Cyta has a number of books for those who want books of numbers

By Athena Karsera

PICKING up the new phone books will not necessarily be the arm-breaking experience it used to be following a Cyta decision to issue subscribers only with the catalogue relevant to the district they live in.

While a copy of the Yellow Pages will accompany the district catalogue, phone books from the other areas will be available to whoever specifically asks for them.

Cyta spokeswoman Rita Karatzia yesterday told The Sunday Mail that the action should be seen as a positive one, as “before we were giving people all the catalogues whether they wanted them or not, while now they have a choice”.

She said that while the move had been made in an effort to cut publishing expenses and help save paper, “Cyta’s experience and customer feedback indicated that most people didn’t use the catalogues from other towns”.

The new phone book for each district not only includes the main town but also surrounding villages. Previously, all the villages were listed in a separate catalogue.

Cyta says in a leaflet included in October’s phone bills that the new phone books will be available from the first week in December.

Nicosia residents can pick them up from Electra House, Naxos Street Customer Service Centre, the Dassoupolis Cyta Building, the Palouriotissa Cyta Building, Lakatamia Cyta Building, Strovolos Avenue Customer Services Centre and Kakopetria Cyta Building.

In Limassol they are available from the Area Head Offices, the Kapsalos Cyta Building, the Linopetra Customer Services Centre, Ypsonas Cyta Building, Jules Verne Street Customer Service Centre and the Platres Cyta Building.

Larnaca residents can get theirs from the Area Head Office or from the Ayia Anargyri Cyta Building, and in Paphos they can be collected at the Area Head Offices.

The leaflet also said that an effort would be made to make the catalogues available at the Co-op Banks in most rural areas.

Cyta wants the old catalogues to be taken along when the new ones are picked up, as it has once again organised for the out-of-date ones to be recycled.

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