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'The technological changes that are taking place in telecommunications and evolution of new telecommunications services, have initiated the need to review the way numbers are used and allocated to operators. New number ranges will be opened up for use by operators offering any service over any technology. This will enable a progressive introduction of new converged services such as WiMax services.'
Mr. Horne went on to say: 'The basic requirement of any national numbering plan is to ensure that consumers of one operator can have access to other consumers connected to any other telecommunications network. Further, it is important to maintain an indication of the type of call charge that will be incurred by customers by looking at the first two digits of the number.'
TRA's Technical and Operations Director Mr. Mohammed Mahmood said:
'The Plan introduces a series of short codes for freephone, special services and premium charge serves. Short Codes (e.g. Emergency Services) are also extended to incorporate new government initiatives to enable direct emergency calls to specialist agencies such as the Coast Guard. TRA will start accepting applications from interested eligible licensed operators for new number ranges from 18 September 2008.'
Along with the updated national numbering plan released today, TRA issued a public notice and a regulation to enact the National Numbering Plan. All related documents can be found on TRA website.
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