TelecomTelecom Regulatory R Authority of India Consultation Paper on Developing a unified numbering plan for fixed line and mobile services New Delhi 20.09.2019 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Mahanagar Door Sanchar Bhawan Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg New Delhi – 110002 Stakeholders are requested to furnish their comments to the Pr. Advisor (NSL), TRAI by 21.10.2019 and counter comments by 04.11.2017. Comments and counter comments would be posted on TRAI’s website www.trai.gov.in. The comments/counter comments may be sent preferably in electronic form to Shri U.K. Srivastava, Pr. Advisor (Networks, Spectrum & Licensing), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on the e-mail pradvnsl @trai.gov.in with a copy to
[email protected]. For any clarification/ information, Shri U.K. Srivastava, Pr. Advisor (NSL) may be contacted at Tel. No. +91-11-23233291 Fax: +91-11- 23230056. CONTENTS Chapter Description Page No. Chapter I Introduction 1-4 Chapter II Measures for effective utilization 5-25 of Numbering Resources Chapter III Allocation of numbers 26-35 Chapter IV Issues for consultation 36-37 List of Acronyms 38 Annexure 39-46 CHAPTER-I Introduction 1.1 Telecommunications sector has been undergoing a transformation triggered by emergence of new network architectures and services. Advancement in telecommunications technology has brought about possibilities of new revenue streams for operators and better, faster and cheaper services for the consumer. It is becoming increasingly possible to deliver any service on any device, anytime, anywhere. To achieve this ubiquity, an often-overlooked resource, the number resource, is used to uniquely identify and differentiate among the end users.