Mobile numbers starting with '8' series in India

As the Mobile Numbers starting with '9' are exhausting, DoT has allotted  a new series beginning with the digit '8' to Reliance Communications(RCom) for its Maharashtra and Goa circle. The series begins with 8055.
It is to be noted that this is the first time in India, a Telecom Service provider has been alloted with number series starting with 'digit 8'