Numbering
Below are links to information on numbering resources in South Africa and how these are accessed and managed.
Geographic Number Porting Process
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The Number Portability Company (the NPC) has provided the following direction on how to register and attain accreditation with it for Geographic Number Porting (GNP) by ECNS licensees. How to register and gain accreditation for GNP Stage in the process Notes 1 Provide company documentation to the NPC Registered company name. Company registration and VAT [...]
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In order to “promote efficient use of numbers by operators and to eliminate potential misuse of numbers in the distribution channel such as retail stores”, ICASA, after due consultation with affected licensees, has decided to introduce a requirement for the provision of numberless or MSISDNless SIM starter packs from 15 May 2009. From this date [...]
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ICASA published draft Numbering Plan Regulations in June 2010, marking the formal commencement of the first review of the Numbering Plan and numbering management since the coming into force of the Electronic Communications Act in July 2006. Draft Numbering Plan Regulations June 2010 Explanatory Memorandum: Draft Numbering Plan Regulations The closing date for [...]
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ICASA Application Form Allocation and Reservation (doc) ICASA Guide to VoIP numbers applicant (version 1.4)
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ICASA Numbering Plan Regulations (May 2006)
Geographic Number Portability (GNP)
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This page is intended as a dedicated resource for regulatory documents relating to Geographic Number Portability (GNP), which was fully implemented in South Africa on 26 April 2010. From this date it became possible to port a single number from one provider to another (previously only blocks of 1 000 or more numbers could be [...]