Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)RegulationsNumbering Plan Amendment Regulations, 2020Reasons Document8. Geographic numbers |
| 8.1 | Some respondents requested the Authority to provide detailed maps that accurately indicate exact boundaries specifying geographic areas. Throughout the consultation process, the Authority has indicated its intention to undertake a process to acquire these maps indicating geographic boundaries and make them available on request. |
| 8.2 | One respondent proposed that the Authority adopts 2 National Destination Codes (NDCs) for geographic numbers in the Gauteng region. It was argued that this will help reduce the cost to communicate for consumers in the region but provided no evidence of this benefit to support the argument. The Authority will therefore maintain the current NDCs in the Gauteng region but remains open for further engagements. |
| 8.3 | Another respondent indicated that there is an overlap of the '020' and '023' NDCs and urged the Authority to rectify the matter by changing the status of '020' to 'Protected'. This is because '023' is already implemented in the same area and the utilisation level is not high. The Authority has cleared the overlap and withdrawn '020' from the designated NDC in the area. |