. |
21 | #antisocial | #antisocial |
22 | And though the change seems to have gone over peacefully, some continue to worry about the inconvenience having a new number would cause. | Ary na toa nizotra am-pilaminana aza ny fanovàna, mbola matahotra ny sasany momba ny mety ho voka-dratsin'ny fananana laharan'antso vaovao. |
23 | On the popular social forum Qatar Living, ajmani said: | Tao amin'ilay “forum” ara-tsosialy malaza Qatar Living, niteny i ajmani: |
24 | All business cards, stationeries, resume's, job sites, other sites, etc etc needs to be updated… i doubt if everyone has fixed it already! | Tsy maintsy havaozina daholo ireo karatra fandraharahàna rehetra, antontan-taratasy, famintinana, ireo tranonkala miresaka asa sy tranonkala hafa rehetra, sns… tsy mino aho hoe efa nahavita izany daholo ny tsirairay! |
25 | Hope there will be a recorded message whenever someone calls on the old number, guiding them to add 3, or 4 or 5 or 6…! | Manantena aho fa hisy hafatra voarakitra handeha rehefa misy olona miantso ireo laharan'antso taloha, manoro azy ireo hanampy 3, na 4 na 5 na 6…! |
26 | Indeed, for the next three months, those dialing seven-digit numbers will hear an automated message advising them of the new scheme. | Mazava ho azy, mandritra ireo telo volana manaraka dia haheno hafatra voarakitra ireo miantso ireo laharan'antso niisa fito, hampahafantatra azy ireo momba ilay endrika vaovao. |
27 | Whether that gives people away for the summer and Ramadan enough time to acclimate to the renumbering plan remains to be seen. | Mbola ho hita eo izany raha hanana fotoana hizàrana amin'ilay endrika fanavaozana laharan'antso ireo olona lasa niala sasatra mandritra ny lohataona sy ny Ramadany. |