Numbering plan
The National Band Plan is the depiction of national decisions on spectrum use.
The Commission allocates and assigns numbers and number ranges to service providers in accordance with a National Numbering Plan. Recognised providers may propose numbering plans to the Commission and, within reason, are relied on to self-regulate.
Service providers use the numbers and number ranges that are allocated and assigned to them by the Commission in accordance with the National Numbering Plan, and are not allowed to use any numbers that are not assigned to them, or to adopt any other private numbering arrangement that conflicts with the National Numbering Plan.
Generally, numbers are allocated to licensees in blocks of 1,000 geographic numbers or 10,000 mobile numbers each.
For more information on numbering, consult Part 13 of the Telecommunications Act 2009.
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