Fixed and Mobile Number Portability

Number Portability Implementation

Once a suitable Number Portability policy has been defined, it needs to be implemented at an operational level. Translating policy into actuality has its own specific requirements and needs, not just in terms of specialist knowledge but also the ability to build and maintain productive working relationships between the various parties involved.

InterConnect Communications can provide targeted implementation support to regulatory bodies and on their behalf, establish industry working groups to manage the practical aspects of implementation, ensuring that the regulatory objects and timescales are achieved. Our experts can provide continuing input to discussion with and between operators, based on our knowledge of international best practice, and act as the rapporteur for the preparation of tender documentation.

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InterConnect's numbering team enjoys extensive experience in supporting both regulators and incumbent and competitive network operators and service providers in the process of considering, implementing or amending NP regulation, including:

• Assisting with the development of NP and participating in an industry forum on behalf of a leading national operator;
• Advising various national regulators on the practical implementation of NP;
• Supporting another regulatory authority in determining software requirements for the monitoring and regulation of NP;
• Assisting a group of established telecommunications operators in developing a clear understanding of their present position, recommending an optimum model for the implementation of NP, and outlining an implementation plan for its actual delivery.