Determination


Taking into consideration the above-mentioned grounds and those presented in the report of the prior hearing and general consultation procedures, the Management Board of ICP-ANACOM, in the scope of powers provided for in article 6, paragraph 1b) and m) of its Statutes, approved by Decree-Law number 309/2001, of 7 December, and under articles 17 b) and 34 of Law number 5/2004, of 10 February, hereby orders as follows:

1. The creation of the ''703'' code in the National Numbering Plan for the provision of electronic communication services on non-publicly available networks. Numbers take the following format:

a. The total length of numbers varies between 9 and 12 digits according to the amount of terminals to be addressed and the company's option as far as the identification of the privative network is concerned;

b. Three-field structure including, from left to right, the service code, the private network code and the network terminal code, with the following format:

Service code
(3 digits)

Private Network Identification
(1, 2, 3 digits)

Network Terminal
Identification

''703''

''1'', ''2'', ''3'', ''4'', ''5'' (1 digit)

''6x'', ''7x'', ''8x'', ''9x'' (2 digits)

''0xx'' (3 digits)

(between 5 and 8 digits)

(between 4 and 7 digits)

(between 3 and 6 digits)

Note: x integer number from 0 to 9

2. The allocation of rights of use for numbers is governed by the following rules:

a. The requestor must be a service user - the private network holder - authorized to operate the referred network according to provisions in the general regime of authorisation (article 21 of the ECL);

b. Numbers are allocated according to the requestor’s option and to duly substantiated numbering needs, on the basis of the network’s full expected capacity;

c. The allocation shall be published with the length set in each situation for numbers to be used by the requestor, according to the structure defined in 1b.

3. Companies to which rights of use for these numbers are allocated must observe the following conditions:

a. To abide by the designation and service characteristics laid down in point 1, particularly ensuring that communications adopt the format option set for numbers the rights of use of which have been allocated;

b. To comply with further generic obligations associated with rights of use for numbers, namely, the effective and efficient use of numbers and payment of fees, pursuant respectively to subparagraphs b) and f) of article 34 of Law number 5/2004, of 10 February.