Amendment to Number Portability Regulations

No. 150

AMENDMENT THE REGULATIONS PRESCRIBING THE NATIONAL NUMBERING PLAN FOR USE IN THE PROVISION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA, NUMBERING LICENCE FEES AND PROCEDURES FOR NUMBER LICENCES: COMMUNICATIONS ACT, 2009

The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia, in terms of sections 81(1), (3) and (4) and 129 of the Communications Act, 2009 (Act No. 8 of 2009), amends the Regulations Prescribing the National Numbering Plan for Use in the Provision of Telecommunications Services in the Republic of Namibia, Numbering Licence Fees and Procedures for Number Licences published in Government Gazette No. 5983, General Notice No. 97, dated 1 April and as amended by Government Notice No. 500 of 30 August 2018 as published in Government Gazette No. 6692 of 30 August 2018, as set out in the Schedule and effective from the date of publication in the Gazette .

H. M. GAOMAB II
CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD

COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF NAMIBIA

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA

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GENERAL NOTICES

No. 150 Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia: Amendment the Regulations Prescribing the National Numbering Plan for Use in the Provision of Telecommunications Services in the Republic of Namibia, Numbering Licence Fees and Procedures for Number Licences: Communications Act, 2009 .

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General Notices

WINDHOEK - 29 April 2020

CONTENTS

Definition

1. In these regulations ‘the Regulations’ means the Regulations Prescribing the National Numbering Plan for Use in the Provision of Telecommunications Services in the Republic of Namibia, Numbering Licence Fees and Procedures for Number Licences promulgated under Government Notice No. 97 of 2016, as amended by Government Notice No. 500 of 30 August 2018.

Amendment of Annexure 1A

2. Annexure 1A of the Regulations is amended -

• (a) By the insertion of the following definition of the following definition after the definition of ‘donor licensee’:

”fixed service’ means a radio communications service between two specified fixed points;’;

• (b) by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subitem (1) of item 4 of the following paragraph:
• ‘(a) customers having ECS (including any or all of the following services: DID services, fixed services and mobile services) may retain their number or numbers when they change the licensee providing their service and when they change their service type;’;
• (c) by the substitution for item 5 of the following item:

’ Timeframe for the implementation of number portability

5. All licensees must ensure that number portability is available to their customers and third party service providers when customers or third party service providers change the licensee providing their service within 12 months from the date of publication of this Annexure.’; and

• (d) by the deletion of item 8.

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