Transcript Number Portability Worldwide Implementation Experience

Number Portability
Worldwide Implementation Experience
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Copyright © 2007 Telcordia Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved
Telcordia Contact:
Gabriela Lago
Vice President, Latin America and Caribbean
Interconnection Solutions
Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
+1 703 628 5764
[email protected]
June 27, 2007
About Telcordia
 Provider of network software and services
to the global telecom market
 Proud Bell System heritage
 Global leader in number portability solutions
 Authoritative interconnection routing registrar
for US and Canada
 Leader in service fulfillment and
MVNO service delivery
 Over 880 patents issued
 Leadership in standards bodies
and industry forums
 Deep expertise in next-generation
networks, operations, and services
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Moving To Number Portability
 Number Portability is inevitable
 Deregulation and fair competition
 Strong competition in mobile markets
 Growing demand for “Single Number”
1994
1998
1999
2000
USA & Hong Kong
Australia
Canada Netherlands
Denmark
UK
Norway
Canada
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
USA
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Finland
Canada
Lithuania
France
Egypt
Taiwan
Japan Malaysia
Ireland
Belgium Luxembourg
Oman Singapore
Germany Portugal
Pakistan
Italy
Saudi Arabia
Austria
USA
South Africa
Greece
South Korea
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Factors Influencing Port Rate
 Subscriber Awareness: Does the subscriber understand
Number Portability and know that it is available?
 Simplicity and Speed: How easy is it to port a number and
how long will the process take?
 Zero/Low Cost: How much will it cost to port my number?
Port Durations in Days by Country
Australia
Ireland
USA
Hong
Belgium
Netherla
Sweden
Spain
Finland
German
Norway
Switzerl
Italy
Greece
Portugal
United
France
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Source: ETO Report 2005
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Sample Porting Rates
Country
Average Port
Rate p.a.
4.5%
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Finland
Hong Kong
Norway
South Korea
Denmark
USA
Australia
Belgium
Ireland
Sweden
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
France
Switzerland
Greece
Netherlands
Germany
Portugal
Average Port
Rate p.a.
19.6%
15.1%
8.4%
7.9%
7.6%
5.4%
4.4%
4.2%
4.2%
2.5%
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
0.7%
0.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.4%
0.1%
Making Number Portability Work
Operators
Regulator/
Ministry
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Strong collaboration between Regulators and Operators
is critical to success Number Portability implementation
Clear principles and transparency on cost allocation,
recovery, and inter-operator tariff
Well-defined policies and business rules for porting
Cost-effective, holistic, and forward-looking solution
On-time, low-cost, and high-quality delivery
Leverage Experience to Expect the Unexpected
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Number Portability Implementation
Alternatives and Deployment Rate
Solution Architecture
Centralized
Distributed
Hybrid
Routing Approach
All Call Query
Onward Routing
Source: ERO Report 2005
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Operators’ Considerations
Business &
Market
Strategy
Testing and
Rollout
Inter-operator
Processes
Number
Portability
Network
Infrastructure
OSS and
Business
Processes
Costing and
Recovery
Strategy
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Factors Directly Impacting Implementation
Timelines
Appointment of the Clearinghouse provider by the Regulator
Stakeholders defining the industry business rules
Operator network and business support systems readiness
Operator willingness and cooperation
Months
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35
30
25
20
15
10
5
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Delay
Goal
Belgium Greece Hong
Kong
Italy
Ireland Spain
Operator readiness has been a principal cause of delay
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Number Portability Success Factors –
Lessons Learned
 Get active involvement from all stakeholders
 Early involvement from planning to deployment
 Go for a Centralized and All Call Query solution
 Centralized Clearinghouse and Database
 All Call Query instead of Onward Routing
 Scalable and adaptable for new services
 Take a holistic approach
 Integration with Operators environments
 Considerations from subscriber viewpoints
 Spell out the details
 Well-defined specification and process transparency are critical
 Proactively manage implementation program –
experience matters
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Worldwide Number Portability Presence
United States
1994
800 (non-geo)
1999
Fixed
2003
Mobile
Canada
1994
800 (non-geo)
1999
Fixed
2003
Mobile
Pakistan
2006
Mobile
Greece
2004
Fixed/Mobile
South Africa
2006
Mobile
Egypt
2007
Mobile
Number
Portability
Implementations
Oman
2006
Mobile
Lithuania
2005
Fixed/Mobile
Saudi Arabia
2006
Mobil
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Telcordia Interconnection Solutions
Number Portability
Number Portability
Clearinghouse
 Centrally managed for all providers
 Manage data registration process
 Maintain and distribute master reference data
Number Portability
Gateway
 Integrate provider’s BSS/OSS and network systems
with Clearinghouse
Selector
 Real-time database to support queries from network
elements for NP and other data
Training & Advisory
Services
Number Management
System
 Number planning and administration
 Number Portability readiness planning
 Administer number allocation nationwide
Service Interconnection
 IP Service Interconnection with IP interconnect
routing data to enable service delivery via IP
Service Interconnection
 Global Dialing Data with authoritative data to reduce
Registry
revenue leakage and prevent fraud
 TDM Interconnection with PSTN routing data
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Why Telcordia for Number Portability
Globally Proven Platform
 Proven, off-the-shelf
 Open, configurable, scaleable
 High quality & 100% on-time delivery
End-to-End Expertise
 From planning consultation, solutions,
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Rapid Time to Launch
 4-6 month deployment
 Localization and configuration,
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R$
implementation, to operations
Trusted advisor with training provided
to 100+ countries
Trusted neutral provider
National Initiatives Track Record
 Roll-out of MNP in USA and Canada
 FNP/MNP deployment in 10 countries
NOT build from scratch
Faster, minimized risk
Low Total Cost of Ownership
 Little up-front investment
 Risk sharing business model
 Reduced cost of service
Expansion/Extensibility
 IP service interconnection for
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converged services (e.g., VoIP)
Revenue Assurance