Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)RegulationsNumbering Plan Amendment Regulations, 20205. Allocating and reserving numbers |
| (1) | A licensee must apply to the Authority for an allocation or reservation of numbers that have status 'released'. |
| (2) | The application set out in subregulation (1) must be furnished in the format as set out in Schedule 3 of these Regulations. |
| (3) | Within twenty (20) days of receipt of an application by the Authority, an application may be: |
| (a) | approved or it may be approved with such variations as the Authority deems necessary; |
| (b) | declined and in such an instance, the Authority shall provide reasons in writing for declining the application; or |
| (c) | consulted upon as set out in subregulation (5). |
| (4) | The Authority may consult with the relevant licensee on details of its application for numbers prior to deciding on the application. |
| (5) | Should the Authority consult with a relevant licensee in terms of subregulation (4), the 20 days contemplated in subregulation (3) shall be extended on condition that: |
| (a) | additional information is required from the applicant; or |
| (b) | there are significant issues relating to the application that the Authority cannot process and or obtain clarity within the 20 days processing period; or |
| (c) | the Authority considers that the utilisation of the numbers already allocated to the licensee and subject to the same usage conditions as the numbers requested is less than 80% for mobile and machine related numbers and less than 60% for geographic and other non-geographic numbers, calculated as follows: |
| (i) | For geographic and other non-geographic numbers, the degree of usage shall be calculated as follows: |
Degree of usage = |
total numbers assigned to customers within an NDC |
X 100 |
Total numbers allocated within an NDC |
| (ii) | For mobile and machine related numbers, the degree of usage shall be calculated as follows" |
Degree of usage = |
total numbers assigned to customers and used for internal network purposes |
X 100 |
Total numbers allocated to a licensee |
| (6) | The following number ranges are subject to individual number allocation or reservation: 080; 086 0 and 086 1. |
| (7) | The Authority reserves the right to declare certain non-geographic number ranges or sub-ranges for individual number allocations. The Authority shall publish the relevant ranges in a notice. |