ARCEP – Numbering

20 Jun

Posted at 09:16h in 5G, ARCEP, ARCEP - Numbering, ATIS, Authentication, FCC, France, Geographic numbers, IETF, Numbering, SIP, SIP Forum, STIR/Shaken, Traced Act, US Congress, USA

1        Introduction Two and a half years ago, the United States passed the TRACED Act[1] , which mandates the authentication of telephone numbers and therefore the use of STIR/Shaken technology for Voice over IP (VoIP). Two years ago, France adopted the Naegelen law, which makes number...

15 Feb

Posted at 10:45h in ARCEP, ARCEP - Numbering, Assemblée Nationale, Call centres, Geographic numbers, Numbering

A decision of the Council of State has just ruled in favour of the French association for customer relations (AFRC) and the union of contact centre professionals (SP2C) who accused ARCEP of restricting direct sales calls using the predictive numbering to certain numbering ranges. The...

16 Apr

Posted at 10:22h in ARCEP, ARCEP - Numbering, Numbering, Ofcom, UK

On April 11, 2019, Britain's telecoms regulator Ofcom has published three public consultations, open until June 6, on the future of telephony in the United Kingdom, in order to: Promote trust in phone numbers,Change the telephone numbering plan,Reflect on the future of interconnection and call termination. We will return to numbering and...

22 Oct

Posted at 20:19h in ARCEP - Numbering

7.1 General remark ARCEP decision #18-0881  is the first complete overhaul of the numbering plan and its management rules since 2005. The notion of interpersonal numbers disappears in favor of territorial numbers, which includes interpersonal and M2M numbers. 7.2 Reallocation time (or quarantine duration) of a number 7.2.1 Measures 1.2.2019:...

15 Oct

Posted at 17:20h in ARCEP - Numbering

6.1 Recasting of the MCC-MNC (Mobile Country Code - Mobile Network Code) 6.1.1 Measures 1.8.2018: to support the implementation of LTE technology by other types of networks than publicly available mobile networks - independent networks such as PPDR (Public Protection and Disaster Relief) or PMR (Professional Mobile...

08 Oct

Posted at 14:49h in ARCEP - Numbering

5.1 Explicit authorization to send SMS and MMS to and from fixed numbers 5.1.1 measures 1.8.2018: ARCEP decision #18-0881 no longer limits the use of geographic, non-geographic numbers, free-of-charge and standard rate short numbers and special numbers to voice services only, but explicitly mentions SMS / MMS messaging services. The...

01 Oct

Posted at 13:07h in ARCEP - Numbering

4.1 Measures Prohibition, effective August 1, 2019, of using 10-digit geographic, non-geographic and mobile numbers as the calling line identification (CLI) of  calls or SMS / MMS mass-produced by an automated system In order to enhance user confidence in the calls and messages they receive and to enable...

24 Sep

Posted at 15:21h in ARCEP - Numbering

3.1 Measures : Conditions of Use of the CLI as of August 1, 2019 a) Conditions of Use of a Number as a Calling line Identifier (CLI): The telephone number used as CLI or Message Sender ID must: be in accordance with the structure of the National numbering...

17 Sep

Posted at 15:52h in ARCEP - Numbering

2.1 Location of residence of VAS clients 2.1.1 Measures 1.8.2018: Premium rate numbers may only be assigned to customers residing in the EEA or EFTA. 1.8.2018: Toll-free numbers can be assigned to customers regardless of where they are registered. 2.1.2 Main implications The prohibition to allocate premium-rate numbers to non-European...