ANRC allotted new numbering resources to Atlas Telecom Network Romania, Combridge, Call+, Cellebral, Oxigen Telecom and Vialtex Prodcom.
In addition to the previously granted individual indicatives for carrier selection 1088 and 1688, Combridge shall benefit from 410,000 numbers in the 0Z=03 domain, to be used for the provision of fixed telephone services, as well as 1,000 numbers for services provided by means of green numbers.
Each of Atlas Telecom Network Romania and Cellebral were granted the right to use 3,000 numbers in the 0Z=09 domain, for premium rate services.
Vialtex Prodcom was allotted 1,000 numbers in the 0Z=08 domain for the provision of services through prepaid cards, as well as the individual indicatives for carrier selection 1058 – for two-step carrier selection – and 1658 – for one-step carrier selection.
Call+ requested and was granted 10,000 numbers for fixed telephone services, within the county of Dolj, in the 0Z=03 domain, 1000 numbers for services to be provided through prepaid cards, and the one-step carrier selection code 1659. Furthermore, Oxigen Telecom was allotted 10,000 numbers for fixed telephone services to be provided within the county of Timis, in the 0Z=03 domain, 1000 numbers for services to be provided through prepaid cards, as well as the one-step carrier selection code 1681.
Additional Information
What is carrier selection?
Carrier Selection is a procedure through which the users of fixed telephone services can choose, by dialling a code before the (international or long-distance) number they wish to call from a telephone set connected to a fixed telephony network, the respective call to be taken over and terminated abroad or in another county by a different “carrier”, instead of the provider they subscribe to and whose services they use for receiving or originating local calls. The users may make this option in case they consider the carrier’s offer more advantageous as concerns quality or financial conditions than the offer of the provider they subscribe to.
This carrier selection code is a digit sequence of the 10xy or 16xy type.
Two-step carrier selection:
Carrier selection was earlier performed exclusively through this procedure (by dialling 10xy indicatives, i.e. two-step carrier selection codes), which becomes effective after the carrier selection code is dialled.
One-step carrier selection:
ANRC took the required steps to offer the end-users the possibility to select their carrier, dialling “at once” the digit sequence consisting of the carrier selection indicative and the called number. This alternative is limited by the technological level of the telephone exchanges used.
What types of services are offered by means of green numbers?
Green numbers (0800) are used for the provision for cost-free national services.