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Add 5 to your mobile numbers freely with Fiver on Android

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The change of mobile phone numbers from 7 to 8 digits as part of the National Numbering Plan for Mobile Networks which will start as from 1st September 2013 is not being eagerly awaited. Sifting through all the numbers in your contact list, identifying whether the numbers belong to a mobile phone and prefixing them with a 5 can prove to be a real headache. Fortunately, we now have a solution and it’s called Fiver!

Privacy Policy

Fiver changes your mobile phone number and, consequently, needs read and write access to your contact list. The contact information that the app accesses is not collected by us in any way.

Fiver is an Android app developed by Vannen Caremben, a developer at Knowledge7. The app basically allows you to convert all your mobile numbers to eight digits. It works for all operators, including Orange, Emtel and MTML. In case you change your mind, Fiver also allows you to revert back.

Fiver is a free and open source application released under the GPLv2 license. Vannen greatly encourages all those who wish to contribute to the source code and add new features to the application to fork it on Github.

Fiver can be downloaded right now on Google Play.

Mentions in the local press

  • L’Express: Numéros à huit chiffres : les applications pour faciliter la transition se multiplient
  • Le Défi: Passage à huit chiffres cette nuit – Des perturbations sur les réseaux pendant plusieurs heures
  • Le Défi: Passage à huit chiffres – Les applications qui mettent à jour les contacts
  • Le Mauricien: PASSAGE À 8 CHIFFRES—JOUR J-1: Des perturbations techniques à prévoir
  • Le Mauricien: TÉLÉPHONIE : Knowledge7 présente « Fiver »
  • Week-End: RENUMÉROTATION DE VOTRE TÉLÉPHONE MOBILE : Jour J pour les 8 chiffres

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  1. AndroidMauritius — Adding 5 breaks Viber says:
    1 September 2013 at 08:56

    […] By now, I suppose all of you using smartphones have added 5 in front of all your mobile phone numbers. Some of you have done it manually and some have done that using one of the apps developed by Orange, Emtel, etc. or Vannen’s app. […]

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