Mexico Moves to Convert More Long-Distance Calls to Local
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Mexican regulators made progress on a plan to redefine area codes so that phone carriers such as America Movil SAB have to charge local prices instead of heftier long-distance fees.
The decision would cut the number of area codes to 172 from 397, the Federal Telecommunications Commission said today in a statement. The agency altered and resubmitted the plan to the Federal Commission for Regulatory Improvement, which must sign off on it before it can become official.