Electronic and Postal Communications (Mobile Number Portability)
G.N. No. 422 (contd)
(6) The number portability clearinghouse administrator
shall establish technical requirements for the use of the number
portability clearinghouse, in compliance to international standards,
specifications and recommendations.
(7) The number portability clearinghouse administrator
shall publish on its website the financial, technical and
administration conditions on using the number portability
clearinghouse.
Licensee’s
obligations on
number
portability
9.-(1) A licensee operating in the United Republic shall on
its own account not later than 31st December 2012, make all
necessary technical changes to its networks so as to facilitate
number portability.
(2) A licensee shall inform the number portability
clearinghouse Administrator about the newly assigned subscriber
numbers.
(3)
A licensee shall not use porting data or records
relating to ‘lost’ subscribers for marketing purposes during or after
the porting processes.
Charges to
cover the
number
portability
clearing house
administration
10. The number portability clearinghouse administrator
shall provide the Administration Services to licensees subject to
fees set hereinafter:
(a)
a licensee with assigned numbering resources shall
pay fees to the number portability clearinghouse
administrator in proportion to the numbering
resources assigned to him;
(b)
the rate of fees payable by the licensee shall be
determined by the Authority.
Costs for
porting
numbers
11.-(1) A licensee originating traffic shall bear its own
additional costs of conveying calls for ported numbers to the
recipient.
(2) A donor shall not recover any costs related to mobile
number portability from the recipient.
(3) A recipient shall not recover any costs related to
mobile number portability from the porting mobile subscriber.
(4) A recipient shall not recover any costs related to
mobile number portability from the donor.
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