2001 Annual Audit Report

Christine Thompson

Numbering Advisor

Oftel’s Numbering Unit (NU)

Tel. +44 (0)20 7634 8877

Fax. +44 (0)20 7634 8784

E-mail: christine.thompson@oftel.gov.uk

Numbering Audits

• Numbering Conventions

• Previous Audits

• 2001 Audit

• The Future

Numbering Conventions

• Operators submit ‘Annual Numbering Return’

• Audit Contents– Utilsation - Numbers in service– Numbers ‘contracted out’– Numbers ‘Ported out’– 3 year forecast of demand

• No undue burden on operators

Previous Audits

• All types of numbering (01,07,08,09 etc)• All Allocations • All Reservations• 4 year forecast - all numbering

2001 Audit - Information requested

• Only specific ranges – highly requested – resources reducing

• Allocations between:

6 months ago (unlikely to be utilised) and

18 months ago (covered in prior audits)• No forecasts requested

2001 Audit - facts & figures• 122 Audits sent out • 88 Audits received

– 46 by 31st January 2002– 42 after 31st January 2002

• Audits not Received– Names in ‘Numbering Bulletin’– contact Oftel to agree extension– Companies receivership/liquidation

2001 Audit - Results

• Numbers withdrawn– 5 Geographic blocks = 50k – 2 Personal Numbering blocks =200k– 128 Premium Rate Services blocks = 1.28M

The Future

• Slim-line Audits

• Electronic Format

• ONUS - Oftel Numbering Unit System

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