What I ended up doing was sequentially appending a number to the end of my 4-digit extension. So, the first one would be XXXX1, and when that expired, I'd use XXXX2, then XXXX3, and so on.

PLDT said the new landline numbers would be rolled out from midnight to 5:00 a.m. on Oct. 6. Globe Telecom, Inc., another provider of landline numbers, is also required to migrate to an 8-digit number ...

Subscribers of PLDT Inc. in Metro Manila and several nearby provinces will have eight-digit landline numbers starting Oct. 6, the telco giant said yesterday.