Numbering
Below are links to information on numbering resources in South Africa and how these are accessed and managed.
Numbering audit report deadline extended
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[21 March 2013] ICASA has notified licensees that hold numbers assigned from the National Numbering Plan that the deadline for the submission of annual numbering audit reports has been extended from 31 March 2013 to 28 June 2013. The extension has been granted to allow for the introduction of a revised numbering data submission format [...]
Numbering Plan Regulations 2012
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[Update 19 October 2012]: ICASA has finally completed its review process and new regulations and a reasons document were published on 2 October 2012 (effective on publication). Numbering Plan Regulations 2012 Numbering Plan Regulations 2012 Reasons Document ICASA published draft Numbering Plan Regulations in June 2010, marking the formal commencement of the first review of [...]
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 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 [...]