Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996
R 385
Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)RegulationsNumber Portability Regulations, 20189. Routing |
| (1) | A Licensee that originates or routes a call to a ported number must ensure that: |
| (a) | the call is routed to the licensee currently serving the number; and |
| (b) | any value of the original calling line identification (CLI) remain unchanged by the routing process. |
| (2) | In order to ensure correct routing and billing of calls to ported numbers, all licensees must make use of the number portability routing code, irrespective of whether the call is routed directly or indirectly. |
| (3) | A Licensee that offers number portability to its subscribers or that route and terminate calls to ported numbers, must apply to the Authority for the assignment of a number portability routing code. |
| (4) | A Licensee must ensure it receives, stores and updates at least daily a local copy of its database of ported numbers for the purposes of originating, routing and receiving calls to and from ported numbers. |
| (5) | In the event that a ported number or number block ceases to be active on the recipient operator’s network, the recipient operator must within three (3) months and in writing return the number or number block to the block operator. |
| (6) | The recipient operator who was serving the number or number block contemplated in sub-regulation (5) must not re-assign the number or number block to another subscriber. |
| (7) | The donor operator must upon receipt of the number/number block contemplated in sub-regulation (3) quarantine the number/number block for at least one (1) month. |
