Effective 26 September 2005, the Fort Bonifacio Telephone Exchange or BONTEX of the Philippine Army will reconfigure its existing PLDT analog trunklines into digital trunklines. The change is expected to improve the efficiency of Army telephone service. The change will also redound to savings in billing payments by way of preventing the unauthorized use of the PLDT trunklines.

Thetotal number of the trunklines for incoming calls to BONTEX is 30 and can be accessed by dialing the new trunkline number 845-9555. The new scheme provides better convenience to the public as they will only have to remember one telephone number: 845-9555. The total number for outgoing calls from BONTEX is also 30 and can be accessed using the present procedure.

In the event of malfunctioning of the incoming digital trunks, the public can dial the PLDT trunkline numbers of other AFP telephone exchanges in Metro Manila and request the telephone operators of these exchanges for connection to BONTEX subscribers. The PLDT trunkline numbers of the Metro Manila telephone exchanges are as follows: 

Camp Aguinaldo; Malacanang - 5641451 to 58 & 735-6201; Villamor Air Base -  8546701 & 8546722; and Fort Abad (HPN) - 5242061 to 69.  BONTEX subscribers, on the other hand, will need to be assisted by the BONTEX operators in case the outgoing trunklines become unserviceable.

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