Today, May 14th, 2008, ANRCTI launches for public consultation the draft decision for amending the Decision of the President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology no. 2.896/2007 on the request and granting of procedures of the licences for the use of the numbering resources. The amendment envisages greater flexibility in the allocation of numbering resources, i.e. – under well grounded circumstances, for sound technical or commercial reasons – the providers will have the possibility to request ANRCTI to change the format of the numbering resources allotted to them.
The numbering resources allotted so far will be changed by replacing the allotted numbering blocks with different ones, which are available on the request date, the replacement being applicable to numbering resources with similar destination, according to the National Numbering Plan. Therefore, a numbering block in the 0Z = 07 domain for electronic communications services provided at mobile locations could be replaced only by a numbering block in the 0Z = 07 domain, whereas a numbering block in the 0ZAB = 0800 subdomain for free access services shall be replaced by a numbering block in the same subdomain, and only to the extent to which the requested blocks have not been already allotted to another provider of publicly available electronic communications services.
Furthermore, a block of geographic numbers in the 0Z = 02 domain for electronic communications services provided at fixed locations will be replaceable by another block of geographic numbers either in the 0Z = 02 domain, or in the 0Z = 03 domain, for electronic communications services provided at fixed locations (not by location-independent numbering blocks in the 0ZA = 037, 038, 039 subdomains). The same principle is applicable to blocks of geographic numbers in the 0Z = 03 domain.
Upon changing the format of certain numbering resources, the right of using the replaced numbering resources will cease.
The draft decision for amending the Decision of the President of the National Regulatory Authority for Communications and Information Technology no. 2.896/2007 on the request and granting of procedures of the licences for the use of the numbering resources is available for consultation on the ANRCTI website. The interested persons are invited to send their comments and suggestions by 13.06.2008, to the ANRCTI headquarters (14 Libertatii Blvd., sector 5, Bucharest) or directly to the ANRCTI registration office, as well as to its territorial offices in the closest county capital city. Comments may be sent, as well, by fax, to +40 21 307 54 02, or by e-mail to consultare@anrcti.ro.