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ACMA Proposes New Numbers For Trial Services |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Monday, 03 September 2007 |
The Australian Communications and Media Authority is proposing to
introduce two new number ranges to be used for trials of new
telecommunications services and is looking for industry feedback on the proposal.
Apparently, the current Telecommunications Numbering Plan 1997,
which sets out the framework and rules for the specification of numbers
for the supply of carriage services in Australia doesn't currently have
room to allocate numbers for experimental services.
If the service
characteristics fall outside the scope of number types set out under
section 2.2 of the Numbering Plan the standard allocation procedures cannot be used hampering to process.
The proposed variation will allow numbers for trials to be
allocated on a temporary basis under Chapter 6 of the Numbering Plan.
"ACMA recognises that telecommunications providers need to trial
new services in order to develop new products for their customers,"
said Chris Chapman, ACMA Chairman. "The new trial number ranges give
carriage service providers the flexibility they need to trial services,
while facilitating the introduction of innovative services into the
market."
Accordingly, the ACMA is seeking submissions on the proposed variation,
which will introduce two new number ranges. These will be 10-digit
numbers in the 1290 0 range for the supply of inbound services, and
10-digit numbers in the 0570 0 range for the supply of outbound
services.
Inbound services enable a call to be made to a number but not from
that same number. In practice, inbound services are set up by interface
with another telephone number, for example a fixed phone or a mobile
phone handset. Examples of inbound numbers include 13, 1300 and 1800
numbers.
Outbound services enable calls to be made to and received from the same telephone number.
The proposed variation specifically prohibits the use of trial
service numbers for access to age-restricted content services and for
the supply of age-restricted text services that are or would be
classified as MA15+ or R18+ by the Classification Board.
The draft variation and accompanying discussion paper are available from ACMA's website. The closing date for submissions is 30 September 2007.
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