The project team on Future Numbering Issues (PT FNI) of the ECC working group on Numbering and Networks (WG NaN) met last 4-5 March at the offices of the Italian regulator, the Autorità per la Garanzie nella Comunicazioni (AGCOM).
The following items were debated:
- extraterritorial use of numbers covered by Recommendation E.164 (the international public telecommunication numbering plan) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU);
- recommendation on major changes to make regarding national numbering plans;
- allocation and use of mobile numbers in over-the-top (OTT) applications/services;
- allocation of machine-to-machine (M2M) numbering to unregistered entities;
- numbering for emergency service (eCall);
- harmonisation of criteria for awarding mobile network codes (MNC).
The next meeting will be held in May 2015.
