Non-geographic, premium rate, pagers and mobile phones with 03 prefixes continued in use.
Neither are premium rate 0898-type lines.
Although contracts for coverage vary, premium rates and benefits are relatively uniform, except for dental screenings and cleaning, which are not offered in some locations.
Pre-existing mobile phone, non-geographic, premium rate and pager services continued to use the same 9-digit 02xx xxxxxx to 09xx xxxxxx numbers as before.
Tariffs substantially in excess of the normal rate, known as premium rate, are used for information services, competition entries and pornography calls.
The company "is repositioning itself in its core market and raising premium rates," he said.
All will cater to business travelers, and all will seek to charge what for Chicago are premium rates: $160 to $265 a night.
These lines should not normally be premium rate or a means of purchasing tickets, though they may give details of telephone sales numbers.
Providers can also bar calls to premium rate and international rate numbers.
The numbers are either premium rate, or contain advertising messages.